The necessity to effectively manage the development of new products and services is seen as an organisations life-blood. This module concentrates on the process, management techniques and tools that are used throughout a projects life cycle to ensure crisp and appropriate decision making.
The module firstly identifies typical models of projects, their organisational structure and the role of stakeholders. Progressing to a project brief, and how the project is defined in terms of key resources, and their subsequent control systems that will finally lead to the projects termination and successful handover. Wherever possible, computer based systems will form part of the toolkit used for the various stages of project analysis.

Staffordshire University Library. Computer lab, Blackboard Web Site.

Chatfield C, Johnson T, (2004) Microsoft Office Project 2003 - step by Step. Microsoft Press: Redmond, WA ISBN 0735619557
Field, M., Keller, L., (2001) Project Management. The Open University, Thomson Learning, London.
Maylor, H. (2005) Project Management (Third Edition - media), Pearson Education, Harlow, England.

An individual 2000 word assignment - 100% (Tests All Learning Outcomes)

The learning strategy for this module is based around students committing a total of 150 hours of activities towards achieving the learning outcomes. These will be split between 39 hours of direct contact with a tutor and 111 hours of directed, guided and self-study, together with preparation for and completion of the assessment tasks. Learning support material will be provided for the module.
The module will draw upon a mixture of activities including lectures, web-based activities, case study analysis, relevant videos and in-class discussions, individual and group problem solving and self-directed learning.