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Assessment tasks are designed to enable students to demonstrate the Learning and Employability outcomes for the relevant level of study. Level Learning Outcomes are embedded in the assessment task(s) at that level. This enables a more integrated view of overall student performance at each level.
This module explores the key aspect of project management, including a range of tools/techniques/methodologies required for professional planning and implementing projects, evaluating associated benefits/costs and managing risk and uncertainty. The challenges of project organisation structures and resource scheduling will be addressed. The actual development of a project plan encourages students to discover the principles of stakeholders/client management, as well as to learn how to build effective project teams and leadership capability. A project based environment will be nurtured and supported throughout the module with the aim of delivering a realistic baseline of skills expected in the workplace.
The module will be delivered via a series of weekly 3-hour teaching blocks, comprising whole-group interactive lecture and seminar covering fundamental theories and applications. The 3-hour sessions involving theoretical content, simulations and activities all run in team formats, and the course will include a team-based exercise and presentation.
The module will make use of current newsworthy case studies and developing business and political trends, and so the nature of the topics and exercises will vary. Students will be provided with, and/or directed to, relevant reading and additional questions/ exercises to support their progress through the module material.Students will be expected to read widely from seminal texts as well as locating contemporary articles through electronic databases. Appropriate technological tools will be introduced to the students such as using Microsoft Project software to plan and manage a project.
Project workshops will be used in weeks 3 to 7 to focus on specific elements of the project planning process. The work delivered in these workshops will contribute to the overall knowledge of the student, provide crucial skills and give an opportunity to work on aspects of the assessed project plan in a supportive learning environment.
Lectures/Seminars
Hours: 30
Intended Group Size: Cohort
Workshops
Hours: 10
Intended Group Size: Cohort
Guided independent study
Hours: 260
Further Details Relating to Assessment
Development of a Project Plan (group presentation): students will be expected to work in groups to develop a project plan for a project scope title that may be negotiated with the module tutor. This presentation will include various elements taught throughout the module and allow for students to demonstrate a capacity to develop a project plan and present same at a professional level.
Full Project Plan (individual evaluation): students will be expected to prepare a full project plan for the project brief developed in groups. This will be an individual piece of work and allow for the students to engage fully with the academic content of the module and an element of critical self-analysis. The resulting piece of work is intended to be similar to the sort of project planning documentation that is used in the workplace. Examples are presented throughout the module to assist students in pitching their output at the correct level.
Formative assessments: workshops will be used throughout the semester to allow students to focus on particular skills that are utilised in the project environment. For example, the use of Microsoft Project software, financial planning processes and online/cloud computing systems.
Full details are contained within the Module Handbook.
001 Development of a Project Plan (Group Pres); 10 mins and Q&A; end of sem 2 40%
002 Full project plan; 3000 words; end of sem 2 60%
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Level - 6
Credit Value - 30
Pre-Requisites - N/A
Semester(s) Offered - 6S2