Project Management
Lecture 1
Introduction to Project Management
Teaching Staff
• Dr Dannie Talbot
• Email: danielle.talbot@coventry.ac.uk
• Dr James Smith
• Email: james.smith@coventry.ac.uk
Formal Outcomes
The intended learning outcomes are that by the end of this module students should be able to:
• Develop a project management plan in a business context
• Critically evaluate different approaches to project management
• Evaluate methods of managing large scale projects. Our Intention
• To give you an insight into both the theory and reality of project management
• To equip you with useful skills & tools for your PM toolkit
• To enable you to critically assess projects.
Indicative Content
• Linking projects to business strategy and objectives • Project definition & scope
• ‘soft systems methodology’ • Project organisation
• Project quality
• Project cost and benefit analysis •
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Project scheduling
Risk management
Project definition
Implementation and control • Project management systems and methods
• Project management information systems
• Communication.
Course Textbook
Jeffrey K Pinto
Project Management:
Achieving Competitive
Advantage
Second Edition
Pearson
Available from campus bookshop. Format
Two lectures every week:
• Wednesday 10-11 & Thursday 1-2pm
One weekly seminar
• Please sign up for a seminar slot (on moodle) if you have not already done so!
• http://moodle.coventry.ac.uk/hub/
Self directed/online study.
Seminars
• Case studies
• Practical exercises for hands-on experience of using project management techniques • Discussion
• Please prepare for seminars and be ready to participate.
Assessment
• Coursework 1 = 50%
• Coursework 2 = 50%
• You must get a mark of at least 35% in each coursework and the overall module mark must be at least 40% in order to pass the module.
Coursework 1
Produce a 1500 word report on a project:
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