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BU5052: PROJECT MANAGEMENT (2015-2016)

Last modified: 25 Mar 2016 11:37


Course Overview

This course aims to equip delegates with a detailed understanding of project management techniques and related operations management concepts such as risk and resilience, location, and quality that are important to the energy industries. Included in this are the 3Ps, project roles and governance, scope,  the project business case, organisational structures, breakdown structure, scheduling, resource management, earned value management, project leadership and communication.

 

Course Details

Study Type Postgraduate Level 5
Term First Term Credit Points 15 credits (7.5 ECTS credits)
Campus None. Sustained Study No
Co-ordinators
  • Mr Russell Williams

Qualification Prerequisites

None.

What courses & programmes must have been taken before this course?

  • Any Postgraduate Programme (Studied)
  • Either MRes Business Research (Studied) or Master of Business Administration in Energy Management (Studied)

What other courses must be taken with this course?

None.

What courses cannot be taken with this course?

None.

Are there a limited number of places available?

No

Course Description

Standard project management techniques: PERT /CPM and Gantt charts. Project management software. Resource allocation and management. Risk and resilience. Location and project selection decisions. Quality. Management of quality, cost and time. Osmotic disruption.

Contact Teaching Time

Information on contact teaching time is available from the course guide.

Teaching Breakdown

More Information about Week Numbers


Details, including assessments, may be subject to change until 30 August 2024 for 1st term courses and 20 December 2024 for 2nd term courses.

Summative Assessments

1st attempt: Three coursework assignments. The first is an individual assignment and composes 40% of the course grade. (2000 words) The second is a group-based assignment and composes 30% of the course grade. (presentation or summary - 1500 words) The third is an individual assignment and composes 30% of the course grade (1500 words). Resit: here is no opportunity to resit the group-based assignment. Students may retake the individual coursework assignments within six weeks of having received a coursework grade of less than CAS 9 (or equivalent if CAS is discontinued) together with feedback on performance.

Formative Assessment

There are no assessments for this course.

Feedback

None.

Course Learning Outcomes

None.

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