Last modified: 31 May 2022 13:05
This course covers basic areas of service operations management and project management applied to the context of managing petroleum data. It examines service design, service quality and improvement processes, capacity management in service operations, and service projects. It also covers the main areas of project management (scope, quality, cost, time, and risk) and standard planning techniques with particular emphasis on the importance of quality, scope and risk within data management projects.
| Study Type | Postgraduate | Level | 5 |
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| Term | Second Term | Credit Points | 15 credits (7.5 ECTS credits) |
| Campus | Aberdeen | Sustained Study | No |
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This course covers basic areas of service operations management and project management applied to the particular context of managing petroleum data. It examines service design, service quality and improvement processes, capacity management in service operations, and service projects. It also covers the main areas of project management: scope, quality, cost, time, and risk. It introduces students to standard project planning techniques with particular emphasis on the importance of quality, scope and risk within data management projects. It also covers risk more broadly by exploring risk and resilience within petroleum data management.
Information on contact teaching time is available from the course guide.
| Assessment Type | Summative | Weighting | 30 | |
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| Assessment Weeks | 29 | Feedback Weeks | 30 | |
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| Assessment Type | Summative | Weighting | 25 | |
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| Assessment Weeks | 29 | Feedback Weeks | 30 | |
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| Assessment Type | Summative | Weighting | 20 | |
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| Assessment Weeks | 27 | Feedback Weeks | 28 | |
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The results of the online test are available immediately, and additional formative feedback will be provided in the following week. |
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| Assessment Type | Summative | Weighting | 25 | |
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| Assessment Weeks | 30 | Feedback Weeks | 31 | |
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There are no assessments for this course.
| Knowledge Level | Thinking Skill | Outcome |
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| Conceptual | Apply | Define the scope of a project and explain project life cycles |
| Reflection | Evaluate | Appraise the quality and resource requirements for projects and the trade-offs between meeting quality, cost and time objectives |
| Reflection | Apply | Understand and apply techniques of project management, especially to sensitive data management |
| Procedural | Understand | Explain the characteristics of service operations in general and those of data management in particular |
| Procedural | Understand | Understand and apply techniques of quality management and improvement to petroleum data management service operations |
| Reflection | Evaluate | Evaluate risk in managing data projects and in managing data and know how to reduce risk and recover rapidly from failures |
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