The primary objective of this module is to provide students with the knowledge, skills and understanding necessary to apply Project Management principles, tools and techniques to help initiate changes to achieve specific pre-determined project objectives in line with organisational goals and strategies. The module will prepare students for the workplace by developing their understanding of Project Management knowledge areas and Project Management processes. The student will benefit from understanding how projects are initiated, implemented, monitored and controlled and closed within a change environment.

Project management organisational strategy and change, project portfolio management, programme management, project lifecycles, project processes, project management strategies and approaches, projects, operations and change, project human resource management, role of the project manager-change agent, project leadership, role of the project team, projects and organisational structures, implementing change though project initiation, project selection, project integration management and project implementation. Developing the project charter, developing the project plan, project communications management, project risk management, project scope management, project estimates, top down estimating, bottom up estimating, project budgets and project baselines, project time management, activity scheduling, resource allocation, project monitoring and control, earned value - monitoring change, cost and schedule variance, cost and schedule performance indices, project change management, project quality management, project computer applications, project closure.

Develop students knowledge of project management principles and how these are applied to implement organisational change. Appraise project management processes, tools and techniques and articulate how they can be applied in delivering projects in a variety of contexts. Critically evaluate how project managers and project teams use behavioural skills to manage projects. Develop personal project management skills/competencies important in the context of collaborative team endeavours and projects.

Judge how projects are consistent with the goals and strategies of the organisation Appreciate the needs of project stakeholders and assess the broader impact of projects on the wider community and a global society

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Delivery Traditional classroom delivery combined with a lab based project . The early stages of the module is designed to develop a foundational knowledge of project management principles with various processes, tools and techniques - the project asks students to select appropriate tools and apply these to a case study. Research While standard industry based project management frameworks will be discussed, students will study the latest research in this emerging discipline. By taking different theoretical perspectives, students are required to view projects and identify how project management theory might inform practice and use this as a basis to critique standard industry frameworks. Graduate Attributes The graduate attributes are addressed in the module in the following way KNOWLEDGEABLE - The module seeks to build knowledge in the discipline of project management and gets students to apply this new knowledge to practical examples through a variety case based scenarios. (LO1 & LO2) PROACTIVE/CREATIVE - There are also a range of project management processes, tools and techniques introduced which the student must use to resolve project related problems. The assessment of the module includes problems designed to get students to think about how they can select tools, adapt and use them to address the problems provided. (LO2) RESPONSIBLE Students must study behaviours in projects and gain an appreciation in how their own behaviours have an impact on others and on the overall performance at project, programme and organiational levels. (LO4) They are also expected to be able to address the needs of all project stakeholders in an ethically responsible way. (LO6) COLLABORATIVE The module includes group work followed by an individual reflective piece which is assessed. In this students are required to reflect on their own performance and that of the group and document this in a reflective learning journal/blog They are requested to use a project management competency framework to analyse their work and their performance and use this to identify personal development plans for doing future collaborative projects. (LO4) ARTICULATE - students will produce written work in which they will need to articulate their understanding of project management theory and concepts applied in a variety of project settings (LO2)