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    This module aims to teach students practical project management skills. It will focus on planning, monitoring, controlling, and closing out projects. Students will learn techniques for scope management, estimating, scheduling, resource allocation, risk management, and evaluation. The module is divided into three themes: planning fundamentals, project monitoring and control, and project closeout and learning. Students will complete assignments, exams, and work with project management software to understand and apply key concepts. Upon completing the module, students should be able to plan, implement, evaluate, and improve their project management abilities.

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    This module aims to teach students practical project management skills. It will focus on planning, monitoring, controlling, and closing out projects. Students will learn techniques for scope management, estimating, scheduling, resource allocation, risk management, and evaluation. The module is divided into three themes: planning fundamentals, project monitoring and control, and project closeout and learning. Students will complete assignments, exams, and work with project management software to understand and apply key concepts. Upon completing the module, students should be able to plan, implement, evaluate, and improve their project management abilities.

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    This module aims to teach students practical project management skills. It will focus on planning, monitoring, controlling, and closing out projects. Students will learn techniques for scope management, estimating, scheduling, resource allocation, risk management, and evaluation. The module is divided into three themes: planning fundamentals, project monitoring and control, and project closeout and learning. Students will complete assignments, exams, and work with project management software to understand and apply key concepts. Upon completing the module, students should be able to plan, implement, evaluate, and improve their project management abilities.

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    Planning and Control

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    This module aims to teach students practical project management skills. It will focus on planning, monitoring, controlling, and closing out projects. Students will learn techniques for scope management, estimating, scheduling, resource allocation, risk management, and evaluation. The module is divided into three themes: planning fundamentals, project monitoring and control, and project closeout and learning. Students will complete assignments, exams, and work with project management software to understand and apply key concepts. Upon completing the module, students should be able to plan, implement, evaluate, and improve their project management abilities.

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    Introduction

    This module addresses the practical aspects of project management, where


    students begin to see how the project will be implemented. It also provides the answers
    to what, who, when and how much will be required for the project, and how these will
    interrelate to achieve the project objectives. Project planning is a crucial element of
    project management, and a project manager will spend a large amount of time planning
    and re-planning. It will also involve the value adding aspects of planning, where waste is
    minimised and learning is increased.

    Aims
    This module aims to critically assess, within a problem solving environment, the
    processes and strategies undertaken by project managers to define, plan, control, and
    deliver project requirements

    Learning Outcomes
    On completion of this module, students are expected to be able to:
    1.

    2.
    3.
    4.
    5.

    Using various planning techniques, assess and evaluate time, cost and quality
    requirements of the different tasks to produce a project delivery plan within a goal
    oriented environment.
    Apply resource scheduling and allocation techniques to facilitate effective project
    control.
    Critically appraise key project evaluation, monitoring and control techniques and
    their importance in bringing projects to successful completion.
    Critically review and apply the various IT led techniques, viewed as contemporary
    project management tools.
    Evaluate different quality systems and their role in minimising waste and giving
    value to the client.

    Module Map
    The module is broadly divided into following three themes
    Theme 1: Planning Fundamentals
    Theme 2: Project Monitoring and Control
    Theme 3: Project Closeout and Learning
    Theme

    Study Topics

    Theme 1

    Topic 1: Introduction to Planning Fundamentals:

    Planning Fundamentals

    Topic 2: Scope Management and Planning


    Methodologies
    Topic 3: Project Estimating and Budgeting
    Topic 4: Time Scheduling and Phasing 1
    Topic 5: Time Scheduling and Phasing 2

    Theme 2
    Project Monitoring and Control

    Topic 6: Resource Allocation, Aggregation and


    Leveling
    Topic 7: Introduction to Planning Software:
    Microsoft Project
    Topic 8: Monitoring and Control
    Topic 9: Monitoring and Control using Earned Value
    Topic 10: Project Risk Management
    Topic 11: Project Termination

    Theme 3
    Project Closeout and Learning

    Topic 12: Post Implementation Evaluation

    Schedule of Lectures
    Wk No

    Lecture

    Mode of delivery

    Project Lifecycle and Phases

    Lecture

    Project Feasibility

    Lecture

    3&4

    Project Selection Models (IRR, ROI,NPV, Pay


    Back Period and Scoring Models)

    Lecture + Activity assignment

    Project Breakdown (WBS, CBS, OBS, RBS)

    Lecture

    Project Planning Techniques (Rolling wave


    planning & CPM, dependencies, milestones,
    limitations, )

    Lecture + Activity assignment

    7&8

    Project Estimation and Budgeting Techniques


    (Order of Magnitude, Definitive estimates and
    Feasibility Estimates, Top down and Bottom up
    Budgeting, Learning Curve and Limitations of
    estimation, Contingency planning)

    Lecture

    Scheduling Techniques (Gantt/Bar Charts, Activity


    on Arrow, Activity on Node, Resource aggregation
    and levelling)

    Lecture + Exercises

    10

    Time Analysis (Slack, Float, Forward Pass and


    Backward Pass, CPM, Lead and Lag, Schedule
    Crashing and fast tracking)

    Lecture + Activity Assignment

    11

    Introduction to Microsoft Project (Gantt Chart,


    Resource levelling)

    Lab + Activity Assignment

    12 & 13

    Monitoring and Control (EVM, Cost and Schedule


    Variance, Project Control, Change Control, Balance
    Score Card Method: SF and CSF, Configuration
    Control, Quality Control, )

    Lecture + Activity assignment

    14

    Project Risk Management (Risk identification,


    Unknown Unknowns, Known Unknowns, Known,
    Risk Assessment, Risk Management :Acceptance,
    Mitigation, Avoidance Techniques)

    Lecture + Business Case


    Assignment

    15

    Project Closeout (Project Delivery and handover,


    extinction, inclusion, integration)

    Lecture

    16

    Post Implementation evaluation (Lessons


    Learned)

    Lecture + Activity assignment

    Evaluation Method and Criteria


    25% Class assignments
    35 % mid term examination
    40% End term examination

    Suggested Text and Readings


    Project Planning and Control Fourth Edition, by Eur Ing Albert Lester. Available
    online at: http://iclass.iuea.ac.ug/intranet/E-books/PROJECT
    %20MANAGEMENT/Project%20Planning%20and%20Control.pdf
    Goal directed project management by Andersen, E., Grude, K. and Haug, T.
    (2009). . London: Kogan Page Ltd.. Available online at:
    http://dl4a.org/uploads/pdf/Goal_Directed_Project_Management.pdf
    Project management. 3rd ed. By Burke, R. (2001). Chichester, England: J. Wiley.
    PROJECT MANAGEMENT A Systems Approach to Planning, Scheduling, and
    Controlling. 10th ed. By Kerzner, H. (2009). Hoboken, New Jersey: John Wiley &
    Sons, Inc. available online at:
    http://honestyets.pbworks.com/f/Project+Management+-+A+Systems+Approach++10thEd.pdf

    Articles and Research Papers


    Earned value project management method and extensions By (Anbari. F, 2003)
    Budget practices case studies By (Fruitticher et al., 2005)
    Project management via earned value By (Raby, 2000)
    Budget Busts: The Influence of Demand in the Construction Market By (J.Moss, 2003)

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