Module 9: Agility Models
Module 10 : Business Plan Development : Cultural Focus
Module 11: Workshops and Exercises
Module 12: International Legislation and Ethics. Revision and Presentations
TEACHING AND LEARNING STRATEGY (INDICATIVE)
A classroom/face to face learning strategy is applied. Key questions will be provided to test understanding of the work. Students will be divided into groups for activities to embed book theory and practice. In the seminar every student will be given the opportunity of making an informal presentation using:
Formal Examination
Participation
Workshop exercises
Discussion
Presentations
ASSESSMENT STRATEGY (INDICATIVE)
LEARNING OUTCOME
On completion of the module students will be able to:
ASSESSMENT STRATEGY
Strategic Skills:
1 To develop a Stakeholder Management Plan
2 To develop a Professional Development Plan
3 To develop a Cultural Management Plan
4 To develop a Communication Management Plan
5 To develop a Stakeholder and Team Risk Management Plan
Operational skills:
To understand the team member (local,virtual and foreigner) working alongside you
To understand local cultural norms and behaviours when you are a foreigner in a host country - context
To integrate a team culture; using cultural and business analysis tools, techniques and methods - adaption
To embrace, monitor and control change - agility
To develop project team management skills where cultural inputs will vary according to backgrounds, expertise and life experiences
To place above into a Project Plan and formally present to cohort using full team management related to a team-Case Study
Combination of workshops, presentations participation and assignment using PMBOK® Guide 2012 and MSP™ as reference points for theory and practice.
BIBLIOGRAPHY (INDICATIVE)
Recommended Reading
· Slides
· PMBOK® Guide, 2012. Project Management Institute (PMI), USA
· « Culture Shock ! ». Survival Guides to Customs and Etiquette. Paperback Edition.
· MSP™ (2010, APMG)
RISK and Issue PROJECT MANAGEMENT
Pre-requisites: Fundamental PM Tools and Techniques (Semester 1/Year 1)
Co-requisites: None
MODULE SUMMARY (INDICATIVE)
This 20 hr course addresses the fact that at any point in a project there may be events and situations which can affect the direction, decision making and process of project success – the outputs, outcomes and benefits. Successful project management needs to work with, manage and tolerate positive and negative uncertainty. The scale, complexity, and importance will be determining factors. This course will deal with planned and unplanned events affecting project delivery and post project success. The use of risks to delivery and Benefit profiling will be applied as the focus of objective management.
Aims
The Course Objectives are to be able to develop risk and issue management strategies and embed into project lifecycle management:
To improve theoretical knowledge of Risk and issue management and estimation techniques
To understand practical application of these practices in a project and post project setting
To analyse competencies required at organisational, professional levels for R and I management
The drivers of R and I management and tools/techniques to use.
Develop a Risk and Issue Management Strategies, Plan, Matrix
