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IB581N: LEADING AND MANAGING PROJECTS (2022-2023)

Last modified: 31 Jul 2023 11:19


Course Overview

This course will provide you with the tools and techniques to excel at leading and managing projects. From establishing what projects are to exploring the development of project management, you will gain insights into the organisation of and approaches to projects. Leading and Managing Projects will show you how to identify types of projects, and help you break down a project to ensure you address all the vital elements involved. You will be introduced to different strategies and equipped with a number of frameworks to plan and execute a successful project while enhancing your understanding of what project management involves. By identifying challenges and seeking solutions, from planning to the project end, you will apply your learning to real life scenarios and reflect on personal experience, thinking about how you can take your new knowledge and skills into your professional context.

Course Details

Study Type Postgraduate Level 5
Session Second Sub Session Credit Points 15 credits (7.5 ECTS credits)
Campus Aberdeen Sustained Study No
Co-ordinators
  • School Administrator Julie C Adamson

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

  • Any Postgraduate Programme (Studied)

What other courses must be taken with this course?

None.

What courses cannot be taken with this course?

Are there a limited number of places available?

No

Course Description

This course will provide you with the tools and techniques to excel at leading and managing projects. From establishing what projects are to exploring the development of project management, you will gain insights into the organisation of and approaches to projects. Leading and Managing Projects will show you how to identify types of projects, and help you break down a project to ensure you address all the vital elements involved. You will be introduced to different strategies and equipped with a number of frameworks to plan and execute a successful project while enhancing your understanding of what project management involves. By identifying challenges and seeking solutions, from planning to the project end, you will apply your learning to real life scenarios and reflect on personal experience, thinking about how you can take your new knowledge and skills into your professional context.

This course aims to:

  • Provide you with a theoretical and practical introduction to the management problems associated with complex projects, and to technical and organisational approaches to solving them

Details, including assessments, may be subject to change until 31 August 2023 for 1st half-session courses and 22 December 2023 for 2nd half-session courses.

Summative Assessments

Project Plan, Summary or Abstract

Assessment Type Summative Weighting 40
Assessment Weeks Feedback Weeks

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Learning Outcomes
Knowledge LevelThinking SkillOutcome
ProceduralApplyDevelop a knowledge of the common problems associated with managing projects.
ProceduralUnderstandUnderstand the elements of planning and be able to develop a plan and resource profile for a simple project.

Essay

Assessment Type Summative Weighting 60
Assessment Weeks Feedback Weeks

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Feedback Word Count 2000
Learning Outcomes
Knowledge LevelThinking SkillOutcome
FactualUnderstandUnderstand how projects are defined and the project life cycle.
ProceduralApplyDevelop a knowledge of the common problems associated with managing projects.
ProceduralUnderstandUnderstand the importance of and different approaches to risk management.
ProceduralUnderstandUnderstand the importance of and the process for reporting progress during the project.
ProceduralUnderstandGain an understanding of different project management methods such as traditional and agile.
ProceduralUnderstandUnderstand the elements of planning and be able to develop a plan and resource profile for a simple project.

Formative Assessment

There are no assessments for this course.

Resit Assessments

Essay

Assessment Type Summative Weighting 100
Assessment Weeks Feedback Weeks

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Feedback Word Count 2000
Learning Outcomes
Knowledge LevelThinking SkillOutcome
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Course Learning Outcomes

Knowledge LevelThinking SkillOutcome
FactualUnderstandUnderstand how projects are defined and the project life cycle.
ProceduralApplyDevelop a knowledge of the common problems associated with managing projects.
ProceduralUnderstandUnderstand the elements of planning and be able to develop a plan and resource profile for a simple project.
ProceduralUnderstandUnderstand the importance of and different approaches to risk management.
ProceduralUnderstandUnderstand the importance of and the process for reporting progress during the project.
ProceduralUnderstandGain an understanding of different project management methods such as traditional and agile.

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