Project Management is key for a business to manage change and drive progress. A business with a strong Project Management Office (PMO) is ready to grow and thrive. We'll teach you how you can be a part of a PMO and make a real impact. You'll take a 360 approach to PMOs, from working within one, designing and launching a new one, or improving a current PMO, you will be able to use your analytical, critical and reflective thinking skills to help businesses thrive. This will prepare, enable and empower you to play a key role in a PMO and make rapid progress in your career.
Total contact hours: 24
Private study hours: 126
Total study hours: 150
Main assessment methods:
Portfolio Assessment report (briefs and final framework) (3000 words) (60%)
VLE test (40%)
Reassessment methods:
100% coursework (100%)
Axelos (2013), Portfolio, Programme and Project Offices, 2nd Edition, The Stationery Office Ltd, UK
Duggal (2018), The DNA of Strategy Execution: Next Generation Project Management and PMO, John Wiley & Sons, UK
Kerzner (2017), Project Management Metrics, KPIs, and Dashboards: A Guide to Measuring and Monitoring Project Performance, 3rd edition, John Wiley & Sons
Project Management Institute (2016), Governance of Portfolios, Programs, and Projects: A Practice Guide, PMI Publications, US
The intended subject specific learning outcomes.
On successfully completing the module students will be able to:
- Develop and apply Project Management Methodologies
- Demonstrate the best-practices Project, Programme, and Portfolio Maturity Models
- Demonstrate comprehensive understanding of the control and governance mechanisms to improve organisations competitive advantage
- Demonstrate in-depth understanding of different project management software applications (project, programme, and portfolio)
The intended generic learning outcomes.
On successfully completing the module students will be able to:
- Demonstrate effective evidence-based decision making
- Demonstrate a comprehensive understanding of how to improve creativity and originality in selecting and applying appropriate governance mechanisms for problem formulation and solving;
- Apply the systematic use of latest technologies in the project management field
- Demonstrate Intercultural and ethical competency
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