Unit Aims and Relevance The unit aims to: • enables you to consider the significance of project management and the role of a project manager in modern businesses; • develop your systematic understanding of project management, informed by contemporary research, and its diverse application in different business contexts; • enable you to evaluate commercially available tools and methodologies for application in your business area; • enable you to approach new projects equipped with all the necessary skills to bring projects to successful conclusions; • enable you to recognise and promote the importance of effective project management to potential users. Relevance You will use and analyse de facto standard Project Management methodologies, including PRINCE2, PMBoK and Agile, along with the associated tools and techniques, developing key employability skills
Syllabus Content:
Project Management and the Project Manager’s Role
Project Management Theory & Methodologies – for example:
PRINCE2,
PMBoK and Agile
Stakeholders and Communication Strategy
Project Brief: Business Case & Project Scope
Project Planning, Project Initiation Document, including tools such
as:
Product & Work Breakdown Structure, Network Analysis &
Critical Path
Analysis, Gantt Cart
Quality and Risk Management