2016/17 Taught Postgraduate Module Catalogue
CIVE5190M Advanced Project Management
15 creditsClass Size: 120
Module manager: Professor Nigel Smith
Email: n.j.smith@leeds.ac.uk
Taught: Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) View Timetable
Year running 2016/17
Pre-requisites
CIVE5181M | Project Management |
This module is not approved as an Elective
Objectives
1. Students will understand the context of the project delivery environment; bringing together what they have learnt elsewhere in the programme with the implications of forms of project governance, the articulation of project requirements and choosing an execution and procurement strategy;2. Students will be familiar with the techniques of stakeholder relationship management and will have experience of using these to facilitate project delivery;
3. Students will be aware of socio-technical risk and opportunity (such as goals, vision, values and work organisation and practices) and the impact that these have on organisational design and development for successful project delivery.
Syllabus
Project management basics reconciliation; applying PM tools and techniques; stakeholder relationship management; project governance; project success and failure; the reality of project management.
Teaching methods
Delivery type | Number | Length hours | Student hours |
Lecture | 12 | 1.00 | 12.00 |
Tutorial | 10 | 2.00 | 20.00 |
Private study hours | 118.00 | ||
Total Contact hours | 32.00 | ||
Total hours (100hr per 10 credits) | 150.00 |
Private study
Directed reading (including reflective exercises) - 70 hoursIndependent group case work - 48 hours
Opportunities for Formative Feedback
All case work is reviewed daily through submission or written reports and/or presentations to provide a formative assessment.Methods of assessment
Coursework
Assessment type | Notes | % of formal assessment |
Report | Case Report | 100.00 |
Total percentage (Assessment Coursework) | 100.00 |
Normally resits will be assessed by the same methodology as the first attempt, unless otherwise stated
Reading list
The reading list is available from the Library websiteLast updated: 14/12/2016
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