2019/20 Taught Postgraduate Module Catalogue
CIVE5190M Advanced Project Management
15 creditsClass Size: 120
Module manager: Professor Naomi Brookes
Email: N.J.Brookes@leeds.ac.uk
Taught: Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) View Timetable
Year running 2019/20
Pre-requisites
CIVE5181M | Project Management |
This module is not approved as an Elective
Objectives
1. To enable students to understand the complex reality of the project delivery environment2. To provide students with a holistic and integrative viewpoint of complex project management bringing together learning from other modules and new learning specific to this module.
3. To enable students to critically review performance of complex projects.
Learning outcomes
- Students will be able to assemble data from a variety of sources concerning complex projects with which they are not familiar and construct cases from this data which they will then be capable of analysing from a number of perspectives.
- Students will be able to take concepts from other fields (such as governance, corporate social responsibility, human resource management) and us these as a perspective to analysis engineering project cases.
- Students will be aware of current best practice in managing complex engineering projects and how this may be engendered through managerial interventions
Skills outcomes
Understanding managerial and leadership behaviours and actions to deliver complex projects.
Syllabus
Complexity in projects; megaprojects; evaluating complex project performance; governance; ethics; leadership; practitioner perspectives on delivering complex projects
Teaching methods
Delivery type | Number | Length hours | Student hours |
Lecture | 14 | 2.00 | 28.00 |
Tutorial | 1 | 7.00 | 7.00 |
Private study hours | 115.00 | ||
Total Contact hours | 35.00 | ||
Total hours (100hr per 10 credits) | 150.00 |
Private study
Independent group case creation – 35 hours; Individual blended learning exercises – 30 hours; Independent reflective reading – 50 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
Exams
Exam type | Exam duration | % of formal assessment |
Open Book exam | 3 hr 00 mins | 100.00 |
Total percentage (Assessment Exams) | 100.00 |
Resit in form of written assignment.
Reading list
The reading list is available from the Library websiteLast updated: 30/04/2019
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