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Bachelor of Business (Honours) in International Business
NFQ LEVEL & Reference No.
Level 8 / Ref: M4.4
Duration
12 Weeks Full-Time X 2.5 Hours per week
12 Weeks Part-Time X 1.5 Hours per week
MODULE TITLE
Project Management
STAGE
Award
Module Credit Units
ECTS: 5

Project Management Module

Introduction to Project Management

This Project Management course is meticulously designed to equip learners with a comprehensive understanding of how organisational goals are systematically translated into strategic, tactical, and operational plans through effective project management practices. It underscores the importance of change initiatives aimed at achieving or maintaining a competitive edge. The course delves into the essential project management processes, including Initiation, Planning, Execution, Control, and Project Closure, and emphasises the skills necessary for becoming an effective project manager.

Indicative Syllabus

Defining Project Management

  • Strategic plans and change initiatives; Leading change; why transformation efforts fail
  • Technology and Change; Risks of obsolescence; Product life cycle; adapting to change
  • Secondary characteristics; Temporary nature of projects / Unique / Progressive Elaboration, Single Use, Purpose
  • Triple Constraints (Time, Scope and Cost)

Project Management Standards and Frameworks

  • Project Management as a Profession & Certification
  • Project Management Institute
  • PMP Certification
  • Project Management Book of Knowledge
  • Project Management Association
  • Project Management Institute of Ireland

Project Life Cycle

  • Initiating processes – authorizing the beginning or ending of a project or phase
  • Planning processes – ensuring that the objectives of the project are achieved in the most efficient and effective manner
  • Executing processes – coordinating all resources (people and material) during the implementation of the project plan
  • Controlling processes – monitoring of project variances from what was planned to actual progress – earned value
  • Closing processes – formal acceptance of the project or a phase and updating of the project information base with lessons learned

Sustainability and Circular Economy in projects

  • Manufacturing processes
  • New Product Design

Project Management Control and Organizational Structures

  • Product design and substitute materials
  • Project Scope
  • Project Risks and Issue Management
  • Project Manager: Responsibility and Autonomy
  • ESG: Life-cycle assessments; and Implications of regulatory frameworks

Minimum Intended Learning Outcomes (MIMLOs)

Upon successful completion of this module, the learner should be able to:
MIMLO1
Assess the parameters of standard project management framework – PMBOK © Project Management Body of Knowledge.
MIMLO2
Analyse the key tenets of each phase of the project management life cycle from initiation to lessons learned and the purpose of key documentation.
MIMLO3
Examine the value of change management in context of new and emerging technologies.
MIMLO4
Critically evaluate the concepts of sustainability and circularity in projects’ and business processes.

Assessment

MIMLOs
Assessment
Percentage
1, 2, 3, 4
Individual Assignment / Group Project
Total 100%

Reassessment Opportunity

Where the combined marks of the assessment and examination do not reach the pass mark the learner will be required to repeat the element of assessment that they failed. Reassessment materials will be published on Moodle after the Examination Board Meeting and will be aligned to the MIMLOs and learners will be capped at 40% unless there are personal mitigating circumstances.

Aims & Objectives

The aim of this module is to assist learners understanding of how organisations goals are translated into strategic, tactical and operational plans through the application of project management.  It  will focus on the key projects management processes of Initiation, Planning, Execution, Control and Project Closure, and the skills required to be an effective Project manager.

The objectives are to equip learners with an in-depth understanding of the PMBOK® framework, enhancing their knowledge of project management fundamentals.

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