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Bnm808 Managing Projects: Staff Member Responsible For The Module

This document provides information about the BNM808 Managing Projects module for the 2013/14 academic year at Aston Business School. The module is worth 15 Aston credits or 7.5 ECTS credits. It is taught over 10 weeks through lectures, case studies, site visits and software demonstrations. The module aims to develop an understanding of project management processes and tools. On completion, students will be able to plan, monitor, control and evaluate projects, understand decision making across project phases, and plan projects using MS Project. The module content covers topics such as project selection, scope management, scheduling and evaluation. Assessment is split 50/50 between coursework and exam.

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Bnm808 Managing Projects: Staff Member Responsible For The Module

This document provides information about the BNM808 Managing Projects module for the 2013/14 academic year at Aston Business School. The module is worth 15 Aston credits or 7.5 ECTS credits. It is taught over 10 weeks through lectures, case studies, site visits and software demonstrations. The module aims to develop an understanding of project management processes and tools. On completion, students will be able to plan, monitor, control and evaluate projects, understand decision making across project phases, and plan projects using MS Project. The module content covers topics such as project selection, scope management, scheduling and evaluation. Assessment is split 50/50 between coursework and exam.

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BNM808 MANAGING PROJECTS

Academic Year 2013/14

Number of Aston Credits: 15

Number of ECTS Credits: 7.5

Staff Member Responsible for the Module:


Dr. Prasanta Kumar Dey, Operations and Information Management Group
Aston Business School 273, Extension: 4011
Email: p.k.dey@aston.ac.uk
Students are welcome to contact the academic staff at any time
Or contact the Information & Operations Management Group Administrator, John Morley,
Room ABS266, Extension: 3236

Pre-requisites for the Module:


None

Module Objectives and Learning Outcomes:


The overall aim is for students to develop an understanding of project management
processes and use of various tools and techniques for effective management of projects.

On completion of this module, you would be able

To plan, monitor, control and evaluate projects


To develop in-depth knowledge on various tools and techniques of project planning,
and implementation;
To understand decision making processes across various phases of project
To plan, monitor and control projects using MS Project software
To learn project management practices of leading organizations

Module Content:

Week 1: Overview of project management


Principles of project management
Case study: Project management practices
Case study: Project planning using logical framework
Week 2: Project selection and portfolio management
Project selection framework
Financial models
The Analytic Hierarchy Process
Project portfolio management
Case study: Project selection using SWOT and the Analytic Hierarchy
Process
Case study: Project site selection using multiple attribute decision-
making technique
Case study: Integrated project selection and evaluation using multiple
attribute decision-making technique

Week 3: Project scope management


Work breakdown structure
Organization breakdown structure
Responsibility matrix
Case study: Causes of project failure
Case study: Critical factors for successful implementation of enterprise
system

Week 4: Project organization


Project management office
Leadership and project manager
Project team building, conflict and negotiation
Case studies: Understanding role of politics in project management

Week 5: Project risk management


Risk management processes
Tools and techniques
Case study: A combined analytic hierarchy process and decision tree
approach for project risk management
Case study: Managing risk in ERP projects

Week 6: Project scheduling, budgeting and controlling


Critical path method
Program evaluation review techniques
Project crashing
Cost estimation and budgeting
Earned value management

Week 7: Project procurement


Procurement processes
Partnership
Case study: Reengineering project procurement
Case study: A structured methodology for improving the owner-
contractor relationship in construction projects
Week 8: Project evaluation and termination
Project evaluation
Project termination
Case studies: Benchmarking project management practices,
Reengineering project processes
Case studies: Process reengineering for effective implementation of
projects

Week 9: Review and revision


Coursework presentation

Week 10: Examination

Treatment of the learning outcomes is integrated, but broadly speaking they are
addressed specifically as follows:

Outcome 1: Week 1 – 8

Outcome 2: Week 2 – 8

Outcome 3: Week 2 – 8

Outcome 4: Week 3 and 6

Outcome 5: Week 1 – 8

International Dimensions:
Every topic would be discussed with the examples of project management research and
practices in the organizations and / or industries of both developed and developing
countries.

Corporate Connections:
The group projects should be dealing with the real life problems of the organizations.

Contribution of Research:
The staff member will expose the students to current state of research on project
management and the group projects will have considerable research components.
Ethics, Responsibility & Sustainability:

The role of ethics, corporate social responsibility and sustainability will be discussed in the
context of project management.

Method of Teaching:
Formal class contact will consist of a three-hour lecture per week for 9 weeks.

The module would be taught using formal lectures, case studies, project site visits, and
software demonstration.

Method of Assessment:
Coursework: 50%
Written examination (closed book): 50%

Distance Learning Students:


This module is not available to students off-campus

Learning hours:
Pre-reading 13
Contact hours 27
Site visits 10
Directed learning & Private study 50
Course work 50
Total 150

Pre-reading:

http://www.pmi.org/uk-landing.aspx
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0925527305002070
The following essential and recommended readings are subject to
change. Students should not therefore purchase textbooks prior to
commencing their course. If students wish to undertake background
reading before starting the course, many of the chapters/readings are
available in electronic form via on-line library catalogues and other
resources.
Essential Reading:
Project management: Achieving competitive advantage, Pinto Jeffrey, Prentice Hall, 2012,
US
A guide to the project management body of knowledge, William R. Duncan, PMI
Standards Committee, 2008

Project Management: A Managerial Approach, Jack Meridith and Samuel Mantel, 2009

Handbook of Project-based Management, Rodney Turner, 2009

Indicative Bibliography:
International Journal of Project Management (available via on-line)

Construction management and economics (available via on-line)

Journals of construction engineering and management (available in the library)

Journal of infrastructure system (available in the library)

Software:
MS Project

Websites:
www.pmi.org
www.apm.org
www.cost.org
www.IAIA.org
www.asce.org

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