Short Title: Full Title: Project CONDITIONAL APPROVAL Project Module Code: PROJ H4001 Credits: 5 NFQ Level: 8 Field of Study: Electricity and energy Module Delivered in no programmes Reviewed By: JAMES WRIGHT Module Author: JAMES WRIGHT Module Description: The aim of this subject is to give the student an understanding of concepts, planning and implementation tools and techniques in project management Learning Outcomes On successful completion of this module the learner will be able to: LO1 LO2 LO3 LO4 LO5 LO6 Demonstrate an organisation strategy. Use and create a project schedule using computer software tools. Evaluate skills required for project management. Discuss the development, motivation and communication in project teams. Demonstrate a capacity for financial management using spreadsheet tools. Develop an awareness of social responsibility with reference to an energy technology sector. Pre-requisite learning Co-requisite Modules No Co-requisite modules listed
Module Content & Content (The percentage workload breakdown is inidcative and subject to change) % Organisation strategy: (20%) Project selection criteria; Project Net present value and pay back. Project organisation structure. Corporate social responsibility. Project definition phase. Scope planning; project logic diagram, work breakdown structure, responsibility matrix, project stakeholder matrix. Cost planning: cost planning map. Project procurement management; Request for Quote (RFQ), Request for information (RFI), Request for Proposal (RFP). Procurement. Project Scheduling: (20%) Project management systems and tools: developing activity on- node networks, activity on-arrow networks, critical path method, PERT program evaluation review technique, Gantt charting. Project Institute (PMI); PMBOK Guide and Standards. International Project Association (IPMA). Projects IN Controlled Environments (PRINCE2) Risk: (10%) Risk:risk identification, risk quantification, risk response development, risk response control, risk response matrix. Budget: (10%) Earned value Analysis. Cost control. Project quality planning; Quality assurance plan. Project Implementation: Monitoring and managing progress. Tracking and managing the project budget. Project creep. Status reports. Performance reporting and closure. Health and Safety procedures and implementation. Project contracts and legal roles. Team Building: (40%) Attributes of high performing teams, creating a project team identity, team development. Team member motivation; Strategies for shaping behaviour; motivating workers by designing motivating jobs; skill variety, task identity, task significance, autonomy, feedback. Communication in virtual project teams, international teams, Hofstede s dimensions of individualism-collectivism and power distance. Project communication plan, Verbal communication and email, Organising productive and effective meetings, facilitating group decision making, Analytical problems solving. Approaches to creative problem solving; imagination, improvement, investment, incubation. Conceptual blocks; constancy, commitment, compression, complacency. Creative problem solving tools. Fostering creativity in others. Leadership skills and project manager skills. Breakdown % Course Work 10 Course Work Type Description Outcome addressed % of total Date Generate documentation using project management software 2,4 10.00 3 Group case study report on the management of a project including project team working. Report of developing a project schedule and management of a project. Problem set base on module topics, assessed during in-class examination. 4,5 10.00 6 4,5 10.00 10 2,4,5 70.00 12 No End of Module Formal Examination Reassessment Requirement Coursework Only This module is reassessed solely on the basis of re-submitted coursework. There is no repeat written examination. IT Tallaght reserves the right to alter the nature and timings of assessment
Module Workload Workload: Full Time Workload Type Workload Description Hours Frequency Average ly Learner Workload Lecture Classroom Work 3.00 Every Independent Learning Time Work outside classroom 4.00 Every 3.00 4.00 Total ly Learner Workload 7.00 Total ly Contact Hours 3.00 Workload: Part Time Workload Type Workload Description Hours Frequency Average ly Learner Workload Lecture Classroom Work 3.00 Every Independent Learning Work outside classroom 4.00 Every 3.00 4.00 Total ly Learner Workload 7.00 Total ly Contact Hours 3.00
Module Resources Required Book Resources Colleen Garton, Erika McCulloch, 2007, Fundamentals of Technology Project, 1st Ed., M C Press [ISBN: ISBN 1-583470530] Project Institute 2009, A Guide to the Project Body of Knowledge, 4th ed Ed., Project Institute [ISBN: ISBN 978-1933890517] Recommended Book Resources Anne Lawrence, James Weber, 2010, Business and Society, 13th Ed., McGraw-Hill/Irwin [ISBN: ISBN 978-0078137150] David A. Whetten, Kim S. Cameron 2007, Developing management skills, 5th Ed., Prentice Hall Upper Saddle River, NJ [ISBN: ISBN 978-0131747425] Hui-Liang Tsai, 2003, Information Technology and Business Process Reengineering: New Perspectives and Strategies,, 1st Ed., Praeger Publishers [ISBN: B000QCS8EM] Clifford F. Gray, Erik W. Larson 2008, Project management, 1st Ed., McGraw-Hill/Irwin Boston [ISBN: ISBN 978-0071287517] Richard M. S. Wilson and Colin Gilligan 2004, Strategic marketing management, 3rd Ed., Butterworth-Heinemann Oxford [ISBN: ISBN 978-0750659383] This module does not have any article/paper resources This module does not have any other resources