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Module Recommendations
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Requirements
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| Indicative Content |
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Project Management Fundamentals
Project lifecycle. Scope of a project. Project stakeholders. Project organisational structures. Project selection. Role of the project manager. Team selection and skill mix. Time management. Conflicts and conflicts resolution.
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Project Management Book of Knowledge
Project life cycle phases: project management knowledge areas. Project management process groups. Initiation process. Planning process. Execution process. Controlling process. Closing processes. Project life cycle.
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Project Planning
Project scheduling. Work breakdown structure. Time estimating. Network diagrams: Activity-on-Arrow & Activity-on-Node diagrams. Forward and backward scheduling. Multiple dependencies. Gantt charts. Network analysis and critical path identification. Probability scheduling.
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Resource Management
Resource allocation. Resource levelling. Project reduction techniques. Crashing.
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Project Tracking & Control
Earned Value Management - schedule performance index, cost performance index. Project completion issues.
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Engineering Economics
Economic decision making, strategic planning, understanding financial statements. Interest and the Time Value of money. Principles of investment. Investment appraisal using Present Worth, Equivalent Annuity and Rate of Return techniques. Payback period and Discounted Cash Flow Replacement and Capital Investment decisions. Evaluating alternatives.
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| Recommended Book Resources |
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- Project Management Institute 2017, A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge: Pmbok Guide, 6th Ed., Project Management Inst [ISBN: 9781628251845]
- Jack R. Meredith, Samuel J. Mantel, Jr., Scott M. Shafer 2019, Project Management: A Strategic Managerial Approach, 10th Ed., Wiley [ISBN: 9781119969097]
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- Rory Burke 2013, Project Management: Planning and Control Techniques, 5th Ed., Wiley [ISBN: 9781118660768]
- Harold Kerzner 2017, Project Management: A Systems Approach to Planning, Scheduling, and Controlling, 12th Ed., New York; John Wiley & Sons, Inc [ISBN: 9781119165354]
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- Website: Project Management Institute
- Website: Association for Project Managers
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