Form C4
1. Course
Code
5. School
7. Delivery:
Location &
Semester
Heriot-Watt University - Course Descriptor
C11PX
2. Course
Title
Project Management (Executive)
Management and Languages
Edin
SBC
Orkney
Sem 1.
Sem…….
Sem………..
3. SCQF 11
4. Credits
Level
6. Course
Amos Haniff
Co-ordinator
Approved Learning Partner
Dubai
IDL
Collaborative Partner
Sem……..
Sem….
Name…………………….....Sem..…...
15
Name …………………………………Sem………..
8. Pre-requisites
9. Linked Courses
(specify if synoptic)
10. Excluded Courses
11. Replacement Courses
Code:
12. Degrees for which
this is a core course
Date Of Replacement:
13. The course may be
delivered to:
15. Aims
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UG only
PG only
UG & PG
Executive MSc Strategic Project Management
Executive MSc Strategic Change Management
14. Available as an Elective?
Yes
No
To enhance applied knowledge of the professional project management discipline
To develop competence in the use of project management quantitative and qualitative project planning and control tools and techniques.
To enable recognition of the limitations and appropriateness of the varied approaches to project management
To demonstrate the progression throughout the project life-cycle from project initiation to project closure.
To provide knowledge of project management software applications
To define the role and current issues faced by modern project managers
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16. Syllabus
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Organisation Strategy and Project Selection
Organisation and Project Structures
Project Definition
Estimating Project Time and Costs
Developing a Project Plan
Managing Risk
Scheduling Resources
Reducing Project Duration
Progress and Performance Control
Project Audit and Closure
Project Management and the Future
Leadership and Managing Project Teams
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17. Learning Outcomes (HWU Core Skills: Employability and Professional Career Readiness)
Subject Mastery
Understanding, Knowledge and Cognitive
Skills
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Personal Abilities
Scholarship, Enquiry and Research (Research-Informed Learning)
Critically and effectively analyse strategic project proposals
Recognise good and bad project management practices
Demonstrate ability to project management an industry-based strategic project scenario
Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of project planning and control tools and techniques
Develop knowledge and experience of commercial project management software packages
Industrial, Commercial & Professional Practice
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Autonomy, Accountability & Working with Others
Demonstrate team working abilities.
Demonstrate leadership skills
Develop analytical and problem solving skills
Develop communication and presentation skills
18. Assessment Methods
Method
19. Re-assessment Methods
Duration of Exam
Weighting (%)
Synoptic courses?
Method
(if applicable)
Examination
Coursework
Communication, Numeracy & ICT
3 hrs
Duration of Exam
(if applicable)
60%
40%
Examination
3 hrs
20. Date and Version
Date of Proposal
Date of Approval by
School Committee
Date of
Implementation
Version
Number
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Diet(s)