MSING001: Project Management
Level M
UCL credits/ECTS
15 / 6
Start September to January
End
June
Prerequisites – None
Course Aims
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To define the concept of the project in relation to industrial and commercial organisations.
To introduce the needs, tools and the success/failure indicators for managing projects.
To exemplify project management by illustrative case studies and practical exercises.
To assist students in developing the skills, knowledge, attributes and behaviours of a project
manager.
Method of Instruction - Lecture presentations.
Assessment
The course has the following assessment components:
 One report: case study analysis (individual) 10%
 One project planning assignment (team and individual) 40%
 Written two hour examination (unseen) 50%
To pass this course, students must:
 submit work for ALL components and obtain an overall pass mark of 50% for all sections
combined
Recommended Reading
 MSIN3001/M001/G001 Project Management Session Notes - set of notes relating to the issues
covered in each lecture, available on the course Moodle site.
 Project Management: Planning & Control (5th edition), Lester, Butterworth-Heinemann 2007,
ISBN 0-7506-6956-X
Additional Reading
 BS6079-1: 2010. Project Management – Part 1: principles and guidelines for the management of
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projects, BSI 2010
BS6079-2: Part 2: Vocabulary, BSI 2000
APM Body Of Knowledge (5th Edition), APM 2006, ISBN 1-903494-13-3
The Noah Project, Ralph A Kliem & Irwin S Ludin, 1993, ISBN 0-566-07469-9
Project Management (7th ed.), J. R. Meredith, S. J. Mantel, 2010, ISBN 978-0-470-40026-5
Project Management Leadership, R Burke and S Barron, 2007, ISBN 0-9582-833-5-9
The Project Workout (3rd ed.), R. Buttrick, 2005, ISBN0-273-68181-8
BS6079-3: Part 3: Guide to the Management of Business Related Project Risk, BSI 2000
BS ISO10006: 2003. Quality Management Systems - Guidelines for Quality in Project
Management, BSI 2003