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Postgraduate Course: Project Management (BUST11073)

Course Outline
SchoolBusiness School CollegeCollege of Humanities and Social Science
Credit level (Normal year taken)SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) AvailabilityNot available to visiting students
SCQF Credits10 ECTS Credits5
SummaryProject Management is the application of management principles to deliver a project in accordance with predetermined objectives for time, cost & quality. This course will consider these principles in the management of all types project with particular emphasis on engineering projects, with respect to the project's life-cycle, the parties involved, planning, estimating, risk management, contract contract management, and project control. The course will examine the context of these themes through the development of a project exceution plan based on a real project.
Course description Not entered
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
Pre-requisites Co-requisites
Prohibited Combinations Other requirements For Business School PG students only, or by special permission of the School. Please contact the course secretary.
Course Delivery Information
Not being delivered
Learning Outcomes
- To develop an understanding of the context of projects and the management methods necessary for the successful delivery of these projects.

- To understand the roles of a variety of parties within a project.

- To provide students with a model of a project?s life cycle.

- To increase knowledge and understanding in a range of topics that are important to managing strategic projects successfully.

-To demonstrate knowledge and understanding of the integrative nature of project management
Reading List
None
Additional Information
Graduate Attributes and Skills Not entered
KeywordsMBA PrjctMgmt
Contacts
Course organiserDr David Ponniah
Tel: (0131 6)50 5729
Email: D.A.Ponniah@ed.ac.uk
Course secretaryMiss Kate Ainsworth
Tel: (0131 6)51 3854
Email: Kate.Ainsworth@ed.ac.uk
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