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Welcome to UELRoyal Docks Business School
SMM232 IHRM &Project Management
Dr Sean DoddMSc Project Management
Programme LeaderRoom BS4.17
Email [email protected]
Agenda
• Introduction • Background & APM • Assessment• Additional Activities• PRINCE2
Introduction
• Arrive on time each week• Swipe in immediately• Mobile ’phones off• Leave all rooms clean
• Contribute equally to your groups• Check UELPlus/email often• Start assessments early• Submit work early• Extenuations, pt/ft
Introduction
• Notes available on UELPlus• Importance of Punctuality• Student attendance is Mandatory • Direct correlation between attendance and
results• Phones off, listen & remove rubbish
Module Delivery
• Lectures
• Student presentations
Assessment
• Group Report & Presentation• Detailed Module Handbooks • Plagiarism policy• Study Support• Skill Zone
Assessment
Group Report & Presentation• 5000 words• Any area of Olympic Games• Due Monday 10 December• Turnitin not required• Harvard Referencing
• See UELPlus for more information
Aims of the Module
To enhance your: • Theoretical knowledge• Analytical & writing skills• Qualifications• Life-long learning
Skills for Life
• Analytical & critical thinking• Writing & research• Communication• Management • Reflective practice
Background & APM
• Project management notorious for failure
• Office of Government Commerce
• Association for Project Management
• PRINCE2
Regular Project Failure
• Criminal Records Bureau database
costs doubled to £400m in 2004• Home Office IT for Asylum Seekers
cancelled after spending £77m in 2001• Inland Revenue IT overpaid rebates
by £2b in 2004
Olympic Games 2012 Fire
Common Causes of Project Failure
• Long project durations • Estimation methods inaccurate• Continuous change• Poor Documentation: untimely, unavailable,
inconsistent, incomplete, ambiguous, incorrect• Fixed Point Theorem• Stakeholder mismanagement
Useful PM’s Kit Bag
• Concepts– Lifecycles, roles, requirements, definitions,
governance, business case
• Tools & Techniques– PBS, WBS, CPA, Gantt charts, MS Project
• Project Success– Causes of failure, quality, change control
• PRINCE2– Foundation & Practitioner exams
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Location of MSProject
PRINCE2 Delivery
Foundation Training & Exam• Lectures start Wednesday 17 October• 6-9pm in EB2.43• Collect manuals from my office• Exam 14 November, 75 questionsPractitioner – starts in Semester B• Training & Exam• 3 hrs, 9 questions
For next week
Group member list (5): name, ID & title• Choose any area related to the Games• One group per area only• See list on UELPlus for ideas• E.g. Budget, Main Stadium, Acquatics Centre,
Stakeholder Management, Legacy, Lessons Learned, Rio 2016, etc.
Reading
• Gray, C. & Larson, E. (2008) Project management – the managerial process. McGraw-Hill
Useful Journals
• International Journal of Project Management• Project Management Journal• Project Manager Today • Project • PM Network
Additional Activities
• Project Challenge: 17-18 October, Olympia– www.projchallenge.com
• APM Conference: TBC, London– www.APM.org.uk
Thank you & any Questions?
Dr Sean Dodd
Programme Leader
MSc Project Management
Room BS4.17
Email [email protected]
Tel 0208 223 2307