Keele University Prospectus Postgraduate | 2016 | Page 68
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
Project Management
Overview
In today’s complex global
business environment, effective
project management skills are
in great demand. A successful
project manager balances the
conflicting goals of efficient
resource usage, quality of
product, time to market and
customer satisfaction. The course
is intended to provide you with
the technical and process skills to
undertake the role of a successful
project manager in the modern
business environment. It is
suitable for those already in the
profession who wish to improve
and develop managerial skills as
well as graduates at the start of
their career.
Project management requires
a multidisciplinary skill set and
this course will bring together
components from both the School
of Computing and Mathematics
and Keele Management School.
Additional information
The course will cover all the
basic project management
components as defined in the
Project Management Book of
Knowledge. It will also provide
the fundamental soft skills
required in successful team
building and the complex area
of people management.
You will learn through a
combination of lectures, seminars
and workshop session. These
include a mix of group study
and discussion, presentations
by teams and individuals and
individual learning tasks.
A virtual learning environment
is used to provide you with
access to a wide range of
electronic learning materials.
Module titles
This is a twelve month, full-time
course starting in September,
comprising of seven taught
modules plus a dissertation or
company internship. During the
first semester you will take four
core modules. There is also one
core module that runs throughout
the first and second semesters.
During the second semester
you will take two core modules
(one is double-weighted). From
the end of May to September,
you will undertake either a
dissertation which is often
industrially based or an internship.
The following indicates the range
of modules that may be offered:
• Accounting for
Decision Making
• Operations Management
and Supply
• People and Organisations
• Project Scope and
Portfolio Management
Key Information
Course type
xMSc, postgraduate
diploma, postgraduate
Mode
certificateof study
Full-time
Mode of study
Entry
Full-time
requirements
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language qualifications.
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For further information
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• Problem Solving Skills
for Consultants
• Metrics Estimation
Analysis and Teams
• Project Management
Distributed Group Project
(double-weighted)
• Dissertation/Company
Internship
Good to know
www.keele.ac.uk/scm/courses
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Following completion
of the course
our students are
successful in both
employment and
academic roles.