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 Entry is eius. Quiatius corat. requirements Ximus nihic te Applicants must have a niminverios coresse second-class honours quatem hit velitasi degree (2.2 or equivalent), voleniendam rem aditati along with the relevant res quam, cullenis language qualifications. doluptumque exererum For further information quae nost, ullor molut please visit the website. acium ab ini oditate cepudio riones sintur Contact email molorpos es serempo [email protected] ritatibus net omnimus solorro tetur re dolupta tendisquo ducimus, ipsa porias mos Contact email x • 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 68 Following completion of the course our students are successful in both employment and academic roles.