Duration: Six months
Target group:
Specifically, the course is aimed at all and every employee in a business or institution or organisation (project-driven and non project-driven) who may be involved with or who is interested in project-type work, similarly all people who may be responsible for planning and executing projects be it small or medium in size and ranging from low to medium complexity, aspirant project managers, junior project managers, assistant project managers, operations managers, project planners, project controllers, but even senior managers and CEOs who need to gain a basic understanding of and appreciation for the dynamic nature, unique body of knowledge and potential advantages which may be gained by project management
Admission requirements:
Candidates who do not hold a National Senior Certificate may be admitted on the basis of an equivalent qualification or appropriate work experience, specifically with regard to project-type or related work.
Course leader details:
Dr Riaan Dirkse van Schalkwykﾠ(BCom, BCom Hons, MCom Business Management)ﾠ
Department of Operations Managementﾠ
Unisaﾠ
AJH van der Walt Building 4-50
Muckleneuk campus
Tel: +27 12 429 2109
E-mail: dirksr@unisa.ac.za
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Assistant course leader details:
Prof Rigard J Steenkamp BCom (Marketing) MBA DCOM (UP)
Tel: 012 429 4842
Cell: 082 882 0215
E-mail: steenrj@unisa.ac.za
Programme administrator:
Help Desk Contact details:
Tel: (012) 352 4288 / 4170 / 4317 / 4383
Fax: 012 429 4150
E-mail: ucl@unisa.ac.za
Web: www.unisa.ac.za/slp
Purpose statement:
The purpose of this course is to expose students to the basic philosophy of project management as a unique, specialised discipline of management. The course will introduce certain selected project management concepts and terminologies and provide an overview of the whole project management body of knowledge (the PMBOKﾮ Guide). It will also enable students to solve practical problems and apply some of the basic project management tools and techniques. The course will help students to attain a basic academic-oriented knowledge of the principal aspects of project management and to prepare them for further more advanced programmes. The course is aimed at all persons and every employee in a business or private/public institution, organisation or department, who may be involved with or who is interested in ﾓproject-typeﾔ work. Similarly, all persons who may be responsible for planning and executing projects in small and medium-sized business and ranging from low to medium complexity, aspirant project managers, junior project managers, assistant project managers, project planners, project coordinators, project controllers and senior managers and CEOs who need to gain a basic understanding of and appreciation for the dynamic nature and potential of this field will benefit from the use of project management.
Modules:
CBPM01L - INTRODUCTION TO PROJECT MANAGEMENT CONCEPTS AND THE MANAGERIAL PROCESS
Content:
Topic 1 Introduction to project management dynamics
Study unit 1: The need for an introduction to modern project management
Study unit 2: Project management dynamics
Topic 2 Project management philosophy, strategy and systems
Study unit 3: Project management philosophy and strategy
Study unit 4: Systems and the project life cycle
Topic 3 Project management leadership and organisation
Study unit 5: Leadership and effective project managers
Study unit 6: Project organisation
Study unit 7: Teamwork and managing project teams
Topic 4 Project planning and scheduling
Study unit 8: Project definition, performance, timing, costing and closure
Study unit 9: Developing a project plan and managing risk
Study unit 10: Scheduling resources and reducing project duration
Topic 5 Project control and closure
Study unit 11: Project control principles, progress and performance measurement and evaluation
Study unit 12: Project audit, closure, success, failure and lessons learned
CBPM02M - INTRODUCTION TO THE PROJECT MANAGEMENT BODY OF KNOWLEDGE (PMBOK)
Content:
Topic 1: Coordinating project elements for successful project completion
Study unit 1: Project integration management
Study unit 2: Project scope management
Study unit 3: Project stakeholder management
Topic 2: Achieving project objectives of timely completion, in budget and to stakeholder satisfaction
Study unit 4: Project schedule management
Study unit 5: Project cost management
Study unit 6: Project quality management
Topic 3: Utilising project team members effectively and disposing project information appropriately
Study unit 7: Project resource management
Study unit 8: Project communications management
Topic 4: Acquiring project resources efficiently from external sources
Study unit 9: Project procurement management
Topic 5: Managing project risks for maximising positive outcomes
Study unit 10: Project risk management