Project management is an essential skill for most people in many areas of business and management, and is especially useful for new graduates trying to establish themselves in their careers. Project management is a competence area that is supported in business by the award of professional certifications, such as the Project Management Professional (PMP) awarded by the US-based Project Management Institute, and others such as Prince2 and IPMA. Graduating students in business, management, software engineering, and other professional areas can greatly benefit from having some theoretical knowledge and practical experience in this important area. This paper is targeted at providing introductory knowledge and building hands-on skills about the use of project management tools in business, and is complementary to many business subject areas, such as marketing, accounting, manufacturing and communications. This knowledge and experience about project management is of particular relevance to students who, after graduation, will be working intensively in IT support and implementation, or in other major project-based environments.

The paper includes a variety of teaching approaches, all designed to support a practical, real-world orientation; knowledge snippets, readings, tutorial videos, frequent case studies, and hands-on software tutorials. There will be one two-hour session every week. Questions and discussions during online sessions are strongly encouraged. You are expected to take responsibility for your own learning, with support from the instructors.

There is no comprehensive examination for this paper. Student assessment is based on the following components:

This is a 15 point paper so you should expect to spend around 150 hours in total during the trimester.

There is no prerequisite for this paper. The material covered in this paper should be useful to all courses in management studies and other faculties.