Abstract
This subject focuses on the leadership skills, knowledge and understanding required to deliver successful projects as the head of the project team. Students will learn the executive aspects of project management which sit above the project methodology layer, as well as exploring modern developments in project management. Team leadership and … For more content click the Read More button below.
Syllabus
Project leadership versus managementRelationships between organisational structure, projects and those who lead themTeam leadership, EQ and cultureDealing with conflict, politics and personalitiesBusiness Justification and benefits realisationProject value and scope managementTime, cost and quality managementProject communications managementProject risk managementData science and project reporting
Learning outcomes
Upon successful completion of this subject, students should:
1.
be able to evaluate and apply project recovery techniques to investigate and correct a failing project;
2.
be able to predict and analyse interpersonal challenges and apply appropriate resolution techniques;
3.
be able to investigate the business justification of a project and manage benefits realisation;
4.
be able to predict and analyse typical and likely challenges of the core project constraints, and to devise and apply preventative and corrective techniques;
5.
be able to identify and predict likely sources of project risk and to devise mitigation and avoidance strategies for them; and
6.
be able to analyse and integrate information from the appropriate literature on emerging trends in project management leadership.
Enrolment restrictions
Only available to students enrolled in the IT Masters relevant courses