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Level 6 Diploma in Logistics and Supply Chain Management

Strategic Role of Project Management

LSC604 · Project Management — Week 1 of 16

CourseLSC604
Week1 of 16
SemesterII
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This week’s topics

Strategic Role of Project Management

  1. Project life cycle models
  2. Organizational strategy alignment
  3. Stakeholder expectations
  4. Business case justification
  5. Project management - ACCA Strategic Business Leader (SBL)
  6. Lecture 17 Project Management
  7. TU Delft – The Need and importance of project management
  8. TU Delft – Project management activities to create value

What you will be able to do

  • 1.1 Analyse the importance of project management in business.

Activity

Start with this week’s 4 videos, then: Seminar, guided reading and a short written task: analyse the importance of project management in business.

Study materials

Videos

  • Project management - ACCA Strategic Business Leader (SBL) · YouTube · OpenTuition · 40 min · for registered students
  • Lecture 17 Project Management · YouTube · Eddy Witzel · 31 min · for registered students
  • TU Delft – The Need and importance of project management · YouTube · TU Delft · 8 min · for registered students
  • TU Delft – Project management activities to create value · YouTube · TU Delft · 8 min · for registered students

Further resources

  • Mastering Strategic Management, ch. 1: Mastering Strategy: Art and Science · PDF · Saylor Academy, textbook chapter; pp. 4–36 · for registered students
  • Business Ethics, ch. 3: Defining and Prioritizing Stakeholders · PDF · OpenStax, textbook chapter; pp. 69–92 · for registered students
  • Principles of Management, ch. 9: The Strategic Management Process: Achieving and Sustaining Competitive Advantage · PDF · OpenStax, textbook chapter; pp. 261–284 · for registered students
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Week 2
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Course plan
  • Week 1: Strategic Role of Project Management
  • Week 2: Project Planning Tools and Methodologies
  • Week 3: Technical Feasibility and Location Selection
  • Week 4: Network Analysis Techniques
  • Week 5: Critical Path Method and Schedule Optimization
  • Week 6: Capital Structure and Conventional Project Financing
  • Week 7: Contemporary and Alternative Project Finance
  • Midterm: Midterm evaluation
  • Week 9: Project Execution, Monitoring, and Control
  • Week 10: Risk Monitoring and Quality Governance
  • Week 11: Project Closure and Post-Implementation Evaluation
  • Week 12: Applying Project Management in practice: case studies
  • Week 13: Assignment workshop: research, planning and referencing
  • Week 14: Assignment workshop: drafting, feedback and improvement
  • Week 15: Review and coursework completion
  • Final: Final assessment and submission
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