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Level 8 Diploma in Strategic Management and Leadership Practice

Project Management Methodologies and Governance

SMP803 · Project Development, Planning and Management — Week 2 of 16

CourseSMP803
Week2 of 16
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This week’s topics

Project Management Methodologies and Governance

  1. Predictive, iterative, and adaptive frameworks
  2. Comparative analysis of PRINCE2, Agile, and hybrid models
  3. Process mapping and life cycle governance
  4. Tailoring methodologies to institutional context
  5. Lecture 17 Project Management
  6. Mary Uhl-Bien on Leading in Complexity and Enabling the Adaptive Process in People and Organizations
  7. Process Mapping

What you will be able to do

  • 1.2 Appraise the complexities involved in managing projects.
  • 1.3 Explain the processes and methodologies related to projects.

Activity

Start with this week’s 3 videos, then: Seminar, guided reading and a short written task: appraise the complexities involved in managing projects.

Study materials

Videos

  • Lecture 17 Project Management · YouTube · Eddy Witzel · 31 min · for registered students
  • Mary Uhl-Bien on Leading in Complexity and Enabling the Adaptive Process in People and Organizations · YouTube · Cranfield School of Management · 88 min · for registered students
  • Process Mapping · YouTube · Galton College · 30 min · for registered students

Further resources

  • Information Systems for Business and Beyond (2019), ch. 10: Information Systems Development · PDF · Other, textbook chapter · for registered students
  • Security Engineering (3rd ed.), ch. 27: Secure Systems Development · PDF · Other, textbook chapter; pp. 965–1013 · for registered students
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Course plan
  • Week 1: Strategic Role of Projects in Modern Organisations
  • Week 2: Project Management Methodologies and Governance
  • Week 3: Typologies of Research Projects versus Organisational Initi…
  • Week 4: The DBA Project Life Cycle and Research Funding Ecosystem
  • Week 5: Doctoral Research Risk Identification and Mitigation
  • Week 6: Research Work Breakdown Structure and Activity Scheduling
  • Week 7: Resource Planning and Financial Budgeting for Research Proj…
  • Midterm: Midterm evaluation
  • Week 9: Critical Path Method and Research Schedule Optimisation
  • Week 10: Project Life Cycle Analysis and Doctoral Research Bottlenec…
  • Week 11: Project Best Practices and Strategic Frameworks for DBA Del…
  • Week 12: Applying Project Development, Planning and Management in pr…
  • 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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