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Level 8 Diploma in Strategic Management and Leadership Practice

Midterm evaluation

SMP803 · Project Development, Planning and Management — Midterm

CourseSMP803
Week8 of 16
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This week’s topics

Midterm evaluation

  1. Midterm assessment of the criteria taught so far
  2. Individual feedback and targets

What you will be able to do

  • 1.1 Explain the growing importance of projects in organisational context.
  • 1.2 Appraise the complexities involved in managing projects.
  • 1.3 Explain the processes and methodologies related to projects.
  • 2.1 Understand the various types of research projects.
  • 2.2 Explain the differences between organisational projects and research projects.
  • 2.3 Understand research funding landscape.
  • 2.4 Explain the stages of a DBA project.
  • 2.5 Discuss how to manage risk in a DBA project.

Activity

Midterm assessment task and individual feedback.

Study materials

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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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