This week’s topics
Review and coursework completion
- Reviewing the learning outcomes
- Completing and checking coursework against the criteria
- Self-assessment
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.
- 3.1 Divide the research project into work packages, activities, milestones, estimate duration and establish relationship between activities.
- 3.2 Estimate resource, cost requirements for a given activity.
- 3.3 Identify critical path and optimize resource usage.
- 4.1 Apply project life cycle approach to examine the project management challenges.
- 4.2 Identify best practices related to project management.
- 4.3 Provide recommendations for successful delivery of projects.
Activity
Guided review of every criterion; coursework completion clinic and peer review.
Study materials
The teaching notes, exercises and videos of this week are in the student portal. Your portal is set up as soon as you receive final acceptance, so you can open them before the semester starts.
