Entry requirementsThis diploma course is open to any one, and no prior knowledge is required. However, a reasonable level of literacy is expected in order to complete the assignments to a satisfactory standard.
Academic titleLevel 3 Award in Project Management Course Plus a UK Open Learning Diploma.
Course description
Support
As an UK Open Learning home learning student you will have access to your own personal tutor helping you with your course work and with any questions you may have. This will last for a full 12 months from the day you receive the course. To complete this course will take in the region of 90 study hours which can be spread over a 12 month period to suit the student. However, you can work at your own pace.
Assessment details
Throughout the course manuals you will find exercises and multiple-choice questions to complete which will help you understand the knowledge element of the course. These are for your own use and do not need to be submitted to the college for marking.
You will also be required to submit comprehensive assignments based on your understanding and skills, to be marked by your tutor.
There is no word count for these assignments. However, you do have to prove to the tutor that you have fully understood the questions asked.
Course Outline:
What is project management?
Why use project management?
Benefits of project management
What do project managers actually do?
History of PM
Project management old and new
Modern scientific project management
Gantt charts
The Fayol management model
Network diagrams
Critical path method (CPM
Program evaluation and review technique (PERT)
Organisational Structure
The four basic organisational structures
Project Life Cycle
The four stage project cycle model
Milestones and hold points
Project close-out
Feasibility Studies
The client’s feasibility study
Stakeholders
The client
Define the constraints on the project
Value management
Financial models for project selection
Payback period
Return on investment
Discounted cash flow
Net present value
Project Estimating & Scope Definition
Ball-park cost estimate
Feasibility study
Costing
Subdivision of project costs
Direct costs
Indirect costs
Time related costs
Labour & staff costs
Material & logistics costs
Miscellaneous costs
Initiation
Project charter
Defining the scope
Changing scope
Scope Management
Project closeout
Project closeout report
Project Procurement Plan
What is required?
Sourcing
Communication of requirements to potential suppliers
Evaluation & selection of supplier
Review & evaluate tenders
Manage the Contract
Closeout
Work Breakdown Structure (WBS)
Presentation
Producing a WBS
WBS numbering system
WBS and costing
Further breakdown of WBS
Critical Path
Network diagrams: WBS and critical path
Logic
Activities in series
Activities in parallel
Generation of logic
Activities: summing up
Resource Planning
Estimating
Forecasting
Resource availability – constraints on the project