1. Assessment
   1. Examination (January)
      1. Time
         1. 1.5 hours
      2. Revision tips
         1. PERT diagrams
         2. Project life-cycle
         3. Project foundations
         4. Change management
         5. But you should know about other aspects of PM in order to answer these questions
      3. Number of questions
         1. 4 questions
      4. Date
         1. Exam period (January)
   2. Alternative Assessment (December)
      1. Time
         1. 1.5 hours
      2. Revision tips
         1. PERT diagrams
         2. Project foundations
         3. Project risk Management
         4. Project change management
         5. But you should know about other aspects of PM in order to answer these questions
      3. Number of questions
         1. 4 Questions
      4. Date
         1. Week 12
2. Content
   1. Week 1
      1. Introduction to project management
         1. What is a project
         2. What is project management
         3. Project life-cycle
         4. Golden rule of project management
   2. Week 2
      1. Introduction to project planning
         1. Project foundations
         2. Project scope
         3. Scope creep
   3. Week 3
      1. Introduction to PERT diagram
         1. Activity on node
         2. Activity on arc
         3. Project crashing
   4. Week 4
      1. Project Planning
         1. Range of planning beyond techinque
         2. Risk in planning
         3. Quality management in projects
         4. Effort planning
   5. Week 5
      1. Introduction to project monitoring
         1. Why monitoring
         2. Links between monitoring, control & planning
         3. Tools/techniques
            1. Reporting
            2. Highlights
            3. Special interest reports
            4. Exception report
            5. Meetings
            6. Data Collection
            7. EVA charts
   6. Week 6
      1. Introduction to project control
         1. Types of control
            1. go/no go
            2. Cybernetic
            3. post
         2. Stewardship of resources
         3. Experience based PM
            1. Lesson learnt logs/reports
   7. Week 7
      1. Introduction to project risk
         1. Risks in project management
         2. Risk management in project management
   8. Week 8
      1. Strategic project management
         1. The link between strategy & Projects/programmes
         2. Project implementation
         3. Project selection models & project alignment
   9. Week 9
      1. Strategic Project Management II
         1. How strategies are developed
         2. Strategic tools
         3. Project & programme alignment
   10. Week 10
       1. Introduction to programme management
          1. What is programme management?
          2. Features of programmes
          3. Relationships Between projects, programmes & portfolios
          4. Benefits
   11. Week 11
       1. Programme management in context
   12. Week 12
       1. Achieving successful project & programmes
   13. Project foundations & golden rule of PM
   14. Strategic Project Management
   15. Programme Management
   16. Project Risk Management
3. Concepts
   1. Definitions within project management
   2. Definitions within programme/portfolio management
   3. Strategic PM
   4. Change management
   5. Project monitoring
   6. Project Planning
   7. Project control
   8. Project foundations
   9. Risk Management
   10. Programme management - benefits
   11. Benefits management
   12. Know everything and all we covered in the sessions