Introduction to project management/IPM102/Syllabus

Session	Dates
Session 0	Independent study before the course starts
Session 1	Wednesday 17 October 2018
Session 2	Thursday 18 to Friday 19 October 2018
Session 3	Monday 22 to Tuesday 23 October 2018
Session 4	Wednesday 24 to Thursday 25 October 2018

Session 0

Orientation

These are the things you need to complete in preparation for the start of the course.

• Dates: Independent study before the course starts
• Learning materials:
  1. Start here (3 things to do on this page)
  2. Orientation (for first-time OERu learners)

Session 1

Your Project

In this learning pathway you will select a project of your choice on which to base the tasks for this micro-course.

• Dates: Wednesday 17 October 2018
• Learning materials: Your project
• Key activities:
  1. An example project (Quiz, WEnote)
  2. Select project challenge (Learning challenge)

Session 2

Stakeholders

In this learning pathway you will identify key stakeholders in your project and create a plan to manage them appropriately.

• Dates: Thursday 18 to Friday 19 October 2018
• Learning materials: Stakeholders
• Key activities:
  1. What are stakeholders? (WEnote)
  2. Diversity of stakeholders (WEnote)
  3. Stakeholder Maps (Learning Journal)
  4. Stakeholders challenge (Learning Challenge)

Session 3

Agreeing expectations

In this learning pathway you will write project objectives which are measurable, time-bound, and specific.

• Dates: Monday 22 to Tuesday 23 October 2018
• Learning materials: Agreeing expectations
• Key activities:
  1. The importance of agreeing expectations (WEnote)
  2. SMART or not? (Quiz)
  3. Agreeing expectations challenge (Learning Challenge)

Session 4

Scope

In this learning pathway you will analyse and describe the scope of your project.

• Dates: Wednesday 24 to Thursday 25 October 2018
• Learning materials: Project scope
• Key activities:
  1. What is scope? (WEnote)
  2. Scope quiz (Quiz)
  3. Elements of scope (WEnote)
  4. In or out of scope? (Quiz)
  5. Scope challenge (Learning Challenge)

Session 5

Project charter

In this session you will assemble the outputs of the previous learning challenges in this micro-course to write a project charter.

• Dates: Friday 26 to Tuesday 30 October 2018
• Learning materials: Project charter
• Key activities:
  1. What is a project charter? (WEnote)
  2. Why use a charter? (WEnote)
  3. Project charter challenge (Learning Challenge)

Assessment

Assessment

See the Assessment section for instructions.