Introduction to project management/IPM103/Syllabus

Session	Dates
Session 0	Independent study before the course starts
Session 1	Thursday 15 November 2018
Session 2	Friday 16 November 2018
Session 3	Monday 19 to Wednesday 21 November 2018
Session 4	Thursday 22 November 2018
Session 5	Friday 23 November 2018
Session 6	Monday 26 November 2018
Session 7	Tuesday 27 to Wednesday 28 November 2018
Session 8	Thursday 29 November 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 activities for this micro-course.

• Dates: Thursday 15 November 2018
• Learning materials: Your project
• Key activities:
  1. An example project (Quiz, WEnote)
  2. Select project challenge (Learning challenge)

Session 2

Resources

In this learning pathway you will identify and describe the resource requirements to be integrated into a project schedule.

• Dates: Friday 16 November 2018
• Learning materials: Resources
• Key activities:
  1. Video signpost (WEnote)
  2. Estimating resource requirements (Quiz, WEnote)
  3. Estimating activity duration (Quiz, WEnote)
  4. Managing Resources (WEnote)
  5. Resource requirements challenge (Learning challenge)

Session 3

Time

In this learning pathway you will learn how to schedule the sequence of activities taking dependencies into account and to produce a visual representation of the time allocations for your project.

• Dates: Monday 19 to Wednesday 21 November 2018
• Learning materials: Time
• Key activities
  1. Video signpost (WEnote)
  2. Work breakdown structure (Learning journal blog)
  3. Dependencies (WEnote)
  4. Leads and lags (WEnote)
  5. Milestones and Gantt charts (WEnote)
  6. Case study - WBS to Gantt chart (WEnote)
  7. Network diagrams (WEnote)
  8. Critical path (WEnote)
  9. Gantt chart challenge (Learning challenge)

Session 4

Budget

In this learning pathway you will prepare a cost estimate for your project to establish a budget for inclusion in the project plan.

• Dates: Thursday 22 November 2018
• Learning materials: Budget
• Key activities:
  1. Video signpost (WEnote)
  2. Methods for estimating costs (WEnote)
  3. Estimating methods quiz (Quiz)
  4. Budget management (Learning journal blog)
  5. More about earned value and planned value (Quiz)
  6. Establishing the budget (WEnote)
  7. Budget challenge (Learning Challenge)

Session 5

Quality

In this learning pathway you will describe the level of quality required and corresponding quality control procedures for your project.

• Dates: Friday 23 November 2018
• Learning materials: Quality
• Key activities:
  1. Video (WEnote)
  2. Quality control and quality assurance (WEnote)
  3. Cost of quality (WEnote)
  4. Measuring quality (Forum discussion)
  5. Quality assurance (WEnote)
  6. Quality challenge (Learning challenge)

Session 6

Procurement

In this learning pathway you will determine what materials, labour and administration you require for your project and describe appropriate processes for procuring them.

• Dates: Monday 26 November 2018
• Learning materials: Procurement
• Key activities:
  1. Video (WEnote)
  2. Contract types (WEnote)
  3. Contracts quiz (Quiz)
  4. Procurement process (WEnote)
  5. Procurement challenge (Learning challenge)

Session 7

Risk

In this learning pathway you will identify and assess the risks associated with your project and create a risk management plan.

• Dates: Tuesday 27 to Wednesday 28 November 2018
• Learning materials: Risk
• Key activities:
  1. Defining risk (WEnote)
  2. Identify risk (WEnote)
  3. Assess risk (WEnote)
  4. Control risk (WEnote)
  5. Quiz (Quiz)
  6. Risk challenge (Learning challenge)

Session 8

Putting it all together

In this learning pathway you will assemble your outputs from the previous learning challenges to create a project plan.

• Dates: Thursday 29 November 2018
• Learning materials: Putting it all together
• Key activities:
  1. Consult the assessment rubric before assembling your project plan.

Assessment

Assessment

See the Assessment section for instructions.