VETS7027 Project Management

6

Residential, online

Core

2

This unit of study is an introduction to project management for students whose main objective is to develop a range of skills in the field of Veterinary Public Health Management. The unit of study is limited to a 3-day residential and distance education, together totalling 150 hours. As a result not every area of project management can be covered in depth. The unit concentrates on the project management processes and deliverables in order to give the student a solid grounding in project management. Obviously project management also involves other areas such as leadership, "soft skills" and the strategic aspects of projects. While some soft skills specific to project management are covered, other leadership and team management aspects are not covered in this unit of study. They are however covered in the Leadership units of study that are core to the Veterinary Public Health Management Program.

After completing Project Management, students will be able to:

• define project context, project phases and project knowledge areas
• use common project management terminology
• define project initiation stage processes and deliverables
• define the processes required to execute and control the project plan
• define project closing processes and to create a project review report (PRR) as part of a process to continually improve their understanding of project management
• discuss the complexities and challenges of project management
• propose effective strategies to deal with these complexities and challenges.

Students will also be able to define project planning stage processes and create a project plan including a:

• Stakeholder Management Plan
• Scope Management Plan
• Time Management Plan
• Cost Management Plan
• Quality Management Plan
• Communications Management Plan
• HR Management Plan
• Risk Management Plan.

It is not assumed that the student will have had any prior project management knowledge for this unit of study. Leadership and team management skills are an essential part of project management. As a number of core units of study for the Veterinary Public Health Management program cover leadership, team management skills, and change management skills, these areas are not covered in the project management units of study. It is therefore essential that you use the knowledge gained in the leadership units of study to complement the project management knowledge learned in these units of study.

Assessment in the Project Management unit of study will include:

• Learning Project Plan (self-assessed)
• Learning Project Plan Presentation (5%)
• Learning Project Plan Status Report (self-assessed)
• Online participation (15%)
• Assignment 1 (15%)
• Assignment 2 (15%)
• Veterinary Public Health Project Plan (35%)
• Post Project Review (15%).

• Introduction to Project Management
  Kathy Schwalbe, 2008, 2nd edn.
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