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Unit of Study PROJ5003 - Project Management: Initiation and Planning (2025)

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Unit description

Consideration of project initiation and planning as the first processes in the project management lifecycle. Students undertake structure and problem-based (scenario) learning to evaluate and assess a project at the selection phase, and create and critique comprehensive project management plans and charters.

Unit content

Module 1: Project Selection

Module 2: Stakeholder and Communication Management

Module 3: Project Initiation

Module 4: Project Planning — Scope Management

Module 5: Project Time and Resource Management

Module 6: Project Planning — Cost Estimation

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Location Domestic International
SCU Online
Summer Term
Term2,4
Summer Term
Term2,4

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On completion of this unit, students should be able to:

Assess alignment of project goals with organisational capabilities

Assess and manage project budgets, assumptions, resource constraints against stakeholder needs

Develop sustainable project management plans.

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  • The following text, which is to be used in conjunction with PMBOK® Guide (7th edn), is available from www.pmi.org. Students who become members of the PMI (USD32) receive a complimentary digital copy: Project Management Institute, 2022, Process Groups: A Practice Guide, 1st edn, Project Management Institute, Newtown Square, Pennsylvania. ISBN: ISBN-13: 9781628257830 (print version); ISBN-13: 9781628257847 (eBook).
  • This is the basic text for many project management units (4th edition is also suitable): Kloppenborg, TJ, Anantatmula, V & Wells, KN, 2022, Contemporary Project Management: Plan-Driven and Agile Approaches, 5th edn, Cengage Learning, Boston, Massachusetts. ISBN: ISBN-13: 9780357715734 (print version); ISBN-13: 9780357715826 (eBook).
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