The Masters in Project Management degree has been designed specifically as a conversion course for delegates seeking to focus their vocational interest in project management, and wishing to develop their career in this increasingly important field of management.

Course Outline:-

1. Principles of Project Management

• project management v/s project engineering
• project definition
• project planning
• risk management
• project execution and control
• project closure
  

2. Behavioural Aspects of Project Management

• organisational structures
• organisational culture
• individuals in groups and teams
• motivation of project management teams
• power and conflicts in teams and organisations

3. Quantitative Techniques for Project Managers

• Structured analytical thinking
• Questioning of information, data and assumptions
• Use of concepts and tools to analyse situations and to support decision-making
• Effective management of data 
• Recommend viable and appropriate solutions

4. Negotiation and Management Simulation

• Explore the use of decision support tools in project structuring
• Negotiation,
• Planning and risk management

5. Developments in Project Management

• critical approaches to managing projects
• project definition and involvement of stakeholders in the project
• managing the early stages of planning where work content is developed
• developing estimated timescales into the project plan
• managing critical resources across projects
• measuring progress and performance
• developing a critical understanding of how to improve working practice

6. Financial Management of Projects 

• principles of financial accounting
• profit measurement
• evaluation of project proposals
• project business cases
• budgetary estimating and planning
• budgetary control 

7. Future Development in Project Management