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Welcome to UEL Royal Docks Business School SMM232 IHRM & Project Management Dr Sean Dodd MSc Project Management Programme Leader Room BS4.17

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1 Welcome to UEL Royal Docks Business School SMM232 IHRM & Project Management Dr Sean Dodd MSc Project Management Programme Leader Room BS4.17 Email s.dodd@uel.ac.uks.dodd@uel.ac.uk

2 Agenda Introduction Background & APM Assessment Additional Activities PRINCE2

3 Introduction Arrive on time each week Swipe in immediately Mobile ’phones off Leave all rooms clean Contribute equally to your groups Check UELPlus/email often Start assessments early Submit work early Extenuations, pt/ft

4 Introduction Notes available on UELPlus Importance of Punctuality Student attendance is Mandatory Direct correlation between attendance and results Phones off, listen & remove rubbish

5 Module Delivery Lectures Student presentations

6 Assessment Group Report & Presentation Detailed Module Handbooks Plagiarism policy Study Support Skill Zone

7 Assessment Group Report & Presentation 5000 words Any area of Olympic Games Due Monday 10 December Turnitin not required Harvard Referencing See UELPlus for more information

8 Aims of the Module To enhance your: Theoretical knowledge Analytical & writing skills Qualifications Life-long learning

9 Skills for Life Analytical & critical thinking Writing & research Communication Management Reflective practice

10 Background & APM Project management notorious for failure Office of Government Commerce Association for Project Management PRINCE2

11 Regular Project Failure Criminal Records Bureau database costs doubled to £400m in 2004 Home Office IT for Asylum Seekers cancelled after spending £77m in 2001 Inland Revenue IT overpaid rebates by £2b in 2004

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13 Olympic Games 2012 Fire

14 Common Causes of Project Failure Long project durations Estimation methods inaccurate Continuous change Poor Documentation: untimely, unavailable, inconsistent, incomplete, ambiguous, incorrect Fixed Point Theorem Stakeholder mismanagement

15 Useful PM’s Kit Bag Concepts –Lifecycles, roles, requirements, definitions, governance, business case Tools & Techniques –PBS, WBS, CPA, Gantt charts, MS Project Project Success –Causes of failure, quality, change control PRINCE2 –Foundation & Practitioner exams

16 Project Manager’s Toolbag START A G D B E FH CIJ FINISH 5 10 20 5 15 20 105 0 05 5 5 5 5 15 25 20 10 20 25 30 35 3035 45 35 30 20 30 20 25 5 5 30 10 25 00000 00 05 5 0 5 20 Network Diagram

17 Location of MSProject

18 PRINCE2 Delivery Foundation Training & Exam Lectures start Wednesday 17 October 6-9pm in EB2.43 Collect manuals from my office Exam 14 November, 75 questions Practitioner – starts in Semester B Training & Exam 3 hrs, 9 questions

19 For next week Group member list (5): name, ID & title Choose any area related to the Games One group per area only See list on UELPlus for ideas E.g. Budget, Main Stadium, Acquatics Centre, Stakeholder Management, Legacy, Lessons Learned, Rio 2016, etc.

20 Reading Gray, C. & Larson, E. (2008) Project management – the managerial process. McGraw-Hill

21 Useful Journals International Journal of Project Management Project Management Journal Project Manager Today Project PM Network

22 Additional Activities Project Challenge: 17-18 October, Olympia –www.projchallenge.comwww.projchallenge.com APM Conference: TBC, London –www.APM.org.ukwww.APM.org.uk

23 Thank you & any Questions? Dr Sean Dodd Programme Leader MSc Project Management Room BS4.17 Email s.dodd@uel.ac.uks.dodd@uel.ac.uk Tel 0208 223 2307


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