Project management is an essential skill for most people in many areas of business and management, and is especially useful for new graduates trying to establish themselves in their careers. Project management is a competence area that is supported in business by the award of professional certifications, such as the Project Management Professional (PMP) awarded by the US-based Project Management Institute, and others such as Prince2 and IPMA. Graduating students in business, management, software engineering, and other professional areas can greatly benefit from having some theoretical knowledge and practical experience in this area. This paper is targeted at providing introductory knowledge and building hands-on skills about the use of project management tools in business, and is complementary to many business subject areas, such as marketing, accounting, manufacturing and communications. This knowledge and experience about project management is of particular relevance to students who, after graduation, will be working intensively in IT support and implementation, or in other major project-based environments.

Note: PRMGT301 is offered in FLEXI mode. For those taking the paper online, please note, doubt clearing sessions need to be attended synchronously every Wednesday at 5 pm starting 3rd week of the paper. These doubt clearing sessions are optional.

Attendance is expected for class sessions (however it is not compulsory). All sessions involve class discussions. It is expected that students have completed pre-class readings and exercises from the previous class – all this information is shown in the Schedule.