Module overview
Aims and Objectives
Learning Outcomes
Subject Specific Intellectual and Research Skills
Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:
- Implement project management risk mitigation approaches in high-technology complex projects.
- Adapt innovation management for high-technology complex projects.
- Adapt processes across interdisciplinary project teams in high-technology projects.
- Develop critical project management skills.
- Apply appropriate project management approaches in complex projects
Transferable and Generic Skills
Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:
- Analyse project management approaches.
- Develop critical and analytical thinking skills.
- Manage interdisciplinary team structures.
Knowledge and Understanding
Having successfully completed this module, you will be able to demonstrate knowledge and understanding of:
- How organisations strategically implement business practices with high-technology complex products .
- Fundamental project management from ideation, planning, implementation, control, and closure.
- Interdisciplinary project teams, stakeholders, and the role of project managers in new and emergent high-technology complex projects.
- Project management risks in complex projects and risk mitigation.
- How organisational capabilities for high-technology complex products innovation management may vary from high volume products and services.
Syllabus
Learning and Teaching
Teaching and learning methods
| Type | Hours |
|---|---|
| Lecture | 24 |
| Independent Study | 126 |
| Total study time | 150 |
Resources & Reading list
General Resources
Chartered Institute of Procurement & Supply. https://www.cips.org
Project Management Institute. https://www.pmi.org
Chartered Institute of Logistics & Transport. https://ciltuk.org.uk
Chartered Associate for Project management. https://www.apm.org.uk
Institute of Mechanical Engineers. https://www.imeche.org
Journal Articles
Research Policy.
Project Management Journal.
Journal of Product Innovation Management.
Technovation.
International Journal of Project Management.
Journal of Operations Management.
Manufacturing and Service Operations Management.
Production Planning and Control.
Production and Operations Management.
Textbooks
Chapman, R. (2019). The Rules of Project Risk Management: Implementation Guidelines for Major Projects. Routledge.
Murray-Webster, R., & Dalcher, D. (2019). APM Body of Knowledge. Association for Project Management.
Flyvbjerg, B. (2018). The Oxford Handbook of Megaproject Management. Oxford University Press.
Flyvbjerg, B., Bruzelius, N., Rothengatter, W. ( 2003). Megaprojects and Risks: An anatomy of ambition.. Cambridge University Press.
Maylor, H. (2010). Project Management. Prentice Hall.
Tidd, J. & Bessant, J. ( 2018). Managing Innovation: Integrating Technological, Market and Organizational Change. Wiley.
Davies, A. & Hobday, M. (2005). The Business of Projects. Cambridge University Press.
Shenhar, A., Dvir, D. (2007). Reinventing Project Management: Diamond Approach to Successful Growth and Innovation. Harvard Business School Press.
Shina, S. (2014). Engineering Project Management for the Global Hight Technology Industry. McGraw-Hill.
Prencipe, A., Davies, A., and Hobday, M. (2003). The Business of Systems Integration. Oxford University Press.
Brown, S. & Bessant, J. (2018). Strategic Operations Management. Routledge.
Assessment
Summative
This is how we’ll formally assess what you have learned in this module.
| Method | Percentage contribution |
|---|---|
| Report | 100% |
Referral
This is how we’ll assess you if you don’t meet the criteria to pass this module.
| Method | Percentage contribution |
|---|---|
| Report | 100% |
Repeat
An internal repeat is where you take all of your modules again, including any you passed. An external repeat is where you only re-take the modules you failed.
| Method | Percentage contribution |
|---|---|
| Report | 100% |