Project Management (PJMG/PJMJ) NEW

Courses

September 2018

• First Year - Semester One
• BUSI1019 Capture Planning
• In this course, students will demonstrate the principles and processes of creating an expanded project capture plan (based on the ISO Charter) to be used by companies and organizations to generate new business or solve complicated integrated tasks. The objective is to make students understand how this type of plan is used in the international business environment and to create realistic plans in preparation for life after College.
• COMM1048 College Writing Skills
• This course focuses on writing and research skills required for successful completion of college-level studies. The course will promote development and improvement of research and writing skills that can be applied to students’ chosen programs of study.
• BUSI3024 Principles of Buying
• This course provides a critical view into the purchasing elements of world of Supply Chain Management. Topical focus will relate to supply organizations, quality, supplier relations, sourcing, price and cost management and the role of transportation. The scope of this course will include the private and public business sectors.

• SUST1000 Principles of Sustainability & Social Responsibility
• Integrating sustainability principles into organizations is being recognized today as something critical to the success of businesses presently and in the future. This course highlights the three pillars of sustainability (economic, social and environmental) and examines how businesses are using them throughout the organization while competing in a changing world. Students develop a foundation of business sustainability principles which will be explored further in other areas of the curriculum and used in many functional areas of business.
• BUSI1021 Project Cost Management
• Project Cost Management involves formulating, estimating, evaluating and documenting the project budget plan and outcomes when alternatives to accomplish the scope are available. The course will cover a collection of principles, standards, processes and techniques that are required in analysing and influencing the budgeting performance of projects. The key topics covered include the fundamental of project budget planning and accounting, project estimating techniques, activity based costing (ABC) principles and techniques, project financial feasibility assessment models, earn value management and the basics of project budget, reporting and accounting principles and techniques.
• BUSI3011 Project Management
• This course engages students with its hands-on approach and in-depth coverage of currently utilized, industry recognized project management software systems including Microsoft Office Project. Through the exploration of these systems, students acquire foundational project management knowledge, in the areas of project planning, defining scope, priorities, and work breakdown structure, creating scheduling estimates for timing and project costs, developing project networks and communicating project information, identifying compliance and risk issues, assigning resources, identifying potential efficiencies and tracking progress.
• BUSI1020 Quality Project Management
• Students will demonstrate the principles and processes of creating a quality project plan based on a management-approved capture plan used by companies and organizations to generate new business or solve complicated integrated tasks. The objective is to make students understand this type of plan and its applications in the international business environment in order to create realistic plans in preparation for life after College.

• First Year - Semester Two
• BUSI2003 Business Community Project
• In real-time cooperation with community partners from a variety of fields, student teams collaborate to create and manage projects based on the specified needs of each organization.
• BUSI3023 Human Resources Planning
• Planning to ensure the availability of the right people with the right skills at the right time has become an essential human resource competence for all organizations. This course focuses on strategic human resource planning, forecasting supply and demand, succession management strategies, development retention strategies and evaluation of human resources policies and programs.
• BUSI1025 Project Communication
• This course is designed to provide students with insight regarding project communications management, with a basis in the Project Management Institute, PMI Body of Knowledge (PMBOK Guide). Communication is a critical element of successful projects and from initiation to closing, project managers must develop and execute integrated communications plans involving all project resources and stakeholders. Students will learn the core concepts, as well as the tools and practices to be employed for effective project communications management.
• BUSI1023 Project Leadership
• Leadership is a people activity and is distinct from human resource administration or planning activities. This course will explore the theories of leadership and provide some application through case studies of leadership on a project team. Students will learn the core concepts, as well as tools and practices for effective leadership in project management positions.
• BUSI1024 Project Plan, Integration, Monitoring & Control
• This course emphasizes the integrative nature of the project environment with a focus on people, process, technology and support aspects associated with project integration. The study areas include: the methodologies, tools and techniques applied to project integration management, the overall framework of planning the integration of outputs from other project management knowledge areas and the project life cycle, monitoring of the project plan execution and the key aspects of getting project results through integrative risk management, overall change control process and the creation of project plan updates, corrective actions and lessons learned.
• BUSI1022 Project Risk Management
• In this course, the processes and activities necessary to manage risk throughout a project lifecycle will be identified and applied. Students will be exposed to practical exercises, tools and techniques for both qualitative and quantitative analysis for handling project risks. There will be an introduction to a comprehensive project risk management process/matrix that extends from initiation through to project completion and from risk symptoms to risk event impact. Critical to risk management success is the business risk to project risk alignment and mitigation strategies beyond the basic financial contingency approach.

January 2019

• First Year - Semester One
• BUSI1019 Capture Planning
• In this course, students will demonstrate the principles and processes of creating an expanded project capture plan (based on the ISO Charter) to be used by companies and organizations to generate new business or solve complicated integrated tasks. The objective is to make students understand how this type of plan is used in the international business environment and to create realistic plans in preparation for life after College.
• COMM1048 College Writing Skills
• This course focuses on writing and research skills required for successful completion of college-level studies. The course will promote development and improvement of research and writing skills that can be applied to students’ chosen programs of study.
• BUSI3024 Principles of Buying
• This course provides a critical view into the purchasing elements of world of Supply Chain Management. Topical focus will relate to supply organizations, quality, supplier relations, sourcing, price and cost management and the role of transportation. The scope of this course will include the private and public business sectors.

• SUST1000 Principles of Sustainability & Social Responsibility
• Integrating sustainability principles into organizations is being recognized today as something critical to the success of businesses presently and in the future. This course highlights the three pillars of sustainability (economic, social and environmental) and examines how businesses are using them throughout the organization while competing in a changing world. Students develop a foundation of business sustainability principles which will be explored further in other areas of the curriculum and used in many functional areas of business.
• BUSI1021 Project Cost Management
• Project Cost Management involves formulating, estimating, evaluating and documenting the project budget plan and outcomes when alternatives to accomplish the scope are available. The course will cover a collection of principles, standards, processes and techniques that are required in analysing and influencing the budgeting performance of projects. The key topics covered include the fundamental of project budget planning and accounting, project estimating techniques, activity based costing (ABC) principles and techniques, project financial feasibility assessment models, earn value management and the basics of project budget, reporting and accounting principles and techniques.
• BUSI3011 Project Management
• This course engages students with its hands-on approach and in-depth coverage of currently utilized, industry recognized project management software systems including Microsoft Office Project. Through the exploration of these systems, students acquire foundational project management knowledge, in the areas of project planning, defining scope, priorities, and work breakdown structure, creating scheduling estimates for timing and project costs, developing project networks and communicating project information, identifying compliance and risk issues, assigning resources, identifying potential efficiencies and tracking progress.
• BUSI1020 Quality Project Management
• Students will demonstrate the principles and processes of creating a quality project plan based on a management-approved capture plan used by companies and organizations to generate new business or solve complicated integrated tasks. The objective is to make students understand this type of plan and its applications in the international business environment in order to create realistic plans in preparation for life after College.

• Second Year - Semester Two
• BUSI2003 Business Community Project
• In real-time cooperation with community partners from a variety of fields, student teams collaborate to create and manage projects based on the specified needs of each organization.
• BUSI3023 Human Resources Planning
• Planning to ensure the availability of the right people with the right skills at the right time has become an essential human resource competence for all organizations. This course focuses on strategic human resource planning, forecasting supply and demand, succession management strategies, development retention strategies and evaluation of human resources policies and programs.
• BUSI1025 Project Communication
• This course is designed to provide students with insight regarding project communications management, with a basis in the Project Management Institute, PMI Body of Knowledge (PMBOK Guide). Communication is a critical element of successful projects and from initiation to closing, project managers must develop and execute integrated communications plans involving all project resources and stakeholders. Students will learn the core concepts, as well as the tools and practices to be employed for effective project communications management.
• BUSI1023 Project Leadership
• Leadership is a people activity and is distinct from human resource administration or planning activities. This course will explore the theories of leadership and provide some application through case studies of leadership on a project team. Students will learn the core concepts, as well as tools and practices for effective leadership in project management positions.
• BUSI1024 Project Plan, Integration, Monitoring & Control
• This course emphasizes the integrative nature of the project environment with a focus on people, process, technology and support aspects associated with project integration. The study areas include: the methodologies, tools and techniques applied to project integration management, the overall framework of planning the integration of outputs from other project management knowledge areas and the project life cycle, monitoring of the project plan execution and the key aspects of getting project results through integrative risk management, overall change control process and the creation of project plan updates, corrective actions and lessons learned.
• BUSI1022 Project Risk Management
• In this course, the processes and activities necessary to manage risk throughout a project lifecycle will be identified and applied. Students will be exposed to practical exercises, tools and techniques for both qualitative and quantitative analysis for handling project risks. There will be an introduction to a comprehensive project risk management process/matrix that extends from initiation through to project completion and from risk symptoms to risk event impact. Critical to risk management success is the business risk to project risk alignment and mitigation strategies beyond the basic financial contingency approach.

*Courses subject to change.