Management of Projects: IT Project Management MSc

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University of Manchester

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• Objectives
  This programme aims to develop a critical understanding of the factors that influence engineering management within the context of, and applied to, IT projects.
• Academic title
  Management of Projects: IT Project Management MSc
• Course description
  Module details
  
  The programme commences in mid-September and for the first two semesters students follow a programme of lectures, tutorials and assignments.  This programme involves examinations in January and in May/June. The remaining months are spent on a research project and the submission of a dissertation, which must be submitted by the beginning of the following September.
  
  The programme is based on a template of 5 core units and 3 optional or directed modules.  Following the successful completion of 8 units (120 credits) students will undertake a dissertation. The dissertation, if at all possible, should relate to a real project situation.  However, when this is not possible dissertation topics related to the programme content can be agreed.
  
  The core course modules are common to each route and typically include:-
  
  -Commercial Management
  -Management of Projects
  -People and Organisation
  -Project Planning and Control
  -Project Management Research Methods
  
  Optional and directed course units typically include:
  
  -Business Projects Involving IS/
  -Reviewing Project Involving IS/IT
  
  And one further unit from:
  
  -Commercial Contract Management
  -Project Finance
  -Risk Management
  

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