Duration: One year
Language medium: English
Target group:
Any individual wishing to study project management
Admission requirements:
Senior Certificate or an equivalent NQF level 4 qualification
Registration periods:
December to January and/or June to July. Students will register for two semesters and for each semester a registration form must be completed and emailed to uclregistrations@unisa.ac.za. Students will register for two semesters. For the 1st semester of registration, students register for modules DAPM01M, DAPM02N, DAPM03P, DAPM04Q. DAPM05R and DAPM07T. For the 2nd semester, students register for modules DAPM06S, DAPM08U, DAPM09V, DAPM10N, DAPM11P and DAPM12Q.
Course leader details:
Mr L A A Matthews MA (Development Management)
Department of Public Administration and Management
04-114 Nkoana Simon Radipere Building, Preller Street, Muckleneuk Campus, Pretoria
Tel: 012 429 4873
E-mail: amatthew@unisa.ac.za
Programme administrator:
Admin Officer
Unisa Centre for Lifelong Learning
360 Lillian Ngoyi Street, Pretoria Central
Solomon Mahlangu Building 2nd floor
Tel: 012 352 4288
Email address: UCL@unisa.ac.za
Application Link: www.unisa.ac.za/applyslp
Purpose statement:
Training of delegates in all aspects of project management
Modules:
DAPM01M - The Project Management Framework
Content Topics:
The Context Project Management
The necessity for project management
The project management context
What is a project
What is a programme
What is project management
Relationship with other management disciplines
Organisational structuring for project management
Combination online and project management structure
DAPM02N - Strategic Project Management
Content Topics:
Managing by Projects: Strategic Perspective
A Changing Public Sector environment: The Importance of a Strategic Response
The changing nature of public sector management
Analysing the environment: the systems approach
Characteristics of the management environment
Implications of the environment on public management
Ways in which management reacts towards the environment
Strategic Management: The Process
Strategic management defined
Strategic planning: envisioning an institutionﾒs future
Strategic management: the process
From Strategy to Implementation: The Use of Projects
Managing by projects
Setting up project support offices
Strategy implementation or project management interface
Establishing a project-based management structure
Project implementation
Managing Change through Projects
Change Management: Transforming Institutional Service Delivery through Projects
Conceptualisation: change management
The scale of change on public institutions
The principles of change
Types of change
Stability and chance
The context of change in the South African public service
Change in a strategic project management environment
From change to projects
Change Management: The Process
Three phases of transition
The change management process
Elements that often derail change initiatives
Managing the Human aspects of Change
Resistance to change
Reactions to change
Managing resistance to change
Role of transitional communication
Cultural aspects of change management
Role of project managers as change agents
Managing change: skills requirements
DAPM03P - Project Management for Development and Upliftment
Content Topics:
Project Management and Development
Local government in South Africa
The role of government in managing development projects and programmes
Functions of the public manager as a project manager in development
Project Management for Upliftment
Policies, programmes and strategies
Project management and upliftment
Community Participation in Development Projects
Defining participation
Empowering communities
Enabling structures for community participation
Community involvement in the project cycle
DAPM04Q - Project Management Processes
Content Topics:
Project Phases
The project life cycle
Project stakeholders
Project Initiation
Project identification
Project team set-up
Project definition
Project Planning
Planning issues
Planning and projects
Planning processes
Work breakdown structure (WBS)
Network diagrams
Bar charts
Milestones
Project Execution and Control
Implementing the project
Controlling the project
Project Closing
Avoiding drift
Having a closing event
Influences on Projects
Project review
DAPM05R - Project Time Management
Content Topics:
Project Time Management
Optimising time
Time management: the process
Time Management Techniques and Tools
Project management techniques
Project time management tools
Personal Time Management for Project Managers
The importance of personal time management
Eliminate time wasters
Eliminating inappropriate work
Delegate and monitoring tasks of team members
Setting personal goals and objectives
Opitimise waiting and traveling time
Common challenges in time management
DAPM06S - Information Technology for Project Management
Content Topics:
Plan and track any project by using project guidelines and techniques
Conduct project planning and compile project planning reports
Compile a project charter
Understand and compile a project scope statement
Compile Gantt, PERT and network charts
Compile and implement project communication plans
Compile a detailed itemised budget
Ensure that project quality is maintained
Identify project risks and identify contingency plans to manage the negative impact of risks
Compile various project report
DAPM07T - Project Human Resource Management
Content Topics:
Organisational Planning
Nature of planning
Organisational planning
Tools and techniques for organisational planning
Staff Acquisition
Project post analysis
Staff acquisition
Inputs to staff acquisition
Team Development
Distinguishing team building from team development
Theoretical stages of team development
Team development
Barriers to project team development
Team effectiveness
Team effectiveness review (TER)
People Dynamics in Project Management
Role of the project manager
Role of the project team members
Important people dynamics in project management
Politics and project management
Ethics and professionalism in project management
DAPM08U - Project Cost Management
Content Topics:
Resource Management
Resource management
Conclusion
Cost Estimating
Developing estimates
Methods of cost estimating
Cost estimating outcomes
Cost estimate considerations
Cost Budgeting
Functions of a budget
Public sector budgets
Project budgets
Preparing the budget
Cost baseline
Cost Control
Earned value analysis
Outputs from cost control
DAPM09V - Project Procurement Management
Content Topics:
Project Procurement Management and Planning
Procurement management
Project procurement planning
Statements of work (SOW)
Solicitation Planning, Solicitation and Source Selection
Solicitation planning
Source selection
Contract Administration and Close-out
Contract administration
Contract close-out
Quality, Ethics and Procurement
Quality and procurement
Total quality management (TQM)
Planning quality
Ethical considerations in project procurement
Overview of the framework for public tenders in South Africa
DAPM10N - Project Risk Management
Content Topics:
Introduction to Risk Management and the Risk Management Cycle
The role of risk management project management
The scope of risk management
Risk Identification
What to use in risk management
What to do in risk management
Risk Assessment
What to use in risk assessment
What to do with risk assessment
Risk Response Development and Control
What to use in risk response development
What to do with risk response development
What to use in risk response control
What to do with risk response control
DAPM11P - Project Quality Management
Content Topics:
Quality Planning
Project planning management
Quality planning
Quality Assurance
Quality Assurance
Quality improvement
Quality Control
Quality control system
Tools and techniques for quality control
Outputs from quality control
DAPM12Q - Project Communications Management
Content Topics:
Project Communication Management: A Macro perspective
Understanding government communication
The context of government communications: framework and constraints
Task group government communication: key findings
Project Communication Management: Key Focus Areas
The importance of project communication management
Communication management planning
Communication roles and responsibilities of the project manager
Communication for effective conflict resolution
Communication for project team building
Communication with a diverse team
Communication for results
Communication for effective task delegation
Presentation: The Art of Selling the Project
Benefits of project presentation
Selling the project
Preparing for an effective presentation
Starting the presentation
Delivering the presentation
Completion
Project Meeting Management
Setting the agenda
Conducting the meeting
Dealing with specific meeting issues
Project Documentation and Reporting
Project management documentation
Documentation types
Project reporting
Report writing skills
Reporting
Notices and project-related memoranda
Feasibility studies
Business plan