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ME52051: Project management for decarbonisation

[Page last updated: 15 August 2024]

Academic Year: 2024/25
Owning Department/School: Department of Mechanical Engineering
Credits: 10 [equivalent to 20 CATS credits]
Notional Study Hours: 200
Level: Masters UG & PG (FHEQ level 7)
Period:
Semester 2
Assessment Summary: CWES 50%, CWSG 50%
Assessment Detail:
  • In-class assessment (CWSG 50%)
  • Individual Assignment (CWES 50%)
Supplementary Assessment:
Like-for-like reassessment (where allowed by programme regulations)
Requisites:
Learning Outcomes:
* Apply appropriate project management tools (such as risk, governance and reporting) to a given scenario

* Assess the importance of project management in an organisational decarbonisation context.

* Evaluate alternate models of project management

* Propose an appropriately scoped project to implement a given decarbonisation initiative


Synopsis: Explore the strong approach organisations are taking to reduce their carbon footprint and reach net zero. This involves project management, risk management, governance, and reporting. You'll learn about project management in the context of sustainability within an organisation. You'll also practise using techniques and tools to help organisations mitigate and adapt to the effects of climate change.

Content:
* Models of project management
* Getting a project started; business case, sponsorship and governance, outcomes and objectives
* The workings of a project; lifecycle and stages, planning, scope, estimation, cost and scheduling.
* Keeping work on track; dealing with risks/issues, uncertainty/change, communication/reporting
* Sustaining the outcome; reinforcement, closure and handover.

Course availability:

ME52051 is a Must Pass Unit on the following courses:

Department of Mechanical Engineering

ME52051 is Optional on the following courses:

School of Management

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