Learning outcomes, assessment criteria and indicative content
1.0 Understand aspects of projects in organisations
1.1 Analyse aspects of projects in organisations
- 1.1.1 The relationship between programmes and projects
- 1.1.2 Stakeholder identification, analysis, and involvement
- 1.1.3 Measures of safety, quality, cost and delivery
- 1.1.4 Success and failure of projects
- 1.1.5 Elements of projects
- 1.1.6 Work breakdown structure
1.2 Evaluate the impact on supply chain relationships of undertaking projects
- 1.2.1 Supply chain networks for projects
- 1.2.2 Relationships with sub-contractors
- 1.2.3 Consortiums and joint ventures for projects
- 1.2.4 Traditional and contemporary relationships
- 1.2.5 Project partnering and strategic partnering
1.3 Analyse the resources for projects
- 1.3.1 Resource loading and levelling
- 1.3.2 Multi project scheduling and resource allocation
- 1.3.3 Information technology systems for project management
- 1.3.4 Leading and managing projects
- 1.3.5 Critical chain methodology
- 1.3.6 Asset finance and the role of banks
1.4 Analyse the project life cycles of projects
- 1.4.1 Perspectives on project life cycles
- 1.4.2 Project initiation
- 1.4.3 Organising projects and project implementation
- 1.4.4 Co-ordination in project management
- 1.4.5 Project control
- 1.4.6 Project closure
- 1.4.7 Project review
2.0 Understand the concept of organisational change and how it can be achieved
2.1 Analyse the types of organisational change
- 2.1.1 Evolution
- 2.1.2 Adaption
- 2.1.3 Revolution
- 2.1.4 Reconstruction
- 2.1.5Closed, contained and open-ended change
2.2 Analyse situations that lead to organisational change
- 2.2.1 Organisational life cycle
- 2.2.2 SWOT and PEST analysis and factors
- 2.2.3 Internal drivers
- 2.2.4 Future trends and innovation
- 2.2.5 Multiple-cause diagrams and simultaneous change
- 2.2.6 Changes in management and structure
- 2.2.7 Cycle of competitive behaviour and reactive breakpoints
2.3 Evaluate organisational responses to change
- 2.3.1 Environmental turbulence
- 2.3.2 Resistance to change
- 2.3.3 Cynicism and scepticism
- 2.3.4 The challenge of maintaining change
- 2.3.5 The change cycle – loss, doubt, discomfort, discovery, understanding, integration
2.4 Analyse methods to manage, achieve and maintain change
- 2.4.1 Collaborate, communicate, direct, and coerce
- 2.4.2 Clarify goals
- 2.4.3 Refine methods and procedures
- 2.4.4 Empowerment and ownership
- 2.4.5 Incremental adjustment
- 2.4.6 Lean and value stream mapping
- 2.4.7 Monitor and maintain changes
- 2.4.8 The change spectrum – hard (difficult) vs. soft (messy) problems
3.0 Understand approaches to the planning and management of projects and change initiatives
3.1 Evaluate structures for corporate governance
- 3.1.1 Project boards/executive
- 3.1.2 Project responsibility charting
- 3.1.3 The use of project initiation documents
- 3.1.4 Structures of project management such as project, functional and matrix
- 3.1.5 Project reporting
3.2 Analyse the common objectives for projects
- 3.2.1 Identifying goals and objectives of projects
- 3.2.2 The balance between cost, quality, and time in projects
- 3.2.3 Technology project development
- 3.2.4 Building sustainability into major projects
- 3.2.5 Impact on the community for major projects
- 3.2.6 Communicating project objectives to the supply chain
3.3 Analyse approaches to the management of risks for projects
- 3.3.1 Identifying assumptions and risks
- 3.3.2 Risk simulation
- 3.3.3 Risk registers
- 3.3.4 Risk accountability
- 3.3.5 The management of risk in supply chains
3.4 Critically compare methodologies for the planning of projects
- 3.4.1 Sequencing activities
- 3.4.2 Network techniques including project evaluation and review techniques (PERT) and critical path method (CPM)
- 3.4.3 Gantt charts and baselines