Who should attend

The Programme in Project Management is aimed at middle to senior managers who need to launch or manage projects.

Admission requirements

No tertiary qualification is required. Candidates with three years of general management experience may be admitted to the Programme in Project Management. However, it is strongly recommended and in the participant's own interest to have passed at least grade 12 Mathematics (standard) and to have English language competence at NQF level 5. A pocket calculator for basic arithmetical functions is required.

Faculty profile

• Mr. MC Botha
• Mr. Joubert van Eeden
• Mr. Christopher Swart
• Mr. Coenie Nel

Contact person (Enquiries)

Briggita Adonis (Part Time programmes)
Tel: +27 (0)21 918 4285
Fax: +27 (0)21 918 4478
briggita.adonis@usb-ed.com

Claire Sissing (Full Time/Modular programmes)
Tel: +27 (0)21 918 4222
Fax: +27 (0)21 918 4478
claire.sissing@usb-ed.com

How you will benefit

Understand and apply the philosophy, principles and techniques required for the analysis, planning and management of any kind of project, scoping of the project, in any industry, of any size or complexity through the Programme in Project Management.

Credits

USB-ED is accredited with the Higher Education Quality Council (HEQC) of the Council on Higher Education (CHE) under the auspices of the University of Stellenbosch.

On successful completion of this programme, participants are eligible for 10 credits towards the present curriculum of the MBA-degree and the MDevFin-degree of USB, subject to the following conditions:

• Credits towards the MBA- or MDevFin degree cannot be gained on a group assessment. Therefore delegates that are interested to gain credits for this programme towards the MBA- or MDevFin of the USB, must either submit the assignment individually or, in addition to a group assignment (60% pass mark), pass an individual 3 hour closed book examination (50% pass mark).
• Gaining these credits does not automatically allow, nor guarantee acceptance on the MBA- or MDevFin programme of the USB, nor obviate the application process.
• The writing of the examination and subsequent claim to credits towards the MBA or MDevFin can be exercised any time up to three years after gaining the certificate.

Completion of this programme also entitles the delegate to exemption from the Project Management module in the Senior Management Development Programme.

USB-ED is registered as a platinum status Registered Education and Training Provider at PMSA (Project Management South Africa) and completion of this programme will qualify a delegate as a member of PMSA.

USB-ED’s Programmes in Project Management and Advanced Project Management are now accepted by the Engineering Council of South Africa (ECSA) as learning programmes. On successful completion of one of these programmes, a professional engineer may earn 5 Continued Professional Development (CPD) credits towards Category 1, by applying to ECSA.

Certification

On successful completion of the Programme in Project Management, participants will receive a certificate from the University of Stellenbosch. Successful candidates will also automatically become Associate Members of Project Management South Africa.

Other

Assessment
The home assignment consists of the development and submission of a project plan for a project of own choice by a syndicate of a maximum of 5 persons. The pass mark is 60%. Assignments must be submitted within approximately 6 weeks after the course work.

Content overview

• ORIENTATION TO PROJECT MANAGEMENT:
  Definition of a project and project management; foundations of the project management theory, viz. the systems approach; the generic tasks of project management; transfunctional management; the relationships between performance/cost/time and replanning, and monitoring of activities; projects compared to operations; the project life-cycle and the project management process; case discussion
• ORGANISING FOR PROJECT MANAGEMENT:
  Transfunctional management; relationships between the role players, viz. top management, functional managers, project sponsor and project leader; responsibilities of the role players; project manager/functional interaction; case discussion
• ORIENTATION TO PROJECT PLANNING:
  Portfolio management; the purpose of project planning; project plans to be implementable; setting and keeping to a course of action; planning norms and standards; planning for the interdependent relationship of performance/cost/time; case discussion
• SCOPE MANAGEMENT:
  The importance of early and complete scoping of a project; the process for the formulation of the project scope, including setting the goals, selecting the best way to execute the goals, evaluation of the stakeholders, determining the main components, inclusions, exclusions, assumptions and project risks; statement of work and work breakdown structure
• QUALITY MANAGEMENT:
  The importance of quality standards; quality to be relative in terms of client requirements; planning for quality; quality tests and measurement; quality assurance and quality control
• FORMULATION OF THE PROJECT SCOPE:
  The importance of early and complete scoping of a project; the process for the formulation of the project scope, including setting the goals, selecting the best way to execute the goals, evaluation of the stakeholders, determining the main components, inclusions, exclusions, assumptions and project risks; statement of work and work breakdown structure
• TIME MANAGEMENT:
  The construction of precedence diagrams and Gantt charts for projects with non-repetitive tasks; manipulation of float for duration and resource planning; resource loading and balancing
• COST MANAGEMENT:
  Principles of activity-based and benchmarking costing; integration of financial and cost management; types of costs; estimating the project budget; monitoring variances of actual to planned cost and schedule; cost and progress information systems.

NQF complexity level

The Programme in Project Management is presented on the complexity level of NQF level 8.

 

Date and Venue

Bellville Part-time
1 Programme (presented Tuesday and Thursday evenings)

• 2 July - 23 August 2012

Full-time
5 Programmes

• 13 - 17 February 2012
• 16 - 20 April 2012
• 25 - 29 June 2012
• 20 - 24 August 2012
• 12 - 13 November 2012

Durban

• 16 - 20 April 2012

Johannesburg

• 14 - 18 May 2012
• 5 - 9 November 2012

Pretoria

• 21 - 25 May 2012
• 15 - 19 October 2012

Windhoek, Namibia

• 5 - 9 March 2012
• 4 - 8 June 2012
• 22 - 26 October 2012

Fees

R12 900

Programme in Project Management fees include programme fees, programme material, lunch and refreshments, and are payable before the commencement of the programme.

Cancellation Policy

It is of utmost importance that USB-ED be formally notified in writing of cancellation 14 days prior to the commencement date of the programme.

A cancellation fee of 10% will be payable for cancelling fewer than 14 days prior to the commencement of the programme.

Please note that programme fees, faculty and dates are subject to change.