Who should attend

This programme is aimed at engineers and middle to senior engineering managers who need to launch or manage projects.

Admission requirements

There are no pre-qualification or admission requirements for qualified engineers. Participants should bring a pocket calculator with the basic arithmetical functions, and a pencil and eraser to the course.

Faculty profile

Prof. Chris Brown

Contact person (Enquiries)

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

How you will benefit

After completing this programme participants will be enabled to:

• understand and apply the philosophy, principles and techniques required for the analysis, planning and management of any kind of project
• understand the scoping of a project of any size or complexity, in any industry.

Certification

On successful completion of the programme, participants will receive a certificate from the University of Stellenbosch.

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
  
  
• 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

This programme is presented on the complexity comparable to an NQF level 8

• On successful completion of this programme, participants are eligible for 14 credits towards the present curriculum of the MBA-degree (previously NQF level 7, now NQF level 8) or 10 credits towards the MDevFin-degree (previously NQF level 7, now NQF level 8) of USB.
• 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.
• Assessment: Home assignment consisting of the development and submission of a project plan for a project of own choice by a syndicate of a maximum of 5 persons. Pass mark 60%. To be submitted within about 6 weeks after the course work.
  

Date and Venue

Fees

R10 900
Fees include programme fees, programme material, lunch and refreshments, and are payable before the commencement of the programme.

Payment 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 and dates are subject to change.

Payment options