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Applied Project Management

Module description

Throughout your programme you will be building up your knowledge skills and behaviour in the context of project management, whilst collating an evidence portfolio. This portfolio will contain work product that will showcase your application of knowledge in your workplace and mastery of the skills and behaviours. Within this module you will be given the tools to gather evidence which will enable you to demonstrate your competency against the knowledge, skills and behaviours (KSBs) outlined in the Project Manager Integrated Degree Apprenticeship Standard. 

Module aims - intentions of the module

The aim of this module will be for you to be able to demonstrate the full range of the knowledge skills and behaviours criteria of the Project Management Degree Apprenticeship.  You will have built confidence and understanding of all these areas through the course of the programme; you will have looked at these different competence elements from an academic and a work-based perspective. This portfolio will demonstrate how you have executed the skills and behaviour in practice; evidenced by work-based products, witness testimonials and regular feedback demonstrating your learning through the whole programme.  The aim of this module is to ensure you can write and discuss with confidence the experiences you have had on your learning journey within a professional discussion aimed to fully assess your capability in all areas represented by your Portfolio.  

Intended Learning Outcomes (ILOs)

ILO: Module-specific skills

On successfully completing the module you will be able to...

• 1. Evidence and explain your knowledge to meet the apprenticeship criteria within your portfolio – Knowledge 1,2,3,5,6,7,8,9, & 10
• 2. Evidence, apply and explain your skills criteria apprenticeship criteria within your portfolio – Skills 2 & 3
• 3. Evidence and explain your behaviour apprenticeship criteria within your portfolio – Behaviours 1,2,5 & 6

ILO: Discipline-specific skills

On successfully completing the module you will be able to...

• 4. Identify and analyse the opportunities, and challenges for projects to grow the business, taking into account the operating constraints that exist in different organisations, of different scale regarding size and geography. (Skills 2)
• 5. Analyse the needs of stakeholders to a project to form a communications plan to effectively manage the different needs, both culturally and politically, ensuring that you are listening and responding to feedback in a constructive way. Utilising influencing, negotiation and persuasion skills as appropriate in the best interests of the business outcomes. (Skills 3)

ILO: Personal and key skills

On successfully completing the module you will be able to...

• 6. Lead with integrity, ensuring you are inclusive and collaborative to optimise team working. (Behaviour 1)
• 7. Exemplify an innovative and positive approach to finding solutions (solutions focus rather than a problem focus), with the bigger picture, business and industry, in mind to best serve your organisations outcomes. Do this in a way that utilises the capability around you resourcefully and creatively. (Behaviour 6)

Syllabus plan

Draws on previous taught content to build a portfolio that meets the apprenticeship criteria as follows:

• K1 Governance and Financial Control of Projects
• K2 The Business Environment
• K3 Stakeholder and communications management
• K5 Estimating, Planning and Scheduling
• K6 Project Justification
• K7 Quality Management
• K8 Procurement and Contract Management
• K9 Risk Management
• K10 Project Change Control
• S2 The Business Environment
• S3 Stakeholder and communications management
• B1 Leadership
• B2 Collaboration and teamwork
• B5 Inclusive
• B6 Innovation and Resourcefulness:

Portfolio construction:

• Familiarisation with the Knowledge Skills and Behaviours
• Good practices in and academic assignment annotation to best showcase your practice experience, knowledge, and how your skills and behaviours are developing (what, why, and how)
• Good practices in providing work-based evidence, including gathering and presenting feedback from key stakeholders
• Guidance for your planning to demonstrate the alignment between apprenticeship criteria to your academic assignments and evidence portfolio.
• Good practice and skills associate with presenting and discussing your experiences as described in your portfolio in preparation for your professional review.

Work Based project plan

Drawing on previous taught content review project scope, key activities/milestones and expected outcomes/measures of success for work based projects to prepare for final EPA project.

Learning activities and teaching methods (given in hours of study time)

Details of learning activities and teaching methods

Formative assessment

Summative assessment (% of credit)

Details of summative assessment

Details of re-assessment (where required by referral or deferral)

Re-assessment notes

First resubmission as if first time

Indicative learning resources - Basic reading

• Project Management Integrated Degree Apprenticeship criteria, standard and assessment approach plus reading for specific modules.

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Project Management Integrated Degree Apprenticeship criteria, standard and assessment approach plus reading for specific modules

DA standard: https://www.instituteforapprenticeships.org/media/4685/st0411_project-manager_l6_ap-for-publication_241120.pdf