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Project Manager - Knowledge Module, Volume 1

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Volume 1 of the theory textbook for the QCTO Occupational Certificate: Project Manager (NQF Level 5, SAQA ID 101869). Chapters 1 to 9 carry 32 of the knowledge component's 80 credits — modules KM-01 to KM-05: project management as a career, the framework and the five process groups; business ethics for project managers; the project charter and the project management plan; directing, monitoring, changing and closing the project; planning scope, collecting requirements and defining scope; the work breakdown structure, validating scope and controlling scope; planning the schedule by defining and sequencing activities; estimating, developing and controlling the schedule; and project cost management through estimates, budgets and earned value. The external assessment is an open-book EISA on case studies, so one worked South African case study — Khanyisa Foods' Project Lumo — runs through the whole volume, and every schedule, cost and earned-value figure in it is computed rather than asserted. Every chapter carries worked examples, Check Your Understanding boxes and end-of-chapter review questions.

What is inside

  1. Chapter 1 — Project Management: the Career, the Framework and the Process Groups
  2. PART A — THE QUALIFICATION AND THE CAREER
  3. PART B — THE PROJECT MANAGEMENT FRAMEWORK
  4. PART C — THE PROJECT MANAGEMENT PROCESSES
  5. Chapter 2 — Business Ethics for Project Managers
  6. PART A — VALUES, ETHICS AND CODES
  7. PART B — ETHICS IN RELATIONS: CONSUMERS, CLIENTS AND STAKEHOLDERS
  8. PART C — SUPPLIER RELATIONS, TENDERS AND PROCUREMENT
  9. Chapter 3 — The Project Charter and the Project Management Plan
  10. PART A — THE PROJECT CHARTER
  11. PART B — THE PROJECT MANAGEMENT PLAN
  12. Chapter 4 — Directing, Monitoring, Changing and Closing the Project
  13. PART A — DIRECTING AND MANAGING PROJECT WORK
  14. PART B — MONITORING AND CONTROLLING PROJECT WORK
  15. PART C — INTEGRATED CHANGE CONTROL
  16. PART D — CLOSING THE PROJECT OR PHASE
  17. Chapter 5 — Planning Scope, Collecting Requirements and Defining Scope
  18. PART A — PLANNING SCOPE MANAGEMENT
  19. PART B — COLLECTING REQUIREMENTS
  20. PART C — DEFINING SCOPE
  21. Chapter 6 — The Work Breakdown Structure, Validating Scope and Controlling Scope
  22. PART A — CREATING THE WORK BREAKDOWN STRUCTURE
  23. PART B — VALIDATING SCOPE
  24. PART C — CONTROLLING SCOPE
  25. Chapter 7 — Planning the Schedule: Defining and Sequencing Activities
  26. PART A — PLANNING SCHEDULE MANAGEMENT
  27. PART B — DEFINING ACTIVITIES
  28. PART C — SEQUENCING ACTIVITIES
  29. Chapter 8 — Estimating, Developing and Controlling the Schedule
  30. PART A — ESTIMATING ACTIVITY RESOURCES
  31. PART B — ESTIMATING ACTIVITY DURATIONS
  32. PART C — DEVELOPING THE SCHEDULE
  33. PART D — CONTROLLING THE SCHEDULE
  34. Chapter 9 — Project Cost Management: Estimates, Budgets and Earned Value
  35. PART A — PLANNING COST MANAGEMENT
  36. PART B — ESTIMATING COSTS
  37. PART C — DETERMINING THE BUDGET
  38. PART D — CONTROLLING COSTS

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