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Program Overview

The Diploma in Project Management from Dublin Business School provides a comprehensive understanding of project management principles and practices. It covers the project life cycle, tools and techniques, and core competencies for effective project management. The part-time program is designed for professionals seeking to enhance their project management skills or pursue a career in the field.

Program Outline

Diploma in Project Management

Degree Overview:

Overview:

• Offered by Dublin Business School (DBS) in Dublin City Centre.
• Addresses the growing importance of project management in organizations.
• Provides a "culture" that enhances personal performance.

Objectives:

• Enable students to:
• Explain characteristics of organizational approaches to project management.
• Understand core competencies for effective project management (communication, leadership, etc.).
• Understand stakeholders, success criteria, and critical success factors in projects.
• Evaluate the importance of effective project life cycle management.
• Apply methods, tools, and techniques for planning, monitoring, controlling projects, and managing risk.
• Create a project plan.
• Understand project office roles and importance.

Other:

• Serves as a gateway course to DBS's Business (Project Management) degree.

Outline:

Content:

• Examines project management roles, environments, and life cycle.
• Covers tools and techniques for project initiation, planning, execution, control, and closure.
• Modules include:
• Project Initiation: Defining the project, seeking authorization.
• Project Planning: Devising a project plan, creating WBS, establishing controls.
• Project Execution: Coordinating people, materials, and processes.
• Project Control: Monitoring progress, identifying variances, taking corrective action.
• Closing-out: Formal acceptance, documenting lessons learned, archiving records.

Structure:

• Part-time program.
• 14 weeks.
• 1 evening per week (6:15-9:30pm).
• Next intake: February 2024.

Assessment:

• Individual assignment (70%).

Careers:

• Diverse and rewarding career options.
• Applicable across various sectors (arts, finance, engineering, ICT, psychology, social sciences, construction).
• Encompasses a highly versatile and valued skill set.

Other:

• Open Day opportunities for one-on-one advice and current student interaction.
• Admissions Office open Monday-Friday (8:45am-5:15pm).
• DBS Diploma students have access to various facilities:
• Online Notes System (DBS Moodle)
• DBS Library Aungier Street
• DBS Careers and Appointment Service
• Subsidised Parking
• Subsidised Student Canteen

Fees:

• €1,500 (includes tuition, registration, exam fees, DBS library membership).
• Payable in full before course begins.

Contact:

• Email: admissions@dbs.ie
• Phone: 01 417 7500

Note:

This information is based on the provided context and may not be exhaustive. For the most up-to-date information, please refer to the official Dublin Business School website.

The fee for our Diploma in Project Management is €1,500 .This is inclusive of tuition, registration, exam fees and DBS library membership. This fee must be paid in full before the course begins.