Module: Project Plan & Management

Module Specifications.

Current Academic Year 2024 - 2025

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Date posted: September 2024

Module Title	Project Plan & Management
Module Code	CM595 (ITS) / ICT1034 (Banner)
Faculty	Humanities & Social Sciences	School	Communications
Module Co-ordinator	Miriam Judge
Module Teachers	Dónal Mulligan
NFQ level	9	Credit Rating	5
Pre-requisite	Not Available
Co-requisite	Not Available
Compatibles	Not Available
Incompatibles	Not Available

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Description

To provide students with a forum for planning and developing the Final Major project.

Learning Outcomes

1. Describe the theoretical frameworks underpinning project management.
2. Recognise ethical and legal issues arising from multimedia product development and know where to locate guidance on such issues.
3. Produce a plan for a major project with an appropriate timeline.
4. Scope and scale a mixed media project identifying personnel, skills needed and time available.
5. Develop strategies for the management of a mixed media project team.

*Type*	*Hours*	*Description*
Workload	Full-time hours per semester
Lecture	36	Lecture/Seminars
Independent Study	89	Assignment
Total Workload: 125

All module information is indicative and subject to change. For further information,students are advised to refer to the University's Marks and Standards and Programme Specific Regulations at: http://www.dcu.ie/registry/examinations/index.shtml

Indicative Content and Learning Activities

Module Delivery
This module is delivered through a series of lectures, seminars, presentations, critiques etc. and culminates in a panel review of major project group presentations.

Assessment Breakdown
Continuous Assessment	100%	Examination Weight	0%

Type	Description	% of total	Assessment Date
Course Work Breakdown
Presentation	Major Project Proposal	100%	Week 12

Reassessment Requirement Type
Resit arrangements are explained by the following categories: Resit category 1: A resit is available for both* components of the module. Resit category 2: No resit is available for a 100% continuous assessment module. Resit category 3: No resit is available for the continuous assessment component where there is a continuous assessment and examination element.
* ‘Both’ is used in the context of the module having a Continuous Assessment/Examination split; where the module is 100% continuous assessment, there will also be a resit of the assessment
This module is category 1

Indicative Reading List

Ess, Charles: 2009, Digital Media Ethics, Polity Press, Cambridge,
Belbin, R. M: 2001, Management teams : why they succeed or fail, Heinemann, London,
Belbin, R. M: 1996, Team roles at work, Butterworth/Heinemann, Oxford; Boston,

Other Resources

30719, Reading:, Course related materials, 0, Major Project Brief,