V21s Project management in the IT industry

Duration: 1 hour 40 minutes a week for 6 weeks
2 hours of this will be putting what you learn into action in the classroom

Cost: £85 per person

Introduction

This course introduces the principles of project management, including an explanation of the project lifecycle and the tools and techniques used by IT project managers in business and industry. It is relevant to all IT and ICT courses at Key Stages 4 and 5 that include project management. 

Outline

The course begins with a one-day event, hosted and co-delivered by IT sector employers. They will explain projects they have worked on, and reflect on how the tools can be used effectively on both large and small scale projects. Participants will have opportunities to develop ideas for projects to use with learners and will see learning resources that have been developed to support delivery of project management in the classroom.

After the one-day event, participants will have opportunities to try out in the classroom the ideas, projects and resources gained from the day and share their experiences with fellow participants in a facilitated forum in the Vital community.

Dates, hosts and location

The first group of courses is being hosted by IBM
and will run from 10 am to 3.30 pm including lunch.

Friday 8 October 2010
IBM, Warwick

Friday 15 October 2010
IBM, Southbank 

tbc November 2010
IBM, Hursley

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Note: This information is accurate at the time of writing, but may be subject to change.