Faculty of English Language Teacher Education

DIVISION OF ENGLISH FOR SPECIFIC PURPOSES

PROJECT MANAGEMENT
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1. COURSE INFORMATION 5. COURSE MATERIALS

2. COURSE DESCRIPTION 6. COURSE POLICY
3. COURSE OBJECTIVES 7. ASSESSMENTS
4. DETAILED CONTENTS
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1.
COURSE INFORMATION
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Program BA TEFL
Course title Project Management
Couse credit value 3
Course code ENG3079
Course status Elective
135
Credit hours
+ In-class lectures: 26
+ In-class discussion and practice: 19
+ Self-study: 90

Faculty in charge Faculty of English Language Teacher Education

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2.
COURSE DESCRIPTION
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 This course guides students through the fundamental project

management concepts, practices, and behavioral
characteristics needed to successfully launch, lead, and realize
benefits from projects.
 It logically follows the project life cycle and examines the
technical and sociocultural dimensions of project management.
 Effective project managers possess the skills necessary to
manage teams, schedules, risks, budgets, scope, and stakeholders
to produce a desired outcome.
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3.
COURSE OBJECTIVES
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 This course aims to introduce students to fundamental concepts

and steps related to project management.
 During this course, students will have the opportunity to familiarize
themselves with different activities involved in understanding and
applying the theory in managing a project.
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By the end of the course, students are expected to be able to:

In terms of knowledge In terms of skills In terms of attitudes

 explain how projects are managed through  enhance communicative skills,  gain interest in and develop
the project life cycle problem solving skills and appropriate concern about
 understand and apply some project presentation skills managing a project
management techniques  have the skills of collecting,  be self-aware of ability and virtue
 understand roles and necessary skills and analyzing, synthesizing, evaluating that are necessary to enhance
qualities of a project manager data and information to critically knowledge and skills related to
 identify and use key performance metrics for analyze problematic economic managing projects
project success situations  have ability to determine the drive
 understand how to manage project cost,  enhance team working skill for future career development as
quality, and delivery including team management skill project managers
 engage and lead effective project and cooperation
management teams in your organization  develop appropriate independent
 impart project management knowledge, tools, study skills and collaborative skills
and processes to your colleagues in language learning
 recognize and mitigate the early seeds of
failure in the project life cycle
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4.
COURSE MATERIALS
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COMPULSORY MATERIAL
Joseph J. Heagney .(2015) Fundamentals of Project Management (5th
Edition) . American Management Association.
ABOUT THE BOOK
 Fundamentals of Project Management has helped generations of
project managers navigate the ins and outs of every aspect of this
complex discipline.
 But much has changed in recent years. The fifth edition of this classic
text remains the perfect introduction to the subject, showing readers
how to: Clarify project goals and objectives • Develop a work
breakdown structure • Create a project risk plan • Produce a realistic
schedule • Manage change requests • Control and evaluate progress
at every stage • Lead the project team
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RECOMMENDED READING
 Project Management Institute A Guide To The Project
Management Body Of Knowledge PMBOK Guide, Sixth
Edition, ISBN 978-1-62825-184-5 Newtown Square
Pennsylvania USA.
 Larson, E.W. and Gray, C.F. (2018), Project management the
managerial process, (7th edition) , McGraw-Hill Education
 Kim H. (2018) Project Management Jumpstart (4th edition)
 Christine P. (2013) . The Practical Guide to Project
Management . Bookboon.com.
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RECOMMENDED WATCHING
In 14 engaging lessons (estimated study time:7h 30m ), you will learn how to effectively manage projects
from start to finish through a range of topics including project initiation and closeout, scope, schedule and
resource planning, project execution and control plus more.
Link: https://www.goskills.com/Course/Project-Management-Basics/About

Highlights:
 Learn to manage your projects more effectively.
 Get a better understanding of project management
principles.
 Based on The Project Management Institute, A
Guide to the Project Management Body of
Knowledge (PMBOK® Guide) - Seventh Edition,
Project Management Institute, Inc., 2021.
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5.
DETAILED CONTENTS
 GENERAL SCHEDULE
WEEK IN CLASS PRESENTATION
1 Orientation + chapter 1
2,3 Project initiation Week 3: Group 1
4, 5 Project planning Week 5: Group 2
6 Project planning Week 6: Group 3
7 Tutorial Week 7: Group 4
8, 9 Project execution Week 9: Group 5
10, 11 Project control and evaluation Week 11: Group 6
12 Project closeout Week 12: Group 7 +
Minitest
13 Team project preparation
14,15 Team project presentation + Final Final presentations
report submission
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6.
COURSE POLICY
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Students are supposed to:

 complete all the requirements of the course as transcribed in the course guide;
 submit all the assignments on time. In case of late submission, 10% of the total
point is deducted for 1 day late; 20% for 2 days late. Students who are three days
behind the deadline will receive mark 0;
 attend at least 80% of the total class hours. If a student is absent for more than
20% of the total class hours, he/she is no longer qualified for the course, which is
equivalent to mark 0 for the final assignment;
 actively prepare for the class as guided in the course outline;
 actively participate in in-class discussions and presentations; and
 refrain from discussing things irrelevant to the lessons.
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7.
ASSESSMENT TASKS
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3. FINAL ASSIGNMENT
60%
2.CASE STUDY 20%
1. MINITEST 20%
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ASSESSMENT TASK 1. MINITEST

 The mini test is held in week 12. Students have a paper-based test in 60
minutes.
 There will be NO MAKE-UP QUIZ to those who are absent from the class.
 There are 50 test items including multiple-choice, true/ false, gap filling and
open-ended questions.
 These items focus on different aspects covered in the course.
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ASSESSMENT TASK 2. CASE STUDY

 Students are divided into 7 groups to complete the requirements of a case
study.
 The case study is a start-up project divided into 5 phases.
 Students work in group to complete tasks according to the requirements of
each phase.
 Each group prepares a short presentation (approximately 20 minutes) to
address the tasks assigned for each phase.
 Presentations will be conducted in weeks 3, 5, 6, 7, 9, 11 and 12.
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ASSESSMENT TASK 3. REPORT ON TEAM PROJECTS

 The ultimate goal is to have students review the specific concepts, principles
and theories in project management that they have learnt in class and apply
them to real-life events.
 Each group of students chooses one project for this final assignment and
starts implementing various steps in the project lifecycle for their projects
from the beginning of the semester.
 They are expected to follow three stages as below:
ASSESSMENT TASK 3. REPORT ON TEAM PROJECTS
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STAGE 3.
STAGE 1. STAGE 2.
MAKING FINAL
IMPLEMENTING THE COMPOSING THE
PRESENTATION
PROJECT REPORT
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 The first stage is conducted from week 1 to week 12. In this stage, students have to:
• group the project team and choose one team project
• learn theories and techniques in different stages of a project from week 2-12,
after that, team members have to finish related activities as well as documents in
their own project
• prepare questions and find out problems which may occur during their project
implementation to be discussed with their teacher and classmates in the tutorial
in Week 7.

 NOTE:
• The project may not be fully completed. Grading can be done based on students’
project procedure.
• The project outcome is highly welcomed. 1-2 marks can be added to the total of
the final report due to the outcome perfection.
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 Compose a final project report containing all parts that are going to be
developed. The report should base on the provided tentative template, but
each point should be fully developed and articulated. The paper should be
coherent and the logic should be transparent.
 Submit all parts of the assignment by stapling everything (all project
documents and report) together in week 15.
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 Prepare for a final presentation in week 14 or 15 which focusses on the project (title,
aim, expected outcome, procedure), your challenges and gains when implementing the
project
 Make a presentation in maximum 30 minutes to:
• present the project (title, aim, expected outcome, procedure, your own
outcome),
• discuss your difficulties when implementing the project and your solutions
• state your achievement
 Lead a Q&A session in 10 minutes
 Print 1 evaluation form of presentation for the teacher
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Other students in the class have to:

 listen attentively to the presentation
 be ready with the notes with questions to presented groups
Components of project report
 The template for an end project report is provided in the separate file.
 All other documents in different stages of the project must be included in the
final report
Marking rubrics for Presentation & Final Project Report
 Check in the Course Guide
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Any questions?
Teacher’s contact
» Teacher’s name: Lê Thị Hồng Duyên
» Email: [email protected]
» Mobile: 0912 489 409 (Zalo)
ENJOY THE COURSE TOGETHER!!!