234SAM

May 2017

Coventry University

Faculty of Business and Law

234SAM

Principles of Project Management

Instructions to candidates

Time allowed: 2 hours

This is a closed book examination

 Answer both questions from Section A

 Answer any two questions from Section B

Each question in Section A is worth 30 marks. Each question in Section B is worth

20 marks.

IMPORTANT: You must hand in this question paper at the end of the
examination.

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Section A (Answer both questions)

1. Essential skills: Critically discuss the type of essential skills a project manager
should have to be able to successfully manage a project. Provide examples of
different types of skills and explain how these skills could contribute to the
project success.

30 marks

2. Critical Path Method: Considering the project information presented in the

table below:

a. Draw the network diagram (10 marks)

b. Calculate the total duration of the project (10 marks)
c. Identify the critical path of the project (10 marks)

Activity Predecessors Duration (days)

A None 5
B A 3
C A 6
D A 5
E B 3
F B 4
G E, F 2
H C 2
I D, G, H 3
J I 5

30 marks

Section B (Choose 2 out of 3 questions)

3. Project selection: Present and compare two different tools available to

organizations in selecting the most appropriate projects to fund.

20 marks

4. International projects: Critically discuss some of the particular issues

encountered in international projects that project managers need to take into
account when planning their projects.

20 marks

5. Project closure: Explain the role of the Project closure phase within the project
lifecycle.
20 marks

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