Department of Project Management, University of Vavuniya is well prepared to cope with global challenges and enrich the world with its excellence. Each student of the department is trained and produced as an employable graduate with high quality of knowledge, skills, and attitude with multi-disciplinary and those can be applied towards any organization where teams are assembled to handle unique, goal-specific projects. Positions can be found in almost any private, public and non-governmental organizations.
The entry-level roles come in many forms for the new PM graduate: project assistant, project associate, project lead, project analyst, management analyst, business analyst, project coordinator, project consultant, development officer, project manager or programme manager in business or development or international projects.
Key Attributes of the Graduate Profile of the Department of Project Management are given below:
Measurement of Graduate Profile
| Technical Project Management Competencies | Strategic & Business Management Competencies | Project & Business Leadership Competencies |
|---|---|---|
| Integration management | Business management | Language competencies |
| Scope management | Accounting & finance | Business communication |
| Risk management | Business economics | Building & managing teams |
| Communication management | Business mathematics & statistics | Social harmony |
| Schedule management | Managing operations | Active citizenship |
| Human resource and other non-human resource management | Managing marketing | Interpersonal skills |
| Project cost management | Strategic alignment | Problem solving |
| Project quality management | Legal environment & compliance for business & projects | Managing conflicts |
| Project procurement & supply chain management | Programme & portfolio management | Innovation |
| Project stakeholder management | Competitive analysis | Negotiation |
| Agile applications | Research methods | Ethical and diversity concern |
| Managing lifecycles | Public & customer relations | Peace building |
| Governing portfolios, programmes & projects | Strategic position, choices & execution |
Graduate’s Attributes
The Project Management graduates are produced with the following attributes:
- Acquainted with the comprehensive and up-to-date knowledge of project management, including key principles and practices.
- Trained in critical thinking in international and industry specific project management practices.
- Acquainted with the wide-ranging knowledge of business management and development studies.
- Skilled to create a comprehensive project plan of business and development projects.
- Trained to work in teams, manage team members, and interact with stakeholders.
- Acquainted to undertake effective leadership and executive decision making to successfully implement the projects.
- Skilled to plan and monitor project budget and schedule.
- Acquainted with the technical and human aspects of project control.
- Acquainted with the importance of ethical, legal, diversity and environmental considerations in every aspect of a project’s operations.
- Empowered to apply a significant range of professional and business skills.
- Equipped to use computerized project management tools.
- Committed to be as active citizen of Sri Lanka.