Project Management (IT-)

Code

IT-PRM1

Version

1.0

Offered by

ICT Engineering

ECTS

Prerequisites

Students taking this course are assumed to be familiar with:
• Basic economic knowledge
• Be able to understand and actively use the English language

Main purpose

The purpose of this course is for the students to be familiar with the tools that can help the project manager being successful in his or her work. Focus will be on how to organize a complex cross-disciplinary project and apply relevant tool to minimize the risk of failure.

Knowledge

The students will be able to:

- Apply the planning process method to a complex project
- Describe and explain what it takes to manage and run a complex project

Skills

The students will be able to use the methodology and tools for…
- Estimating Project Time and Costs
- Planning a Project
- Using Risk Management
- Conducting Team Management
- Completing a project

Competences

During the course the students will work with analysis of a real time project and by applying acquired theoretical knowledge being able to outline used methods and tools including:

- Project Description / Scope
- Project plan
- Project organization
- Risk Analysis
- Communication plan based on stakeholder analysis

All leading to successfully managing and controlling a project.

Topics

Teaching methods and study activities

Teaching methods and activities will be a combination of lecture presentations, casework, group discussions and presentations.
Students will through out of the semester work in groups of 3 – 5 students on a case on project management from a company of their own selection. During the course frequent feedback sessions will take place. The findings from the casework must be presented in a written report, which will be handed in by the end of the semester.

Resources

Project management – The Managerial Process by Erik W. Larson / Clifford F. Gray. Latest edition.

Evaluation

Examination

Exam prerequisites:
None

Exam type:
Written examination consisting of two reports. One being the written group report on the case work handed in before end of semester and one being a final individual reflection report produced after hand in of group report.
Group report: Max 15 pages
Individual report: Max 4 pages
(Normal pages: 2400 characters including spaces, figures do not count as characters)
Internal assessment based on overall assessment of written group report and individual report.
Grading based on the Danish 7-point scale.

Tools allowed:
All

Re-exam:
Conducted as the ordinary exam.