Project Management - Processes, Activities and Practices
Year:
1st year/2nd year
Semester:
S2
Programme main editor:
Onsite in:
Remote:
ECTS range:
6 ETCS
Professors
Volker Kraus
UULM
Prerequisites:
Pedagogical objectives:
Students who have successfully completed this module …
- are familiar with the basics of operational project management.
- can independently plan, realize, monitor, and control complex interdisciplinary tasks.
- are familiar with the various organizational forms of project management, the coordination of work in project teams, and the requirements and tasks of a project manager.
- are proficient in the basic planning techniques of project management.
- can use different methods for planning, controlling and monitoring processes based on network planning technology.
- know the challenges of project management by means of practical examples.
Evaluation modalities:
Written test or presentation (depending on number of students).
Description:
Topics include:
- Ethics and Compliance.
- Motivation, concept formation and basic elements of project management.
- Business case and project selection criteria.
- Project environment within an organization.
- The role of the project manager in the company.
- Project phases: initiate, plan, execute, monitor and close.
- Scenarios and exercises to enhance knowledge transfer for selected topics.
- Knowledge Areas:
- Stakeholder Management
- Integration Management
- Scope management
- Scheduling Management
- Cost Management
- Quality Management
- Resource management
- Communication Management
- Risk Management
- Procurement Management
Required teaching material
Literature: • A guide to the project management body of knowledge (PMBOK guide) / Project Management Institute. Sixth edition. Newtown Square, PA; Project Management Institute, 2017. ISBN: 978-1-62825-184-5 • Project Management Institute: Code of Ethics and Professional Conduct. • PMI Practice guides and selected additional literature for the relevant knowledge areas (will be cited during lectures). • Moodle Course at https://elearning.saps.uni-ulm.de/ - Account needed at SAPS of UUlm
Teaching volume:
lessons:
20 hours
Exercices:
4 hours
Supervised lab:
Project:
Devices:
- Laboratory-Based Course Structure
- Open-Source Software Requirements