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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:
â€¢ Basic economic knowledge
â€¢ Be able to understand and actively use the English language

Main purpose

The purpose of this course is for the ÈÕº«¸£ÀûÍøÖ· 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 ÈÕº«¸£ÀûÍøÖ· 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 ÈÕº«¸£ÀûÍøÖ· will be able to use the methodology and tools forâ€¦
- Estimating Project Time and Costs
- Planning a Project
- Using Risk Management
- Conducting Team Management
- Completing a project

Competences

During the course the ÈÕº«¸£ÀûÍøÖ· 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 â€“ 5 ÈÕº«¸£ÀûÍøÖ· 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

Literature:

Larson, E. W., & Gray, C. F. (2020). Project management: The managerial process (8th ed.). McGraw-Hill.â€‹

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.

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