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EH2760 Management of Projects 6.0 credits

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Development, procurement, and delivery of complex technical systems normally occur in the form of a project, that is, personnel from different parts of an organization collaborate in working towards a well-defined goal. Since the project organization is temporary, effective routines and methods are required for planning, managing, following-up, and documenting the different phases of the project. This is so that the submitted technical requirements placed on the project are reached within the given time frame and at budgeted cost. A complex technical system is a plant or product where software and hardware together comprise the completed system.

In order to provide the students a versatile insight in the management of industrial projects, realistic cases are combined with theoretical studies and guest lectures. In the theoretical parts of the course, fundamental skills in project management such as planning, documenting, and following up are treated. Further, important areas such as risk management, group dynamics and project leadership is be discussed throughout a series of more practically oriented guest lectures.

Course offerings are missing for current or upcoming semesters.
Headings with content from the Course syllabus EH2760 (Spring 2022–) are denoted with an asterisk ( )

Content and learning outcomes

Course contents

The course focuses more on understanding and awareness of the problems associated with project management than on giving practical skills in a certain method for projects. Examples of different project models are, however, given by invited guest lecturers.

In the course, the following item is gone through: the project as work method, development , delivery and purchasing projects, the interaction between customer and supplier, overview and examples of project models, the different phases of a project, tender procedure, leadership, group dynamics, risk analysis, the project document (for example the opening for estimates, tender, contract, documentation of the project, project plan, final report and evaluation.

Intended learning outcomes

After the course, the participant should understand what a project manager does and how one works in an industrial project and be able to:

  • describe and apply the different phases in a project i.e. planning, follow-up and completion of a project
  • use methods and tools to plan and follow up projects taking into consideration time, cost and resources.
  • give examples of how activities as planning, project meetings, documentation should be carried out
  • based on a model for projects, create necessary documentation for a project
  • plan and carry out a risk analysis
  • analyse an industrial project
  • report result through oral and written communication

Literature and preparations

Specific prerequisites

For non-program students: 120 credits and English B or the equivalent

Recommended prerequisites

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Equipment

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Literature

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Examination and completion

If the course is discontinued, students may request to be examined during the following two academic years.

Grading scale

A, B, C, D, E, FX, F

Examination

  • PRO1 - Projecy Assignment, 0.7 credits, grading scale: P, F
  • PRO2 - Projecy Assignment, 1.5 credits, grading scale: P, F
  • PRO3 - Projecy Assignment, 1.5 credits, grading scale: P, F
  • PRO4 - Projecy Assignment, 1.5 credits, grading scale: P, F
  • SEM1 - Seminar, 0.8 credits, grading scale: P, F

Based on recommendation from KTH’s coordinator for disabilities, the examiner will decide how to adapt an examination for students with documented disability.

The examiner may apply another examination format when re-examining individual students.

Other requirements for final grade

80 % Attendance on lectures (SEM1; 0.8 hp).
Four written assignments (PRO1: 0.7p + PRO2: 1.5p + PRO3: 1.5 p + PRO4: 1.5 p).

Opportunity to complete the requirements via supplementary examination

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Opportunity to raise an approved grade via renewed examination

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Examiner

Profile picture Joakim Lilliesköld

Profile picture Liv Gingnell

Ethical approach

  • All members of a group are responsible for the group's work.
  • In any assessment, every student shall honestly disclose any help received and sources used.
  • In an oral assessment, every student shall be able to present and answer questions about the entire assignment and solution.

Further information

Course room in Canvas

Registered students find further information about the implementation of the course in the course room in Canvas. A link to the course room can be found under the tab Studies in the Personal menu at the start of the course.

Offered by

EECS/Computer Science

Main field of study

Electrical Engineering

Education cycle

Second cycle

Add-on studies

EH2030 Business Development and Quality Management

Contact

Matus Korman (korman@kth.se)