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Course presentation
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.
Headings denoted with an asterisk ( * ) is retrieved from the course syllabus version Spring 2023
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 topics are covered: 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 such as planning, project meetings, documentation and oral presentation 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, present results using oral and written communication
Learning activities
Learning activities
Content
Preparations
Grundläggande lektioner
Provides the basic knowledge and theories of project management. The information needed to pass the assignments will be presented in the lectures. Most of these lectures will be provided as videos you can watch whenever you want.
Read through the handbook
Gästföreläsningar
Guests with different specialications and different backgrounds come and present their take on how to manage projects
Come to the lecture on time if you are provided a slot or follow the streaming
Inlämningsuppgifter
The assessment of the course, is where you test and document your knowledge.
You might need to resubmit your assignments
Read through the assignment specifications, watch relevant material and read the chapters in the handbook that you find relevant (it is a handbook, so you need to look for what you need)
Detailed plan
Learning activities
Content
Preparations
Basic lectures
Provides the basic knowledge and theories of project management. The information needed to pass the assignments will be presented in the lectures. Most of these lectures will be provided as videos you can watch whenever you want.
Read through the handbook
Guest lectures
Guests with different specialications and different backgrounds come and present their take on how to manage projects
Come to the lecture on time if you are provided a slot or follow the streaming
Assignments
The assessment of the course, is where you test and document your knowledge.
You might need to resubmit your assignments
Read through the assignment specifications, watch relevant material and read the chapters in the handbook that you find relevant (it is a handbook, so you need to look for what you need)
Lectures
Please note that the lectures marked with "GUEST" is mandatory (80% attendance requriement).
Week
Time and place
Lectures
w35
2023-08-31
15.15
17.00
E1
Project planning - Joakim Lilliesköld
w35
2023-09-01
15.15
17.00
F1 (Alfvénsalen)
Management of risk - Joakim Lilliesköld
w36
2023-09-04
15.15
17.00
B2
(GUEST) Example of a project model - Anna Burack
w36
2023-09-05
15.15
17.00
M1
Project economy - Elias Flening
w36
2023-09-08
08.15
10.00
F2
Project organization - Elias Flening
w37
2023-09-11
08.15
10.00
F1 (Alfvénsalen)
Feedback and group dynamics - Gabriel Montgommery
w37
2023-09-11
10.15
12.00
F1 (Alfvénsalen)
Feedback and group dynamics - Gabriel Montgommery
w37
2023-09-14
08.15
10.00
D1
(GUEST) Leadership in practise - Peter Roos
w38
2023-09-20
13.15
15.00
F1 (Alfvénsalen)
(GUEST) Agile - Henrik Kniberg
w38
2023-09-21
08.15
10.00
F2
Backup
w38
2023-09-22
10.15
12.00
D1
(GUEST) Scrum and agile project planning - Martin Bäcklund
w39
2023-09-25
08.15
10.00
M1
(GUEST) Project management from the inside - Terence Acton
w39
2023-09-26
10.15
12.00
Q1
(GUEST) Covid management at KTH
w39
2023-09-29
08.15
10.00
D1
(GUEST) TBA
w40
2023-10-03
08.15
10.00
E1
Backup
w40
2023-10-06
10.15
12.00
Q1
(GUEST) Agile Leadership - Björn Sandberg
w41
2023-10-09
10.15
12.00
M1
(GUEST) The secret key tosuccessful project management? - Jon Fangel
w41
2023-10-11
08.15
10.00
E1
Summary & outlook - Elias Flening
Preparations before course start
Literature
Eriksson & Lilliesköld: Handbok för mindre projekt/Handbook for small projects (Liber)
Support for students with disabilities
Students at KTH with a permanent disability can get support during studies from Funka:
PRO1 - Project Task, 1.5 credits, Grading scale: P, F
PRO2 - Project Task, 1.5 credits, Grading scale: P, F
PRO3 - Project Task, 1.5 credits, Grading scale: P, F
PRO4 - Project Task, 0.7 credits, Grading scale: P, F
SEM1 - Seminars, 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.
The section below is not retrieved from the course syllabus:
Projektuppgift ( PRO1 )
Projektuppgift ( PRO2 )
Projektuppgift ( PRO3 )
Projektuppgift ( PRO4 )
Seminarium ( SEM1 )
Other requirements for final grade
Attendance on lectures 80%
Grading criteria/assessment criteria
The different submissions get graded with a number of course points, see Table 2 below. Some assignments can give either 3, 4 or 5 course points, whereas others are pass/fail only. To get more than three points, the assignment must be very well done when submitted the first time. This means that it should be clear that the authors have fully understood and mastered the important concepts and skills tested in that particular assignment in addition to having fulfilled the specific requirements. Both contents and form are important in this respect; i.e. no important contents or analysis should be missing, the structure and formatting should adhere to the relevant templates, and the text should be carefully proof-read.
Note that a higher grade can be rewarded for an assignment that is very well done, even if a re-submission is required due to some minor details. Whenever an assignment requires a re-submission to pass, the comments from the course staff will make it clear whether the final grade after re-submission is likely to be a pass or a pass with a higher grade. However, a higher grade is never guaranteed, but is completely determined by the quality of the final submission.
Table 2. Project phases with submission and grades.
Assignment
Submission
Course points
Assignment 1
Project plan
3-5 points
Status report 1
pass/fail (no points)
Status report 2
pass/fail (no points
Final report
3-5 points
Assignment 2
Project description
3-5 points
Oral presentation (optional)
3 points
Assignment 3
Risk analysis
3-5 points
Assignment 4
Reflection report
3-5 points
Peer review
3 points
Guest lecture attendance
3 points
A total number of 34 course points can be obtained in the course. The total sum determines the final grade, as follows:
Course points
Grade
21-23
E
24-26
D
27-29
C
30-32
B
33-34
A
Goal oriented grading
Mål
Assignment
G
VG
Beskriva och tillämpa de olika faserna i ett projekt, dvs. planera, följa upp och avsluta ett projekt
Assignment 1
Project documents are created that fulfills the requirment of the assignment (following the project model)
It is clear from the document in every step, what should be done, how the work is structure, what has been done, is there problem, what is the lessons learned
Använda metoder och verktyg för att planera och följa upp projekt med hänsyn till tid, kostnad och resurser
Assignment 1
Project plan is creaeted that includes a WBS EVM is used in status report
The status report is a tool not only used to report status but to make a forcast
Ge exempel på hur aktiviteter som planering, projektmöten, dokumentation och muntlig presentation skall genomföras
Assignment 1 Assignment 2 & Assignment 4
Examples are given in the assignments
Examples are analysed and there are suggestions on what works good and why and vice versa
Med utgångspunkt från en projektmodell skapa nödvändig projektdokumentation
Assignment 1 & Assignment 3
Project documents are created that fulfills the requirment of the assignment (following the project model)
There is a reflection on what was god and bad in the process
Planera och genomföra en riskanalys
Assignment 3
A risk analysis is performed and documented so it fulfills the requirment of the assignment
There is a reflection on what was god and bad in the process and how the risk analysis could be improved. Actions to identified risks are both procative and reactive, and is not always the obvoius choise
Analysera ett industriellt projekt redovisa resultat genom muntlig och skriftlig kommunikation
Assignment 2
An interview is performed and documented
There is an analysis on the differences and similarities between what was done in the industial case you studied and what was taught in class
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.
The section below is not retrieved from the course syllabus:
Please note that when solving the project assignments co-operation between students is allowed and even encouraged. However, both project group members are responsible for the content of their own reports and any plagiarism will result in an immediate failing of the assignment in addition to a written report to KTH’s central disciplinary committee.
This means that all groups should write their own reports. You are not allowed to copy text from other students; you are not allowed to copy text from the internet. If you want to use a quote from a source, it must be clearly indicated that it is a quote.
The use of references is mandatory. When you use a fact from some source you should include a reference to this source.
NOTE! The better the sources, the more accurate the facts, therefore please note that reports that use credible sources (as for instance peer-reviewed scientific papers) will receive higher grades than those that only rely on Wikipedia as a source.
Use references according to this or some similar standard but be consistent. For instance:
”Early assessment of system characteristics in software projects is one of the main concerns of the discipline of software architecture [1] [2] [3].”
List of references:
[1] Heineman, G., W. Councill (Eds), Component-based software engineering: Putting the pieces together, Addison-Wesley, 2001.
If the source is a web-page use the following standard.[name of page],[URL],[access date]
The members of the course staff correct hundreds of assignments every week. In order to give you quick and relevant feedback on your work, the following rules apply:
Assignments are done in groups of two, with the exception of assignment 3. These groups must be formed and reported on lists available at the lectures before Assignment 1 is submitted! Note that the members of a group must aspire to the same grade.
A prerequisite for obtaining a higher grade than an E is that all assignments and re-submissions are submitted on time!
The assignments are submitted in the pdf format via the Canvas system. Pdf files can be created with the Adobe Acrobat software, which is not free-of-charge. There are, however, several services on the Internet which can be used free-of-charge to create pdf files.
Any reports suggesting mass duplication will be unconditionally failed, and no opportunity to complete the course will be offered
Build a single pdf for each assignment. Do not hand in any appendices separatelyif not explicitly specified. Either build the pdf from a single document containing everything, or merge separate pdf files into a single one using Adobe Acrobat or free software services available on the internet.
Please name your files after the following formate, where “XX” is your group number (two digits, 01, 02, 03, etc), “Y” is a number between 1 and 3 indicating whether it is the first, second or third submission of the assignment, and “assignment” is one of the following: projectplan/ statusreport/ finalreport/ projectdescription/ riskanalysis/ agilereport (EH2720) / reflection (EH2070) / peerreview. All submissions should be in pdf format.
Example: G06_2019_projectplan_2.pdf is group 6’s project plan, which after correction had to be submitted a second time.
Optional parts of an assignment will only be corrected twice, i.e. if you don´t perform the necessary corrections after the first submission the chance to get a higher grade will be lost.
Assignments submitted after the deadline will be corrected during the next re-exam period.
Any complaints about the corrections are to be submitted in writing to the course responsible or examiner.
Deadlines for assignments and presentations
Suggested dates for optional oral presentation of Assignment 2:
A doodle will be available on Canvas. Your time allocation is the hour you present - you stay and listen to all presentations. The oral presentations will take place during week 40.
Dates for peer review seminars in Assignment 4:
A doodle will be available on Canvas. The peer review seminars will take place during week 41. Please submit the written version of you peer review on Canvas no later than 7.00 p.m. the day before your peer review seminar.
The course administration and communication are handled on Canvas, the learning management system, reached via https://kth.instructure.com (NB: we are not using KTH Social): Canvas is used for:
Signing up in groups
Posting questions to the course administration
Communicating with other course participants
Reading and accessing instructions and other material needed for the assignments
Submission and re-submission of assignments
Obtaining corrected assignments and comments, and lists of results
Booking time slots for seminars
The course leaders are located at Teknikringen 33, ground floor (NSE department).
Attendance will be registered on one or more lists that are passed around during the guest lectures. Approved attendance of a minimum of 80% of guest lectures (marked GUEST in the lecture schedule) yields 0.8 ECTS credits, which means that the attendance requirement is a grading factor. Therefore, cheating with the attendance list is equivalent to cheating on an exam. You are required to inform the course staff if you have to leave a lecture. Show respect to our guest lecturers by being on time to the lectures!
Contacts
Communication during course
All kommunikation sker genom Canvas med kursens lärare.
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