Kursen fokuserar mer på att ge förståelse för problemställningarna förknippade med projektstyrning än på att ge praktisk färdighet i någon projektmetod. Exempel på olika projektmodeller ges dock av inbjudna gästföreläsare.
I kursen behandlas följande moment: projektet som arbetsform, utvecklings-, leverans- och upphandlingsprojekt, samspelet mellan kund och leverantör, genomgång och exempel på projektmodeller, ett projekts olika faser, anbudsförfarande, ledarskap, gruppdynamik, riskanalys, projektdokument (t.ex. offertförfrågan, anbud, kontrakt, projekthandbok, projektplan/startrapport, progressrapport), projektavslut och utvärdering samt kvalitetsstandarder.

Efter kursen skall deltagaren förstå vad en projektledare gör och hur man arbetar i ett industriellt projekt genom att kunna:

• beskriva och tillämpa de olika faserna i ett projekt, dvs. planera, följa upp och avsluta ett projekt
• använda metoder och verktyg för att planera och följa upp projekt med hänsyn till tid, kostnad och resurser
• ge exempel på hur aktiviteter som planering, projektmöten, dokumentation och muntlig presentation skall genomföras
• med utgångspunkt från en projektmodell skapa nödvändig projektdokumentation
• planera och genomföra en riskanalys
• analysera ett industriellt projekt redovisa resultat genom muntlig och skriftlig kommunikation

Eriksson & Lilliesköld: Handbok för mindre projekt/Handbook for small projects (Liber)

Om du har en funktionsnedsättning kan du få stöd via Funka:

Funka- stöd för studenter med funktionsnedsättningar

• PRO2 - Projektuppgift, 1,5 hp, betygsskala: P, F
• SEM1 - Seminarium, 0,8 hp, betygsskala: P, F
• PRO1 - Projektuppgift, 1,5 hp, betygsskala: P, F
• PRO4 - Projektuppgift, 0,7 hp, betygsskala: P, F
• PRO3 - Projektuppgift, 1,5 hp, betygsskala: P, F

Examinator beslutar, baserat på rekommendation från KTH:s handläggare av stöd till studenter med funktionsnedsättning, om eventuell anpassad examination för studenter med dokumenterad, varaktig funktionsnedsättning.

Examinator får medge annan examinationsform vid omexamination av enstaka studenter.

När kurs inte längre ges har student möjlighet att examineras under ytterligare två läsår.

Projektuppgift ( PRO1 )

Projektuppgift ( PRO2 )

Projektuppgift ( PRO3 )

Projektuppgift ( PRO4 )

Seminarium ( SEM1 )

80 % Närvaro på föreläsningar.

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.

The total sum determines the final grade, as follows:

Goal oriented grading

• Vid grupparbete har alla i gruppen ansvar för gruppens arbete.
• Vid examination ska varje student ärligt redovisa hjälp som erhållits och källor som använts.
• Vid muntlig examination ska varje student kunna redogöra för hela uppgiften och hela lösningen.

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]

Wikipedia: Requirement, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Requirements, 2015-08-26

Course AI policy

In this course, we actively encourage iterative, mindful, and disclosed usage of generative AI technology to enhance your learning. AI platforms can support you in generating ideas, refine your writing, or explore different approaches. Be mindful of the fact that you are responsible for usage, and therefore must be able to assess output. If you do not know if output is truthful, fact-check with external sources. If it is truthful, but you are unsure if it is helpful, discuss with your team and one of us teachers. AI can help you learn faster, but only if you engage with it in an iterative and critical fashion.

You should see LLMs (e.g. ChatGPT and Claude) as discussion partners who only care about making you “happy” (generating a consistent response which makes sense in relation to what you ask it), rather than more knowledgeable.

With these “good intentions”, AI lies continuously and well (Mollick, 2023). Therefore, iterating on results to increase quality is a must to get anything of deeper value, which means to engage in a dialogue with these systems about what you want to do instead of treating the input box like a search engine. Finally, disclosing that you are using it and how you use it is of the highest importance in this course. Disclosure means that you include a footnote, sentence, endnote, textbox explaining usage in the same document or artifact in/for which you have collaborated with AI to develop content. Do not include disclosure as an appendix or comment outside the document or artifact, since these can get lost or disconnected.

This course policy has been written with AI-support using the above principles, as well as following the EECS School Code of Conduct - Rule 7 on using GenAI. I first explained to ChatGPT what the core principles I wanted to include in the course memo, and then I discussed with it in 5 iterations to get a draft which I then rewrote extensively in Microsoft Word. I then sent the draft to Sebastian Krakowski, an expert in using AI in education, for review. The above text is the result of this process.

The above paragraph is an example of how you can disclose usage. It is also how this policy was made. Unless specifically requested, do not copy-paste prompts and answers, but in 1-4 sentences explain your process of collaboration with your chosen AI platform leading to the content submitted.

Recommended further (pragmatic and useful) reading:

Notes on the use of GenAI in academic coursework and research by Sebastian Krakowski, 2024

How to use AI to do stuff by Ethan Mollick, 2023

Post-apocalyptic education by Ethan Mollick, 2024

Kursplanen gäller från och med VT 2023 enligt skolchefsbeslut: J-2022-2157. Beslutsdatum: 2022-10-16