This course deals with projects as an occurance and the content and management of said projects. More specifically project goals, organization, planning, control, and follow-up. Furthermore, common models used in todays industry aimed at enabling projects to run smoothly are covered. Examples will be taken from the IT industry and students need to have a foundation in IT.
The course is divided up into a theoretical part and a practical. In the practical part the student is required to apply the methods learned on a real business case in order to create a project plan. This plan will later be presented to the customer.
Student shall after completed course be able to:
- Define and account for basic concepts in project managment such as planning, monitoring, risk management, estimations etc.
- List, exaplain, apply common planning tools such as MS Project, Pert, CRM, and WBS
- Exemplify and list different project models and how the different tools the students have learned during the course are related to these models
- Explain the relationship between the IT industry and project managemet and understand the difference between IT projects and other projects
- Explain the project managers/proects role in the organization/society. Furhermore, the student should be able to diffrentiate project managers from line manager. What are the similarities, differences and areas of responsibility
- Apply the knowledge mentioned above to a real business case