Course content

Identifying and organizing a project, governance, and financing: Project initiation related to the organizational context: strategy, goal, and objectives.

Managing project teams. The role of a project manager.

Models for project organizing, pitfalls and conditions for success, the role of the project manager.

Tools and techniques for identification, planning and budgeting. Estimating and controlling costs whilst dealing with project uncertainties.

Resource planning, work breakdown structure and scheduling.

Project risk management. Defining critical path and timelines

Progress metrics and follow-up: Project control, progress reporting and evaluation: The earned value method. Agile Project Management

Quality control, documentation, and change control management. Project termination and audit

In this course students will work on Project Management Tools to work on different tasks for instance: MS Project or similar Tools on various real-life/industry-based assignments, PLM Software, and course related case studies.

Learning outcome

After having completed the course, the candidate should:

have a deep understanding of project work. We aim to teach the basic understanding of the project working model applied analytically as well as proactively to a wide range of situations. This also entails a comprehensive understanding of the challenges and corresponding success factors for project execution.

have a broad knowledge of methods and techniques to plan and conduct large projects, based on a systematic and evidence-based approach.

have a thorough understanding of the tools, methods, and processes for project planning and control, especially to analyze and evaluate project status based on progress information.

be able to analyze risk elements in projects and suggest how to deal with them. It will be necessary to be able to create an overview of different stakeholders' interests and responsibility in projects.

Learning methods and activities

Lectures, exercises, and laboratory-based project work using tools by applying relevant theory, methods along with review of industrial case studies are the basis for this course. Lectures are provided in English.

Compulsory assignments

• Mandatory assignments

Specific conditions

Recommended previous knowledge

Experience in the use of IT-based tools and mathematical skills corresponding to higher secondary school's S1 will be needed.

Required previous knowledge

Experience in the use of IT-based tools and mathematical skills corresponding to higher secondary school's S1 will be needed.

Course materials

Will be provided at the beginning of the semester.