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TEK3111

Project management technology

Credits 7.5
Level Third-year courses, level III
Course start Autumn 2026
Duration 1 semester
Language of instruction Norwegian
Location Gjøvik
Examination arrangement Home examination

About

About the course

Course content

Academic content

Product development, innovation and creation. Design and adaptation of products and production equipment for automated production with a view to sustainable quality.

Teamwork, HR, collaboration, and team process. Practical project work, planning, organization, quality assurance and safeguarding health, environment and safety (HSE).

Process management and control, programming, production and process planning - investments, risk assessment, economics, costs, budget and follow-up.

Holistic systems thinking. Reduction of waste - quality loss (product quality, human resources and process quality)

Academic basis for planning, collaborating, leading and implementing a semester assignment: a technology project - rooted in a real problem: developing and adapting products and production equipment for an automated industrial line with a robot.

Technical and societal problem solving in the industry should contribute to enabling students to work professionally in a holistic and interdisciplinary context. It will also help students to be able to work from a systemic perspective, and will also give students a better basis for understanding the environmental and societal consequences of technology.

Learning outcome

Learning outcomes

Knowledge

The candidate

has knowledge of product development, innovation and creation. design and adaptation of products and production equipment for automated production with a view to sustainable quality.

has knowledge of process management and control, programming, production and process planning

project organization, methods and reporting, including risk analysis and quality assurance.

has knowledge of product innovation, quality and environmental requirements in a technological perspective.

has basic knowledge of practical project work, planning, organization, teamwork, HR, cooperation, and team process.

has basic knowledge of project management, quality assurance and safeguarding health, environment and safety (HSE). costs, investments, budget and follow-up.

has knowledge of sustainable technology with connections between technical individual elements and the systemic whole.

Skills

The candidate

can document their own work and carry out a project methodically and use creative thinking in technology processes.

can plan, collaborate, lead and implement a technology project - rooted in real issues.

can develop and adapt products and production equipment for automated industrial lines with robots.

can create a project plan and set up a project budget and assess investments, profitability and financial risk.

can exercise good project collaboration and communicate project results and the subject in a systemic context.

can carry out process management and control, programming, risk assessment, production and process planning on an industrial line.

can assess quality loss, economic and environmental properties of products, processes or services

General competence

The candidate

can communicate sustainability issues within the technology subject to professionals within their own and other fields and communicate results orally and in writing in a team.

can demonstrate holistic systems thinking in interaction with other technologists (in design, creativity and innovation).

has an understanding of and can assess the need for innovation to contribute to good and holistic system solutions in the labor market and society.

can assess quality losses (product quality, human resources and process quality)

can assess ethical dilemmas that may arise through a project and design process.

has an understanding of the impact of a project and can take into account ethics, the environment, technology, the individual and society.

Learning methods and activities

Learning methods and activities

It is planned that students will work in teams on this topic.Team work can take place both across study programs and within their own program. It is arranged to use a wide and varied selection of work and learning methods that contribute to students achieving personal development and independence in their own profession.

Flexibility of teaching arrangements that enable a high degree of online participation in work requirements and workshops. Online lectures

Mandatory work requirements.

Individual assignments are graded as pass/fail.

Teamwork

Compulsory assignments

  • Assignments, see course description

Further on evaluation

The home exam must include documentation of completed project work with reflection as well as knowledge tests.

Mandatory work requirements are submitted in Canvas for formative assessment; approved/not approved. If the mandatory work requirements are not approved, the candidate cannot take the exam.

Continuation: If all mandatory work requirements are approved, the project work can be submitted again at the next completion of the course. If the mandatory work requirements are not approved, the course must be retaken.

Mandatory work requirements. Teamwork & Individual assignments are assessed as approved/not approved.

Specific conditions

Admission to a programme of study is required:
Mechanical Engineering (BIMASKIN)
Miscellaneous Courses - Faculty of Engineering (EMNE/IV)
Product Design and Technology (BTEKD)
Production and Product Development – Engineering (BIMAS-F)
Production and Product Development – Engineering (BIPRO)

Required previous knowledge

Admission at NTNU

Course materials

Recommended textbooks and curriculum requirements are given at the start of the course.

Subject areas

  • Product Design

Contact information

Course coordinator

Lecturers

Department with academic responsibility

Department of Manufacturing and Civil Engineering

Examination

Examination

Examination arrangement: Home examination
Grade: Letter grades

Ordinary examination - Autumn 2026

Home examination
Weighting 100/100 Duration 4 hours Exam system Inspera Assessment