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TPK4115 - Applied Project Management

About

This course is no longer taught and is only available for examination.

Examination arrangement

Examination arrangement: Aggregate score
Grade: Letter grades

Evaluation Weighting Duration Grade deviation Examination aids
Assignment 50/100
School exam 50/100 4 hours A

Course content

The subject focuses on the application of project management methods and tools during initiating, planning, executing, controlling, and closing processes. Examples from real-life project cases are used extensively in this subject to present and discuses the fundamental theory and approaches used to manage projects successfully.

The subject covers the following topics:

  • A through introduction to project characteristics
  • Key concepts of stakeholders management
  • Project success, dimensions and factors
  • Project life cycle
  • Project organising
  • An array of tools and techniques for planning, including identification of project scope, work breakdown structure, resource planning, estimates, budgeting, and scheduling.
  • Through introduction to the principles of project risk management
  • Through introduction to the principles of project evaluation and earned value method

Learning outcome

After completing the course, you will be able to:

Knowledge:

  • Identify and analyze the pitfalls and challenges related to project initiation phase and to identify important conditions for success in projects.
  • Explain key knowledge areas in projects and project processes.
  • Describe how the project objectives can be broken down to deliverables and work packages using the project breakdown structure (WBS).
  • Be familiar with the main methods for time and cost estimation
  • Identify and discuss the importance of risk management in projects and to identify important pitfalls and success factors for the implementation of risk management process.
  • Describe the main components of the project estimates and central causes of overruns.
  • Describe various methods of project control.
  • Describe the main categories of project organizations structures (project, classical and matrix) and explain the advantages and disadvantages of the different structures.

Skills:

  • Prepare good project goals and success criteria.
  • Perform a stakeholder analysis.
  • Illustrate how the WBS can be established.
  • Describe and set up various tools that can be used in a risk management process.
  • Set up logical relationships between work packages in a project, perform network analysis and identify the critical work packages in the network.
  • Solve challenges related to resource limitations in projects using; resource leveling, float or by changing relationships.
  • Use of indices (cost and time indices) for monitoring project status and for the establishment of future forecasts.

General competencies:

  • Recognize the importance of involving stakeholders to identify project goals, risk factors and mitigation methods.
  • Analyze project status based on information about time and cost indices, and develop forecasts for the scope of work upon completion
  • Evaluate and select appropriate project organization model based on project characteristics as duration, size and complexity.
  • Recognize challenges caused by organizational factors in projects (such as structure, culture, authority, and responsibility).

Learning methods and activities

Combination of lectures, in-class- assignments, hand-in exercises and group based assignments.

Compulsory assignments

  • Assignments

Further on evaluation

Mandatory work from previous semester can be accepted by the Department by re-take of an examination if there haven't been any significant changes later.

For a re-take of an examination, all assessments during the course that counts in the final grade must be re-taken.

If there is a re-sit examination, the examination form may be changed from written to oral.

Course materials

Bassam Hussein. Veien til suksess. Fortellinger og refleksjoner fra reelle prosjektcaser. Fagbokforlaget 2016. Pinto, Jeffery. Project Management, Achieving Competitive Advantage Global Edition. 4th edition 2016.

Credit reductions

Course code Reduction From To
SIO3014 7.5
TPK5100 7.5 AUTUMN 2009
More on the course

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Facts

Version: 1
Credits:  7.5 SP
Study level: Third-year courses, level III

Coursework

Language of instruction: Norwegian

Location: Trondheim

Subject area(s)
  • Project Quality Management
  • Technological subjects
Contact information
Course coordinator: Lecturer(s):

Department with academic responsibility
Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering

Examination

Examination arrangement: Aggregate score

Term Status code Evaluation Weighting Examination aids Date Time Examination system Room *
Spring ORD School exam 50/100 A 2024-06-05 15:00 INSPERA
Room Building Number of candidates
SL110 Sluppenvegen 14 19
Spring ORD Assignment 50/100

Release
2024-04-30

Submission
2024-05-07


10:00


14:30

INSPERA
Room Building Number of candidates
Summer UTS School exam 50/100 A INSPERA
Room Building Number of candidates
  • * The location (room) for a written examination is published 3 days before examination date. If more than one room is listed, you will find your room at Studentweb.
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