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TS100214

Partnering and Value-Driven Project Management

Assessments and mandatory activities may be changed until September 20th.

Credits 7.5
Level Foundation courses, level I
Course start Spring 2027
Duration 1 semester
Language of instruction Norwegian
Location Ålesund
Examination arrangement Group project assignment

About

About the course

Course content

This course provides an introduction to key principles of project work, with a focus on collaboration, organization, and sustainable leadership. Students will learn:

Project partnering

  • What partnering is, who to partner with, why it is crucial for project success, and how to develop maturity and succeed in project partnering.

Project as a Working Method

  • The characteristics of a project, how project organization works, and how a project organization is established and managed.

Sustainable Project Leadership

  • An introduction to stakeholder management, project governance, choice of implementation strategy, value creation (measured through project performance), and factors that contribute to project success.

Learning outcome

Skills

  • Ability to apply professional knowledge and results from research and development work to both practical and theoretical problems.

General Competence

  • Ability to communicate key subject matter—such as theories, issues, and solutions—effectively in writing, orally, and through other relevant forms of expression.

Learning methods and activities

  • Group discussions
  • Guest lectures
  • Case
  • Short lecture sessions are planned where literature and practical issues are presented.

Compulsory assignments

  • Mandatory assignment

Further on evaluation

Mandatory assignment:

Mandatory requirements: The group is required to submit a draft of the assignment. At least 80% lecture attendance is mandatory.

Exam:

Project assignment 2 is done in groups of up to 5 students, and must be based on literature from the syllabus. The project assignment is presented in plenary. Students are given direct feedback and can / should make changes.

Re-sit exam: August

Course materials

Will be announced at the beginning of the semester.

Subject areas

  • Project Management

Contact information

Course coordinator

Lecturers

Department with academic responsibility

Department of Ocean Operations and Civil Engineering

Examination

Examination

Examination arrangement: Group project assignment
Grade: Letter grades

Re-sit examination - Autumn 2026

Group project assignment
Weighting 100/100 Exam system Inspera Assessment

Ordinary examination - Spring 2027

Group project assignment
Weighting 100/100 Exam system Inspera Assessment