Program Overview

Project Management Course

Description

The Project Management course explores the reasons behind project failures and the factors that contribute to cost and time overruns. It covers three essential aspects of project management:

• The theory, methods, and quantitative tools used to effectively plan, organize, and control projects
• Techniques for managing projects more effectively revealed through practice and research
• Hands-on, practical project management knowledge from optimization and simulation exercises

Objectives

The course introduces students to the basic principles, methods, and tools for managing projects in realistic contexts. The objectives include:

1. Understanding the theory underlying the methods and tools of project management (WBS, CPM, LP, DSM, PERT, EVM, RM, SD)
2. Applying Project Management methods and tools in practice, understanding their limitations
3. Learning from each other through class discussions and small group assignments

Sustainable Development Goals

• Industry, innovation, and infrastructure

Teaching Method

The course is taught in person, with class sessions combining lectures, interactive exercises, group presentations, and discussions. Students are expected to engage in and prepare for discussions, participate actively during class, and review readings and assignments for their applicability to concepts covered in class. Class attendance must be at least 80% of classes.

Assessment

The assessment consists of:

• Class participation: 20%
• Assignments: 40%
• Final exam: 40%

Program

The course is part of the following programs:

• Master in Health Communication, Lecture, 1st year
• Master of Arts in Economics and Communication in International Tourism (COM), Lecture, Sustainability, Elective, 2nd year
• Master of Arts in Economics and Communication in Public Management and Policy, Lecture, Management and Economics area, Elective, 2nd year
• Master of Arts in Economics and Communication in Public Management and Policy, Lecture, Elective courses - 12 ECTS, Elective, 2nd year
• Master of Science in Communication and Economics in Corporate Communication, Lecture, Thematic Area: Organisation and Human Resource Management, Elective, 2nd year
• Master of Science in Communication and Economics in Marketing and Transformative Economy, Lecture, Thematic Area: Organisation and Human Resource Management, Elective, 2nd year
• Master of Science in Communication and Economics in Marketing and Transformative Economy, Lecture, Thematic Area: Strategy and Entrepreneurship, Elective, 2nd year
• Master of Science in Communication in Media Management, Lecture, Thematic Area: Organisation and Human Resource Management, Elective, 2nd year
• Master of Science in Communication in Media Management, Lecture, Thematic Area: Strategy and Entrepreneurship, Elective, 2nd year
• Master of Science in Digital Fashion Communication, Lecture, Suggested Elective, Elective, 1st year
• Master of Science in Economics in Management, Lecture, Elective, 2nd year
• Master of Science in Financial Technology and Computing, Lecture, Elective, 2nd year
• Master of Science in Management and Informatics, Lecture, 1st year

Course Details

• Semester: Autumn
• Academic year:
• ECTS: 3.0
• Language: English