460-4049/04 – Project Management (PM)
Gurantor department | Department of Computer Science | Credits | 3 |
Subject guarantor | Ing. Přemysl Soldán, CSc. | Subject version guarantor | Ing. Přemysl Soldán, CSc. |
Study level | undergraduate or graduate | Requirement | Optional |
Year | 2 | Semester | summer |
| | Study language | Czech |
Year of introduction | 2022/2023 | Year of cancellation | 2023/2024 |
Intended for the faculties | FEI | Intended for study types | Follow-up Master |
Subject aims expressed by acquired skills and competences
The aim of the course is to learn students with the methods used for the purposes of project management. Emphasis is placed on technical means and their use, namely the so-called hard skills mastery. After completion of the course students should have knowledge at a level to be able to pass a certification exam by IPMA level D.
Teaching methods
Lectures
Teaching by an expert (lecture or tutorial)
Summary
PM is designed for students who have expressed interest in the principles of project management. The subject deals project management with particular emphasis on the function of project manager. From this perspective, are discussed in various topics as well as practical exercises. Its aim is to create conditions for students and knowledge needed for project management.
Compulsory literature:
1. ROSENAU, M.: Successful Project Management: A Step-by-Step Approach with Practical Examples, Hardcover: 384 pages, Publisher: Wiley; 4 edition (September 9, 2005), ISBN-10: 047168032X, ISBN-13: 978-0471680321
Recommended literature:
Way of continuous check of knowledge in the course of semester
- presentation of assigned tasks in groups
- a written test
E-learning
Other requirements
Additional requirements are placed on the student.
Prerequisities
Subject has no prerequisities.
Co-requisities
Subject has no co-requisities.
Subject syllabus:
Lectures:
1. Project management methods: Characteristics of effective project management. Conflict solving. Project leader and his authority. Different cultures and values. Tools used to create the right management model. Carrying out the evaluation of resources and the effectiveness of project management
2. Organizational support of project teams: Executive functions and their powers. Powers of direct superior. Simple functional organization. Product and project-oriented organization. Matrix organization. Organizational trend - networked / distributed organizations. Case study - Conflict with a superior in organization.
3. Project planning: Five basic elements of project planning. Design of milestones and goals of the project. Sources of errors in setting milestones and project goals. Characteristics of a good project goal. Division of tasks. Methodical tools used for individual stages of the project life.
4. Work Breakdown Structures (WBS). Task Breakdown Criteria (WBS). Project organization. Methodical tools used for individual stages of the project life.
5. Project plans. Planning, communication between processes. Parallelism. Gantt charts. Program Evaluation and Review Technique (PERT) and Critical Path Method (CPM). Determination of the critical path.
6. Resource management and budgeting: Resource planning and management. Network Analysis. Case study – project budget.
7. Use of the method of constraint theory (TOC) in project management. Applications on practical examples.
8. Use of agile methods in project management, assessment of the suitability of using agile methods in the project and its phases. Conditions for agile project management methods.
Structure and organization of your project team.
9. Project management: When to think about changing the project outline. Organizational prerequisites for project management. Management quality. Project plan and budget management. Solving problems with the plan and budget. Change management. Project Reporting. A practical example of project management.
10. Risk management: Definition of risks. Risk management plan. Risk management process. Risk identification. Qualitative and quantitative risk analysis. Risk management methods.
Conditions for subject completion
Occurrence in study plans
Occurrence in special blocks
Assessment of instruction