548-0911/02 – International Project Management (IPM)
| Gurantor department | Department of Geoinformatics | Credits | 10 |
| Subject guarantor | prof. Ing. Karel Skokan, Ph.D. | Subject version guarantor | prof. Ing. Karel Skokan, Ph.D. |
| Study level | postgraduate | Requirement | Choice-compulsory |
| Year | | Semester | winter + summer |
| | Study language | Czech |
| Year of introduction | 2010/2011 | Year of cancellation | 2018/2019 |
| Intended for the faculties | HGF | Intended for study types | Doctoral |
Subject aims expressed by acquired skills and competences
1. To analyze problems which are possible to solve within project management framework
2.To identify the project management phases and steges.
3. To formulate the objectives and outputs of the project.
4. To developm the work breakdown structure, the time chedule and the budget of the project
5. To assess and evaluate the feasibility, effectiveness and efficiency of the project.
6. To apply various project management methodologies including US PM BOK, EU Project management cycle and UK PRINCE2.
6.Aplikovat různé metodiky projektového řízení v řízení projektu (EU, IPM, Prince2)
Teaching methods
Individual consultations
Summary
The course provides an introduction to project management in an international environment. The main objective of the course is to get acquainted the participants with the theory and art of project management as a field of research and practice. After explanation the basic terms and concepts of project management it describes the development of this discipline from the history to present times. Then it explains the systems view to project management and the role of projects in strategy implementation and organization of project management. It describes the international standard Project management body of knowledge, which is broadly accepted in world project management community and covers project management process groups and phases: project definition, planning, execution, control and closure. It presents the philosophy of European Commission Project Cycle Management and Logical framework approach to project management and a concrete example of PRINCE2 project management methodology used in UK and many other countries. Course is completed by short excursion to international environment of project management.
Compulsory literature:
Recommended literature:
Way of continuous check of knowledge in the course of semester
Individual consultations.
E-learning
Other requirements
No additional requirements are imposed on the student.
Prerequisities
Subject has no prerequisities.
Co-requisities
Subject has no co-requisities.
Subject syllabus:
1. System approach to management. The general definition of the system and its features.
2. General principles of project management as an effective change management and implementation strategies.
3. Project life cycle and project management processes.
4. People and organizations in project management. Project stakeholders, the project team and project manager.
5. Initialization and project definition, feasibility study and selection criteria projects.
6. Planning in Project Management (plan activities, resources, risks, etc.).
7. Implementation, control and close a project.
8. Information systems project management. MS Project.
9. Logical framework approach to project management.
10. The application of project management in practice
Conditions for subject completion
Occurrence in study plans
Occurrence in special blocks
Assessment of instruction
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