Course detail
Administration of Project
FP-BrprPAcad. year: 2017/2018
The course is aimed at project management. It explains current trends in project management and relevant international standards. Further, it focuses on planning and managing projects so that they are finished in time, in the quality required and within the planned budget. SW support is mentioned as a necessary part of project planning, scheduling and tracking.
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Learning outcomes of the course unit
Because of its compatibility with international standards, the course will also prepare students for the IPMA D-level certification exam (cf. http://www.ipma.cz/). The students will then be able to achieve an certification in project management - certificate IPMA-D, awarded to Společností pro projektové řízení o.s.
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Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Seminars will take place as well as computational laboratory for the use of the product Microsoft project.
Assesment methods and criteria linked to learning outcomes
Course curriculum
Topic 2: Pre-Phase (objectives and benefits of the project; trojimperativ project identification and analysis of stakeholders)
Topic 3: Phase opening / initializing projects (SMART goals; logical framework of the project - the benefits, objectives, key products, activities, assumptions and risks of successful implementation, setting metrics and sources of project risk identification)
Topic 4: The planning phase of projects (plan activities, WBS, schedule, limited resources, team roles and team work, effective communication, risk analysis)
Topic 5: Software support for planning and project management (MS Project software and other products; meaning and use, basic operations - activities, duration, links, resources, output, basic functions - WBS, network diagrams, Ganntův diagram analysis resources cost analysis)
Topic 6: Phases of project management (implementation and monitoring of project communication management, analysis achieved EVM values, change management, risk monitoring, crisis and conflicts in the project)
Topic 7: Phase completion of projects (project completion; sustainability of project outputs of the project, project documentation)
The course "Project Management" training program is accredited by the Association for Project Management.
Each topic will be covered during one or three weeks of the semester.
The seminars will focus on practical training and practicing of the topic explained in lectures. In seminars the students will discuss particular case studies of already implemented projects. Part of the seminars will have the form of moderated discussion, during which the students will be able to practice the methods of process counseling and project team building.
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Specification of controlled education, way of implementation and compensation for absences
Recommended optional programme components
Prerequisites and corequisites
Basic literature
DOLEŽAL, J. Projektový management: komplexně, prakticky a podle světových standardů. První vydání. Praha: Grada Publishing, 2016, 418 s. ISBN 978-80-247-5620-2. (CS)
DVOŘÁK, D., J. KALIŠ a J. SIRŮČEK. Mistrovství v Microsoft Project 2010. Vyd. 1. Brno: Computer Press, 2011, 520 s. ISBN 978-80-251-3074-2.
JEŽKOVÁ, Z. Projektové řízení: jak zvládnout projekty. Kuřim: Akademické centrum studentských aktivit, 2013. 381 s. ISBN 978-80-905297-1-7.
ŘEHÁČEK, P. Komentované vydání normy ČSN ISO 21500 pro management projektu. Praha : Česká společnost pro jakost,2013. 117 s. ISBN 978-80-02-02508-5.
Recommended reading
SCHWALBE, K. Řízení projektů v IT. 1. vyd. Brno : Computer Press, 2011. 632 s. ISBN 978-80-251-2882-4.
SVOZILOVÁ, A. Projektový management. 2. vyd. Praha : Grada, 2011. 380 s. ISBN 978-80-247-3611-2.
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Syllabus
Topic 2: Pre-Phase (objectives and benefits of the project; trojimperativ project identification and analysis of stakeholders)
Topic 3: Phase opening / initializing projects (SMART goals; logical framework of the project - the benefits, objectives, key products, activities, assumptions and risks of successful implementation, setting metrics and sources of project risk identification)
Topic 4: The planning phase of projects (plan activities, WBS, schedule, limited resources, team roles and team work, effective communication, risk analysis)
Topic 5: Software support for planning and project management (MS Project software and other products; meaning and use, basic operations - activities, duration, links, resources, output, basic functions - WBS, network diagrams, Ganntův diagram analysis resources cost analysis)
Topic 6: Phases of project management (implementation and monitoring of project communication management, analysis achieved EVM values, change management, risk monitoring, crisis and conflicts in the project)
Topic 7: Phase completion of projects (project completion; sustainability of project outputs of the project, project documentation)
Topic 8: The course "Project Management" training program is accredited by the Association for Project Management.
Each topic will be covered during one or three weeks of the semester.