Course detail

International Project Management

FP-IBipmPAcad. year: 2025/2026

Students will learn principles and methods that are used in management of the projects and they will gain knowledge of managing projects in business with focuse on managing international projects.

Language of instruction

English

Number of ECTS credits

5

Mode of study

Not applicable.

Guarantor

Ing. Lenka Širáňová, Ph.D.

Department

Institute of Informatics (ÚI)

Entry knowledge

Management, ,intercultural management,risk management and international management.

Rules for evaluation and completion of the course

THE END OF THE COURSE:
Credit requirements:
Students will receive credit for completing assignment given by teacher in the first lecture.
Examination requirements:
The examination will be written and students will be asked open-ended questions designed to test the knowledge gained during class as well as through study of assigned materials.

FOR STUDENTS WITH INDIVIDUAL STUDY

THE END OF THE COURSE:
Credit requirements:
Students will receive credit for completing assignment given by teacher in the first lecture.
Examination requirements:
The examination will be written and students will be asked open-ended questions designed to test the knowledge gained during class as well as through study of assigned materials.


Student attendance will be checked on lectures.

Aims

Students will gain knowledge about managing project in business, especially managing international projects.
Managing the project, leading projects team, stakeholder management and soft skills needed for projects. When students pass this subject, they should know how to manage project in changing environment and in conditions of 21. Century.

Study aids

Not applicable.

Prerequisites and corequisites

Not applicable.

Basic literature

BERKUN, S. Making Things Happen: Mastering Project Management. Published by O’Reilly Media, 2008. ISBN 978-05-9651-771-7.
IPMA “Individual Competence Baseline” Version 4.0. International Project Management Association. 2015. ISBN (pdf): 978-94-92338-01-3.
SMOLÍKOVÁ. L. International Project management - Study text for full-time form of study. 2019. Brno

Recommended reading

LESTER, A. Project Management, Planning and Control: Managing Engineering, Construction and Manufacturing Projects to PMI, APM and BSI Standards. Killington, Oxford, UK: Elsevier Ltd., 2014. ISBN 978-0-08-098324-0.
SCHWALBE, K. An Introduction to Project Management. 2015. ISBN 978-15-0521-209-9.

Classification of course in study plans

  • Programme MGR-IBM Master's 2 year of study, winter semester, compulsory

Type of course unit

 

Lecture

13 hod., optionally

Teacher / Lecturer

Ing. Lenka Širáňová, Ph.D.

Syllabus

1. Introduction to Project Management (definition of project management, successful project management, benefits of project management).
2. International standards and methodologies of project management (IPMA, PMI, PRINCE2) and their comparison.
3. Definition of basic term from project management (project, definition based on five attributes of te project, the difference between the project and routine).
4. The elements of the project strategy, life cycle of the projects (pre-project, project and post-project stages).
5. Project manager for 21. Century.
6. Managing projects in international environment, managing virtual teams and managing start up projects.
7. Teamwork in the project (basic characteristics of the project team, the team project roles in life stages of the project team).
8. Specification of project objectives, feasibility and opportunity studies.
9. Criteria for project success (soft and hard project criteria), stakeholders (primary and secondary stakeholders, stakeholder management).
10. Project stage (project initiation, project planning).
11. Project stage (implementation and completion of the project).
12. After project stage (project evaluation, evaluation of the benefits of the project).
13. Agile approach to the projects.

Exercise

13 hod., compulsory

Teacher / Lecturer

Ing. Lenka Širáňová, Ph.D.