Course detail
Administration of Project
FP-BrprPAcad. year: 2025/2026
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.
Language of instruction
Number of ECTS credits
Mode of study
Guarantor
Department
Entry knowledge
Rules for evaluation and completion of the course
The credit consists of the preparation of a semester's work and its defense, as well as continuous tests of knowledge.
The exam is conducted in the form of an oral examination and will monitor both specific knowledge and whether students have actually gone through the entire educational process within the semester.
Students with an individual study plan have the same conditions.
Attendance at lectures is recommended, attendance at seminars is controlled by means of feedback tests. Way of control and substituting missed lessons will be realized by means of written tests and is fully in teacher's competence.
Aims
Students will learn to plan and manage projects according to international standards of the International Project Management Association (IPMA) and the ČSN ISO 21 500 Czech State Norm. Further, the course will explain strategic connections of utilizing ICT for the support of business goals. The project management methods included in the training are fully exploitable also in other areas of managerial work, not only in selection and implementation of information systems. Particularly, the following four key areas of project management will be trained: creation of a project strategy, efficient project planning, principles of project management and completion of projects. The course will also explain the principles of building and leading project teams and the issue of multiple projects coordination.
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.
Study aids
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.
Classification of course in study plans
- Programme BAK-PM Bachelor's 2 year of study, summer semester, compulsory
Type of course unit
Lecture
Teacher / Lecturer
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.
Laboratory exercise
Teacher / Lecturer
Syllabus
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.