Project Management Fundamentals

2023/2024

Academic Year

ENG

Instruction in English

3

ECTS credits

Delivered at:

Department of Management

Course type:

Compulsory course

When:

2 year, 1 module

Instructors

Koptelova, Alexandra

Pavlova, Ekaterina

Course Syllabus

Abstract

The course gives students the general information about the project management. The aim of the course is to develop skills in the field of project management and to provide students with knowledge necessary for the implementation of the project in commercial and non-profit sector.

Learning Objectives

• Students learn about implementation of project work
• Students learn how to estimate duration and cost of the project
• Students learn to manage projects using special programs
• Students learn about agile approach and scrum framework
• Students learn about team-building skills

Expected Learning Outcomes

• understand the main constraints of project activities
• understand the stages of the project cycle
• Be able to identify project environment and project risks
• Be able to monitor project activities and assess progress
• Be able to assess and manage the project risks
• Be able to write a project plan
• Be able to use different tools for the design-thinking and problem-solving
• Be able to define a scope of a project and state the project problem
• Be able to set goals in teams and delegate the tasks
• Be able to estimate the necessary resources for the project and their cost
• Be able to organize effective teamwork with task, velocity and performance tracking based on pmbok, agile, scrum

Course Contents

• Introduction to project management
• Project life cycle and project management
• Project planning
• Team development
• Flexible project management

Assessment Elements

• Seminar activity
• Тест
• Individual report
  Students should write Project plan by using different tools and techniques which were discussed on the tutorials. The plan should be conducted, firstly, in MS Project. Then a student should form a report. The report should be done individually.

Interim Assessment

• 2023/2024 1st module
  0.25 * Individual report + 0.15 * Seminar activity + 0.6 * Тест

Bibliography

Recommended Core Bibliography

• Project Management Institute. (2017). A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK® Guide) — Sixth Edition and Agile Practice Guide (ENGLISH). Newtown Square, PA: Project Management Institute. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=1595321

Recommended Additional Bibliography

• Organizational project management maturity model (OPM3) : knowledge foundation, , 2008
• Scrum : революционный метод управления проектами, Сазерленд, Д., 2019

Authors

• BUDKO VIKTORIYA ALEKSANDROVNA