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Project Management Practices

2023/2024
Academic Year
ENG
Instruction in English
3
ECTS credits
Course type:
Elective course
When:
2 year, 2 module

Instructor


Сербин Владимир Марьянович

Course Syllabus

Abstract

This course introduces modern methods of the project organization and execution and teaches students the basics of traditional and new Agile project management techniques emerging from the industry practice and research works. The course covers the traditional, plan-driven project management, its tools, templates, and processes as well as an Agile method (Scrum) in the conditions of uncertainty. The course helps develop practical skills needed for effective project management.
Learning Objectives

Learning Objectives

  • • Learn key project parameters and their dependences • Learn varieties of the Project Management Life Cycles • Learn how to scope, plan, launch, execute, and close a project using the traditional method • Learn how to operate in the collaborative project team • Learn how to measure a project and manage its risks • Learn basics of lean project management • Learn Agile values and principles • Learn how to scope, plan, launch, execute, and close a project using an Agile method • Learn procedures, practices, and artifacts of an Agile method (Scrum)
Expected Learning Outcomes

Expected Learning Outcomes

  • • Be able to formally define the specific project (in a Project Definition Document/Project Charter)
  • • Be able to select a project management method appropriate for the specific project
  • • Be able to define the location of the specific project in the strategic landscape of an organization
  • • Be able to scope, plan, launch, execute, and close a project using the traditional method
  • • Be able to structure and manage a collaborative project team
  • • Be able to manage requirements and crips of the project
  • • Be able to use metrics, reports, and processes to manage the project and its risks
  • • Be able to scope, plan, launch, execute, and close a project using an agile method (Scrum)
Course Contents

Course Contents

  • Project and Project Management
  • Traditional project scoping and planning. Collaborative project team
  • Launching and executing the traditional project. Measurement and risk management
  • Lean and Agile. Scoping the agile project
  • Planning, launching, and executing the agile project
  • Agile practices in project management. Scaling agile. Software for project management
Assessment Elements

Assessment Elements

  • non-blocking Seminar Individual Activity
    Each student can earn 0 to10 points for each round of questions. Points 9-10 are given for an outstanding answer which demonstrates a deep knowledge of the subject beyond the scope of the question. SAI mark = (Number of points received / Number of questions asked) * S * 10, where S – the share of attended seminars with your group in total number of seminars. We do not round this mark. We round the final mark.
  • non-blocking Seminar Team Activity
    Example: in six seminars, over the course of the module, each team received one discussion question at each seminar. A team earned 48 points in total. The team consists of 5 members. The student’s average contribution was 1.1 as assessed by the team. Thus, the STA mark for the student is 48 /6 * 1.1 = 6.6.
  • non-blocking Project activity
    Example: in five seminars, over the course of the module, each team reported about the sample (or real) project progress at each seminar. A team earned 42 points in total. The team consists of 5 members. The student’s average contribution was 0.9 as assessed by the team. Thus, the PA mark for the student is 42 / 5 * 0.9 = 7,56.
  • non-blocking Written Examination
Interim Assessment

Interim Assessment

  • 2023/2024 2nd module
    0.2 * Project activity + 0.2 * Seminar Individual Activity + 0.1 * Seminar Team Activity + 0.5 * Written Examination
Bibliography

Bibliography

Recommended Core Bibliography

  • Kerzner, H. (2017). Project Management : A Systems Approach to Planning, Scheduling, and Controlling (Vol. Twelfth edition). Hoboken, New Jersey: Wiley. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=1472845
  • 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
  • Project Management Institute. (2021). A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK® Guide) – Seventh Edition and The Standard for Project Management (ENGLISH): Vol. Seventh edition. Project Management Institute.
  • Project Management: a system approach to planning, scheduling, and controlling :, Kerzner, H., 2006
  • Алешин, А. В. Управление проектами: фундаментальный курс : учебник / А. В. Алешин, В. М. Аньшин, К. А. Багратиони , под редакцией В. М. Аньшина, О. Н. Ильиной. — Москва : Высшая школа экономики, 2013. — 624 с. — ISBN 978-5-7598-0868-8. — Текст : электронный // Лань : электронно-библиотечная система. — URL: https://e.lanbook.com/book/66093 (дата обращения: 00.00.0000). — Режим доступа: для авториз. пользователей.
  • Блистательный Agile. Гибкое управление проектами с помощью Agile, Scrum и Kanban - 978-5-4461-1051-3 - Коул Р., Скотчер Э. - 2019 - Санкт-Петербург: Питер - https://ibooks.ru/bookshelf/359226 - 359226 - iBOOKS

Recommended Additional Bibliography

  • Alpina - 440 - Р.Ньютон - Управление проектами от А до Я - 9785961422177 - Альпина Паблишер - 2017 - https://hse.alpinadigital.ru/book/440
  • Hunt, J. A., & Project Management Institute. (2018). PMI-ACP Project Management Institute Agile Certified Practitioner Exam Study Guide. Indianapolis: Sybex. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=1693203
  • Leading project teams : the basics of project management and team leadership, Cobb, A. T., 2012
  • Project Management Institute Project Management Institute. (2021). A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK® Guide) – Seventh Edition and The Standard for Project Management (RUSSIAN): Vol. Седьмое издание. Project Management Institute.
  • Wells, K. N., & Kloppenborg, T. J. (2019). Project Management Essentials, Second Edition (Vol. Second edition). New York, NY: Business Expert Press. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=1918577
  • Просто об Agile : пер. с англ., Лейтон, М. С., 2018
  • Управление проектами. Фундаментальный курс : учебник, Аньшин В.М., 2013

Authors

  • BUDKO VIKTORIYA ALEKSANDROVNA
  • RYMASHEVSKAYA TATYANA ALEKSANDROVNA