(in Polish) Project Management 1155-12-M12-ProMan

This course is intended to provide students with knowledge of project management methodology that will allow them to manage projects efficiently. It discusses the tasks and challenges fundamental to project management as well as relevant tools, techniques and skills required to ensure that the project meets its deliverables and is completed within budget and on schedule. Students will prepare a plan and conduct a risk analysis for an actual project, gaining valuable practical experience, including using appropriate software.

Topics:
• Introduction to project management
• Managing the project scope, the project schedule and the project risk
• Managing the project team
• Network techniques for project management
• Multi-criteria decision-aiding in project management
• Network and linear programming in project management

Total student workload

1. Activities requiring the direct participation of the teacher: • Participation in tutorials - 30 hours • Consultations - 1 hour 2. Student’s self-study required for successful completion of a course: • Preparation for tutorials: 4 hours • Preparing projects (group assignments): 10 hours • Preparation for final test: 5 hours Total student's workload: 50 hours (2 ECTS)

Learning outcomes - knowledge

W1: Student, knowing relevant methods and techniques applied in project management, formulates and models project management decision-related problems and determines tools that are suitable to solve the problems identified – K_W06

Learning outcomes - skills

U1: Student applies effective tools and quantitative methods in the process of project management, interprets the results obtained and uses them to make the best decisions and to manage a project efficiently – K_U04 U2: Student applies appropriate software to solve specific project management problems and to create a comprehensive project plan that is ready for implementation – K_U10 U3: Student works actively in a team to bring a project to successful completion (on time, with the quality required) – K_U13

Teaching methods

description, talk, discussion, presentations in Microsoft Office PowerPoint, using Microsoft Excel, GanttProject and other software, solving tasks, project

Expository teaching methods

- description
- informative (conventional) lecture
- discussion

Exploratory teaching methods

- project work
- practical

Prerequisites

'Mathematics' and 'Computer Science' are formal pre-requisites for this subject (familiarity with Excel is required).

Course coordinators

Dorota Górecka

Assessment criteria

Assessment methods:
• team projects (two assignments),
• final test,
• continuous evaluation during classes.
In order to obtain positive grade from Project Management it is required to receive positive grades (at least satisfactory) from the exam and both assignments.

Team projects:
Assignment 1 (30%; it has to be passed) – U1, U2, U3
Assignment 2 (30%; it has to be passed) – W1, U1, U2, U3
Evaluation criteria: purpose, organization, content (completeness, correctness and relevance), quality of data and information, quality of conclusions, form and quality of presentation

Final test composed of tasks to solve (40%; it has to be passed) - W1, U1
Evaluation criteria: correctness of the approach, correctness of the way of solving tasks, correctness of the calculations, completeness and correctness of the solutions, correctness of the results’ interpretation.
Final test grade:
fail: less than 50%
satisfactory: [50%-60%)
satisfactory plus: [60%-70%)
good: [70%-80%)
good plus: [80%-90%)
very good: 90% or more

Continuous evaluation during classes - W1, U1, U2, U3
Bonus points for the active participation in the classes (they will result in final test result increasing) and malus points for being unable to solve tasks based on the material explained earlier (they will result in final test result decreasing), homework.

Practical placement

not applicable

Additional information

Additional information (registration calendar, class conductors, localization and schedules of classes), might be available in the USOSweb system:

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