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Project Management (E)

Niveau

First cycle, Bachelor

Learning outcomes of the courses/module

The students are able to:
• Understand the importance of project management for a company.
• Describe generic project phases and project results.
• Use methods to define project goals, define project scope and plan tasks, duration and resource requirements.
• Identify roles and participants in a project.
• Understand the importance of communication in projects.
• Apply methods to manage projects.
• Understand the reasons for the failure of projects and the corresponding measures.
• Understand the difference between single and multi-project management.

Prerequisites for the course

not applicable

Course content

• Presentation of the specifics of the project organization and the organizational integration into, impact on, or resulting problems in companies.
• Imparting basic project management methods, such as
• Planning of goals, structure, time, costs and organization
• Performing environment, risk and interdependency analyses or project controlling/communication in the various phases of projects (start, implementation/controlling, conclusion) on the basis of a selected project management standard.
• Addressing the relevant social skills for successful project work and the mediation of successful practical projects and typical pitfalls.
• Classification of the terms project management, program management and multi-project management.

Recommended specialist literature

• Gareis (2005): Happy Projects!: Project and programme management. Project portfolio management. Management of the project-oriented organization. Management in the project-oriented society, 1. Aufl., MANZ Verlag Wien
• Patzak, Rattay (2014): Projektmanagement: Leitfaden zum Management von Projekten, Projektportfolios und projektorientierten Unternehmen, 6. Aufl., Linde Verlag Wien

Assessment methods and criteria

Written exam

Language

English

Number of ECTS credits awarded

1.5

Semester hours per week

Planned teaching and learning method

Lecture

Semester/trimester in which the course/module is offered

2

Type of course/module

Type of course