Project Management for Business Administration - classic (IX7511)

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IX7511 course approach

• This course is a combination of:
• short presentations,
• labs run individually,
• case studies (by groups of two students),
• team works (by groups of four students),
• discussions.
• For each topic addressed, the following three types of situations are reviewed:
• simple situations where common sense is key,
• intermediate situations where management of human aspects is essentials,
• complex situations where management of human aspects has to be supplemented with adequate tools and techniques.
• This course is an opportunity for students to review cases, but also to create their own cases.

IX7511 learning outcomes

• IX7511-LO1: Review and analyse tools to review project definition, plan and performance.
• IX7511-LO2: Evaluate communication approach for project tactical steering and direction.

IX7511 module content

• IX7511-C1.1: Introduction to project management
• Participation in presentations and discussions.
• Exchange of experience.
• IX7511-C1.2: Review of project plan construction
• Two to three students per team for the case study.
• Participation in presentations and case study.
• Participation in review of results.
• IX7511-C1.3: Construction of team projects
• Identification of teams and team building.
• Negotiation of project and cooperative construction of project logic.
• IX7511-C2.1: Project management decisions
• Participation in presentations and labs on project control zones.
• IX7511-C2.2: Negotiation of resources
• Participation to team work for the construction of resource allocation using Project Management software tools.
• Identification of project control zones for the team project.
• IX7511-C2.3: Managing execution deviations
• Participation in presentations and labs on broken line..
• IX7511-C2.4: Anticipating variance at completion
• Participation in presentations and labs on milestone trend analysis.
• Participation in case study (Two to three students per team for the case study).
• IX7511-C3.1: Earned Value Management (EVM) introduced
• Participation in presentations and labs on EVM KPIs (Earned Value Management Key Performance Indicators).
• IX7511-C3.2: Integration of time and cost management in projects
• Participation in presentations and case study.
• Participation in review of results.
• Two to three students per team for the case study.
• IX7511-C3.3: Efficiency of project management
• Participation in presentations and labs Project Management Our Around Time.
• IX7511-C3.4: Final discussion of team work

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