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Project Management

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Course Unit Code460-4049/02
Number of ECTS Credits Allocated3 ECTS credits
Type of Course Unit *Compulsory
Level of Course Unit *Second Cycle
Year of Study *Second Year
Semester when the Course Unit is deliveredSummer Semester
Mode of DeliveryFace-to-face
Language of InstructionCzech
Prerequisites and Co-Requisites Course succeeds to compulsory courses of previous semester
Name of Lecturer(s)Personal IDName
SOL18Ing. Přemysl Soldán, CSc.
Summary
PM is designed for students who have expressed interest in the principles of project management. The subject deals project management with particular emphasis on the function of project manager. From this perspective, are discussed in various topics as well as practical exercises. Its aim is to create conditions for students and knowledge needed for project management.
Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit
The aim of the course is to learn students with the methods used for the purposes of project management. Emphasis is placed on technical means and their use, namely the so-called hard skills mastery. After completion of the course students should have knowledge at a level to be able to pass a certification exam by IPMA level D.
Course Contents
1. Project Management Method
a. Characteristics of Effective Project Management
b. Confict Resolution
c. Authority of Project Management
d. Cultures and Values
e. Management Tools Used to Create Appropriate Management Behaviors
f. Assessment Inventory of Project Management
2. Organizational Support for Project Teams
a. Executive Roles and Responsibilities
b. The Line Manager Responsibility
c. Pure Functional Organization
d. Product and Project Organization
e. Matrix Organizational
f. Oraganization Trend – The Network Organization
3. Case Study – Confict in Organizational Authority
4. Teams as Building Blocks
a. The Effect of Making Job Responsibilities Overlap on Project Team Performance
b. The Effect of Rewards Based on Unit Performance of Team Performance
c. Examples of Project management in International Companies
5. Project Planning
a. Five Basic Project púlanning Elements
b. Developing Project Goals and Objectives
c. The Source of Errors in Project Goals and Objectives
d. Characteristics of Good Project Objectives
e. Task Assignments
f. Statement of Work
g. Work Breakdown Struktures (WBS)
h. Criteria for Developing a WBS
i. The Project Organization
j. Linear Responsibility Charts (LRC)
6. Project Schedules
a. Scheduling, a Process Communication
b. Nature of Paralleling
c. Gantt Charts
d. Program Evaluation and Review Technique (PERT) and Critical Path Method (CPM)
e. Determination of Critical Path
7. Resource Management and Budgeting
a. Resource Planning and Control
b. Network Analysis
c. The Project Baseline (Budget)
8. Workshop: Structuring and organizing Your Project Team
9. Project Control
a. When to Consider a Changing the Baseline
b. Organizational Requirements for Project Control
c. Managing Quality
d. Controlling Project schedule and Budgets
e. Dealing with Schedule and Cost Problems
f. Change Control
g. Project Reporting
10. Workshop: A Project Control Excercise
11. Project Risk Management
a. Definitions of Risk
b. The Project Risk Management Plan
c. The Risk Management Process
d. Risk Identification
e. Qualitative and Quantitative Risk Analysis
f. Methods to Handle Risk
12. Workshop: Project Management in International Company
Recommended or Required Reading
Required Reading:
1. ROSENAU, M.: Successful Project Management: A Step-by-Step Approach with Practical Examples, Hardcover: 384 pages, Publisher: Wiley; 4 edition (September 9, 2005), ISBN-10: 047168032X, ISBN-13: 978-0471680321
1. TAYLOR, J. Začínáme řídit projekty, Brno: Computer Press, 2007, 215s, ISBN 978-80-251-1759-0
2. ROSENAU, M.Řízení projektů, 3.vydání, Brno: Computer Press, 2007, 360 s.,ISBN 978-80-251-1506-0.

Recommended Reading:
1. GAREIS R.:Happy Projects!,Vienna:MANZ Verlag,2005 ,p.622, ISBN 3-214-08268-X
McConnell.S.: Software Estimation: Demystifying the Black Art. Redmond, Wa.: Microsoft Press, 352 pages, 2006. ISBN: 0735605351.
International Standards:
2. Project management Institute: A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK® Guide) - Third Edition, Project Management Institute:Project Management Institute, 2004, s. 388, ISBN 193069945X
3. International Project Management Association: IPMA Competence Baseline , version 3.0., IPMA:IPMA, 2006,s. 176, ISBN 0-9553213-0-1
Www links:
- International Project Management Association (IPMA)
- See document: www.ipma.cz
- Project Management Institute (PMI)
- See document: www.pmi.org
1. GAREIS R.:Happy Projects!,Vienna:MANZ Verlag,2005 ,p.622, ISBN 3-214-08268-X
McConnell.S.: Odhadování softwarových projektů, Computer Press:Brno, 2006, s. 311,ISBN 80-251-1240-3
2. PACOVSKÝ P.: Člověk a čas, 2. aktualizované vydání, Praha: Grada Publishing a.s., 2006,s. 260,ISBN:80-247-1701-8.
Mezinárodní standardy:
3. Project management Institute: A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK® Guide) - Third Edition, Project Management Institute:Project Management Institute, 2004, s. 388, ISBN 193069945X
4. International Project Management Association: IPMA Competence Baseline , version 3.0., IPMA:IPMA, 2006,s. 176, ISBN 0-9553213-0-1
5. Projektové řízení (standard ČR), Project Management Czech Republic Body of Knowledge, IPMA, SPŘ Certifikace projektových manažerů
6. Česká technická norma ČSN ISO 10006 ed.2, Český normalizační institut, Praha 2004, 48s.
Www odkazy:
- International Project Management Association (IPMA)
- See document: www.ipma.cz
- Project Management Institute (PMI)
- See document: www.pmi.org
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Lectures, Teaching by an expert (lecture or tutorial)
Assesment methods and criteria
Task TitleTask TypeMaximum Number of Points
(Act. for Subtasks)
Minimum Number of Points for Task Passing
Graded creditGraded credit100 51