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Project Management

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Course Unit Code634-2020/01
Number of ECTS Credits Allocated3 ECTS credits
Type of Course Unit *Compulsory
Level of Course Unit *First Cycle
Year of Study *Third Year
Semester when the Course Unit is deliveredWinter 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
WIC005doc. Ing. Pavel Wicher, Ph.D.
Summary
Definitions, basic principles, roles and links of projects and project management. World standards for project management. Project management process groups (initiation, planning, executing, monitoring and control, closing). Basic outcomes of project planning (WBS, schedule, budget). Tools for creating individual outputs. Specifics of project management in industrial enterprises.
Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit
Upon completion of this course, students should obtain knowledge and skills from different areas of project management, which are necessary for their full integration into project teams, or their leadership. Educational areas include principles, methods, techniques, and tools of project management focused primarily on managing the projects in the environment of industrial enterprises. Skills section of the course is focused on mastering the initiating and planning processes through the project plan preparation.
Course Contents
1. Definition of project management - definition, objectives, basic principles, integration into the management of industrial enterprise.
2. Basic principles of the world standards for project management with an emphasis on process management according to the PMI standard.
3. Project Management Processes - classification of project management processes.
4. Initiating processes - project creation, project charter elaboration, identification of stakeholders.
5. Basic planning project processes - scope planning, WBS.
6. Basic planning project processes - time planning, schedule.
7. Basic planning project processes - cost planning, budget.
8. Supporting planning project processes - planning of communication, procurement, human resources.
9. Supporting planning project processes - risks, quality, stakeholders.
10. Project implementation, control and termination processes - defining and analyzing basic processes from a given areas.
11. Basic principles of agile project management.
12. Selected methodologies of agile project management - SCRUM, KANBAN
Recommended or Required Reading
Required Reading:
PMI. A Guide to the Project management Body of Knowledge. Newton Square: Project Management Institute, 2017. ISBN 978-1-62825-184-5.
HELDMAN, K. PMP Praktický průvodce přípravou na zkoušku. Brno: Computer Press, 2013. ISBN 978-80-251-3799-4.
DOLEŽAL, J. Projektový management - Komplexně, prakticky a podle světových standardů. Praha: Grada Publishing, 2016. ISBN 978-80-247-5620-2.
PMI. A Guide to the Project management Body of Knowledge. Newton Square: Project Management Institute, 2017. ISBN 978-1-62825-184-5.
Recommended Reading:
PMI. Agile Practice Guide. Newton Square: Project Management Institute, 2017. ISBN 978-1-62825-199-9.
DOLEŽAL, J. a J. KRÁTKÝ. Projektový management v praxi: naučte se řídit projekty!. Praha: Grada Publishing, 2016. ISBN 978-80-247-5693-6.
SVOZILOVÁ, A. Projektový management: Systémový přístup k řízení projektů. Praha: Grada Publishing, 2016. ISBN 978-80-271-0075-0.
KORECKÝ, M. a V. TRKOVSKÝ. Management rizik projektů. Praha: Grada Publishing, 2011. ISBN 978-80-247-3221-3.
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Lectures, Individual consultations, Tutorials, Project work
Assesment methods and criteria
Task TitleTask TypeMaximum Number of Points
(Act. for Subtasks)
Minimum Number of Points for Task Passing
Credit and ExaminationCredit and Examination100 (100)51
        CreditCredit30 15
        ExaminationExamination70 21