Bachelor 2021/2022

Project Management

Type: Compulsory course

Area of studies: Management

Delivered by: Department of Strategic and International Management

Where: Graduate School of Business

When: 3 year, 1, 2 module

Mode of studies: offline

Open to: students of one campus

Instructors: Irina Nechaeva, Anna Yuryevna Yakovleva

Language: English

ECTS credits: 4

Contact hours: 40

Course Syllabus

Abstract

The purpose of study of the discipline "Project Management" is to prepare students for practical work as a member of the project team. The subject area under study covers the knowledge and skills that are common in the implementation of projects. The depth of study of the discipline is sufficient for students to obtain three fundamental skills necessary for a member of the project team: 1) Knowledge of specific terminology; 2) Knowledge of methods, tools and techniques of project management; 3) Knowledge of the rules and principles of developing project documents. The discipline is of a practical and methodological nature and includes the development of techniques and methods for performing key tasks of the project, the development of skills of a member of the project team.

Learning Objectives

• To provide students with systematic, complex view on structure and content of the field of project management based on theory and practice as well as requirements of international project management professional standards (IPMA ICB, PMBOK).
• Learn how to plan and implement projects using the methodological basis of project management
• Acquisition of knowledge and skills in building and managing project teams
• Development of competencies in the implementation and monitoring of project progress
• Formation of project thinking for the implementation of project activities in the company

Expected Learning Outcomes

• Apply the project management life cycle from initiation through closing by using effective tools and techniques
• Be able to develop key processes and documents in every functional area of project management
• Be able to develop key processes and documents in every functional area of project management including project scope and time management, project human resources and communication management, project cost management;
• Be able to do undertake project diagnosis and to choose a project management methodology for the project
• Be able to track the progress of the project and make appropriate changes in time
• Employ project management best practices across a variety of industries and businesses
• Know structure and content of project management tools and techniques based on international project management professional standards
• Know the structure and composition of the elements of flexible and hybrid project management methodologies
• Knowing advantages and peculiarities of a variety of project management methodologies (traditional, agile, hybrid)
• Recognize and appreciate methodological aspects that influence a project’s success in the global marke

Course Contents

• Foundations of project management
• Project management processes
• Project management governance and environment
• Project Management Trends

Assessment Elements

• participation in class work and fulfillment of individual and group tasks
  this part of the assessment is not taken into account when the student does the 2nd retake
• project plan presentation
• Quiz
  Multiple-choice and open questions-discussions on the topics of the course. The exam can be taken ONLY going through linear way: quiz, (evaluation assignment), open question.

Interim Assessment

• 2021/2022 2nd module
  0.4 * Quiz + 0.3 * participation in class work and fulfillment of individual and group tasks + 0.3 * project plan presentation

Bibliography

Recommended Core Bibliography

• Joseph Heagney. (2016). Fundamentals of Project Management: Vol. Fifth edition. AMACOM.
• Mitchell L. Springer. (2019). Project and Program Management : A Competency-Based Approach: Vol. Fourth edition. Purdue University Press.

Recommended Additional Bibliography

• Cesarotti, V., Gubinelli, S., & Introna, V. (2019). The evolution of Project Management (PM): How Agile, Lean and Six Sigma are changing PM. Journal of Modern Project Management, 7(3), 1–29. https://doi.org/10.19255/JMPM02107
• Hans Mikkelsen, & Jens O. Riis. (2017). Project Management : A Multi-Perspective Leadership Framework: Vol. First edition. Emerald Publishing Limited.
• Marcus Gonclaves. (2010). Fundamentals of Agile Project Management: An Overview. American Society of Mechanical Engineers.
• Project Management Institute. (2021). A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK® Guide) – Seventh Edition and The Standard for Project Management (ENGLISH): Vol. Seventh edition. Project Management Institute.
• Sandra F. Rowe. (2020). Project Management for Small Projects, Third Edition: Vol. Third edition. Berrett-Koehler Publishers.
• Sandra F. Rowe. (2020). Project Management for Small Projects, Third Edition: Vol. Third edition. Berrett-Koehler Publishers.
• Zasa, F. P., Patrucco, A., & Pellizzoni, E. (2021). Managing the Hybrid Organization: How Can Agile and Traditional Project Management Coexist? Research Technology Management, 64(1), 54–63. https://doi.org/10.1080/08956308.2021.1843331