PEMBAPRO Project Management

School of Business Administration in Karvina
Winter 2021
Extent and Intensity
2/2/0. 6 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
Ing. Pavel Adámek, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
Ing. Pavel Adámek, Ph.D.
Department of Business Economics and Management – School of Business Administration in Karvina
Contact Person: Ing. Šárka Zapletalová, Ph.D.
Timetable
Tue 9:45–11:20 A406
  • Timetable of Seminar Groups:
PEMBAPRO/01: Tue 11:25–13:00 A406, P. Adámek
Prerequisites
FAKULTA(OPF) && TYP_STUDIA(B) && FORMA(P)
The course can be registered independently on the courses.
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.

The capacity limit for the course is 25 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/25, only registered: 0/25
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The aim of the course is the delineation of the basic concepts in the area of project management, defining differences, and specifications of their implication. Students are being made familiar with essential pieces of information on the process model of project management and overview of the major processes. The aim is the identification of the most common issues in managing projects. The inseparable part of the study is the characteristics of the basic personal prerequisites for performing the profession of the project manager, possibilities of increasing qualification and career growth as well as project manager's ethics of profession performance.
Learning outcomes
After completing this course the student will be able to:
- understand the characteristics of the project, life cycles and different phases of the project;
- understand the concept of project organization and feasibility analysis;
- apply project techniques for project planning, implementation and control;
- identify resources with regard to project completion factors, determine dependencies and task lengths using software support;
- apply the risk management plan and analyze the role of stakeholders;
- understand the differences in project standards with the extension of agile project management.
Syllabus
  • 1. Characteristics and definition of project management
  • Definition and the importance of project management. Basic knowledge of project management. The standards for project management (Prince2, IPMA, PMI). Project triangle. Project management principles. Waterfall versus agile project management. Identifying the project stakeholders, understanding values and expectations.
  • 2. Project organisation and phases of the project life cycle
  • Definition of the project objective and mandate. Project organizational structure. Relationship of project, program, portfolio, and operations management. Project management phase and project life cycle (handing over, closing and reviewing a project). Basic process model of project management. Project planning process, Work Breakdown Structure (WBS).
  • 3. Agile approaches to project management
  • Understanding Agile by modernizing project management. Agile approaches, behaviours and environments in action. Agile planning and execution. Defining the product vision and roadmap. Planning release and sprints. Managing scope, procurement, time, cost, team dynamic, quality and risk. The key benefits of agile project management.
  • 4. Project time management and project schedule
  • Creating the schedule management plan, defining activities. Estimation activity resources and durations. Developing the project schedule and types of schedules. Elements of time management and critical path and float. Managing the schedule and project scheduling software. Techniques for time management (Gantt chart, CPM, PERT).
  • 5. Resources consideration in projects and project risk management
  • Approaches to project budgeting. Cost estimation tools and techniques. Project cost management. Project evaluation methods (static, dynamic and cost-output approaches, ROI, NPV, IRR, CBA). Importance and position of risk in project management. Categorization and risk assessment. RIPRAN analysis. Countermeasures against threats.
  • 6. Developing the project team
  • Directing and managing project work, acquiring, developing and managing project teams. The role and competences of the project manager and project team members and individuals. RACI matrix. Planning resources for project team, communicating and providing leadership and fostering teamwork. Creating a project culture.
  • 7. Project quality management
  • Project quality management encompasses the processes and activities that are used to figure out and achieve the quality of the deliverables of a project. Quality planning, assurance and control. Requirements for the quality. Guidance for effective quality management. Quality criteria and quality register. Continuous improvement.
Literature
    required literature
  • PMBOK® GUIDE. A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge. Pensylvania: Project Management Institute, 2017. ISBN 978-1-62825-184-5. info
  • LAYTON, Mark C. and Steven J. OSTERMILLER. Agile Project Management. New Jersey: John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2017. ISBN 978-1-119-40569-6. info
  • KERZNER, Harold. Project Management: A systems Approach to Planning, Schedulind, and Controlling. New Jersey: John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2017. ISBN 978-1-119-16535-4. info
    recommended literature
  • HELDMAN, Kim. PMP: Project Management Professional Exam Study Guide. Indiana: John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2018. ISBN 978-1-119-42090-3. info
  • AXELOS. Managing Successful Projects with PRINCE2®. The Stationary Office, 2017. ISBN 978-0-11-331533-8. info
  • MORAN, Alan. Managing Agile: Strategy, Implementation, Organisation and People. Springer, 2015. ISBN 978-3-319-16261-4. info
Teaching methods
One-to-One tutorial;
Skills demonstration;
Seminar classes;
Students' self-study
Assessment methods
Requirements for students: attendance at seminars (min. 50% attendance).
Assessment: semester project (30% of assessment) and its defense (20% of assessment), final combined exam (50% of assessment). The minimum success limit is 60% of the total points.
Language of instruction
English
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
Teacher's information

Activity Difficulty [h]
Other study contents 58
Lecture 26
Seminar 26
Exam 30
Summary 153
The course is also listed under the following terms Winter 2015, Winter 2016, Winter 2017, Winter 2018, Winter 2019, Winter 2020.
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