Teaching of the subject IT/IS Project Management at Faculty of Business and Management. Lenka Smolikova

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1 Teaching of the subject IT/IS Project Management at Faculty of Business and Management Lenka Smolikova

2 Structure of presentation 1. Czech education system 2. Brno University of Technology 3. Teaching of the subject IT/IS Project Management at Faculty of Business and Management

3 Czech Education System All state schools in The Czech Republic are free School attendance in the Czech Republic is compulsory from the ages 6 to 15. Most children attend state schools, but there are also newly established private schools.

4 Czech Education System Education in our country includes these stages: Pre school: up to 3 years age, nursery schools for children aged 3 to 6 Primary : 6 15 years Secondary Tertiary

5 Czech Education System Secondary schools : at the age of 15 pupils can choose among a variety of secondary schools: Grammar schools with general and rather academic education which prepare students for university study Special schools which include technical colleges, specialized in building, chemistry, engineering Vocational schools training would - be workers for practical jobs

6 Czech Education System Secondary education usually lasts for 4 years and at grammar and specialised schools. It is finished with a schools leaving examination which is required by all universities and colleges.

7 Czech Education System University Undergraduates can study a variety of subjects such as economics, foreign trade, architecture, law, journalist, foreign languages, medicine, music, art, drama, etc. The university students can enrol at three year courses for Bachelor s degree of for five year for a Master s Degree. The university study is finished with a state examination and every undergraduate also has to write thesis to receive a diploma.

8 Czech Education System Doctoral Degrees are awarded after another free years study, which may be also individual and completion of another thesis

9 Brno University of Technology The Czech Technical University was founded in With more than students, the Brno University of Technology is one of the largest university in the Czech Republic.

10 Brno University of Technology It covers the whole spectrum of technical disciplines: Mechanical engineering Civil engineering Electrical engineering Informatics Chemistry Economics and management Architecture Design and fine arts

11 Faculty of Business and Management Is one of the most important providers of higher education in Business and Economics in the Czech Republic There are about two thousand students in bachelor, master and Ph.D. programmes at faculty The faculty has a wide portfolio of cooperating institutions in industry and services all over the country The education and research activities are closely linked with these companies in order to promote their business activities and support the development of ententerpreneuership

12 How is education organized Academic year is divided into 2 semesters: Winter semester from October to January Summer semester from February to September Each semester consists of 10 to 14 weeks of courses and 4 to 7 weeks of examination period.

13 Bachelor study programmes: Tax advisory Managerial Informatics Study programmes Master study programmes: Corporate Finance and Business European Business and Finance Company Management and Economics

14 Teaching of the subject IT/IS Project Management Subject is taught in summer semester in 3 year study in Managerial Informatics It has 2 lessons of lecture in week and 2 lesson of practical seminars once in two weeks period Summer semester lasts for 10 weeks

15 Teaching of the subject IT/IS Project Management The main goal of the course is: to introduce the students in form of training to internationally recognised principles, trends and methods in project management to teach students to utilise efficiently information and communication technologies in project management to show that team understanding of a problem is essential for successful project management.

16 Teaching of the subject IT/IS Project Management Students learn to plan and manage projects according to international standards of the International Project Management Association (IPMA) The following four key areas of project management are trained: Creation of a project strategy Efficient project planning Principles of project management Completion of projects

17 Teaching of the subject IT/IS Project Management The course also explains the principles of building and leading projects teams and the issue of multiple project co-ordination. Because of its compatibility with international standards, the course will also prepare students for the IPMA D - level certification exam.

18 Teaching of the subject IT/IS Project Management The seminars are focused on practical training and practising of the topic explained in lectures. At the beginning of semester students are divided into the groups. Each group chooses leader. Leader manages the group, assign the work and control.

19 Teaching of the subject IT/IS Project Management Each group gets it s own assignment (it means that every assignment is different) The topic is related with it technologies. The project is made for one company that is chosen by students

20 The projects has 6 parts: 1. Feasibility study Project 2. Objectives of the project 3. Hardware and software equipments 4. Economic analysis 5. Project management part 6. Estimation of work

21 Feasibility study In this part students should mention: basic information about company (name, address, number of employees, total capital, specialisation, main product or service, organisation structure ) they should use SWOT analysis, SLEPTE analysis and Porter analysis

22 Objectives of the projects Give objections of the projects, describe present situation in the company, give reason why there must be something changed, what will the project bring.

23 Hardware and software equipment The project will be implemented into the company at the end of the project management, therefore students need to find out present hardware and software equipment

24 Economical analysis Profits and costs of the project, financial analysis - indexes of liquidity, rentability, activity and indebtedness.

25 Project management part In this part students should focus on: identification document logical frame check list project team (who will be involved in the project) identify risk of the projects time analysis - using Critical Path Method

26 Estimation of work The leader of the team has to: write a report about their work on project, specify, who is responsible for each part of the project, describe, how the team co-operates.

27 What is important? After completing this subject student will be : flexible, responsible, able to team work, independent.

28 Thank you for your attention Lenka Smolíková Address: Brno University of Technology Faculty of Business and Management Institute of Informatics Kolejní 4, Brno, Czech republic