TEACHING GUIDE PROJECT MANAGEMENT ACADEMIC YEAR 2013-2014 Introduction When the Steering Committee of a company decides to move from one situation to another in any area of management of the company (engineering, production, information systems, finance, etc..) is necessary to carry out a project. The projects generate significant investment for the company and involve several departments, customers and suppliers, which implies the need to comply with requirements, deadlines and costs. Failure to make a success of the projects produced significant losses, being the main economic and prestige or image, of the staff and the company involved. All companies make each year different projects with deep impact over their operations. The heads of various departments and areas that make up the company must be trained and prepared to be able to manage them. The aim of the course is to provide students with knowledge and tools for the proper design, monitoring, closure and evaluation of projects. Such knowledge includes technical and management aspects. General information: ECTS credits: 6 Undergraduate degree (s): Degree in Business Administration and Degree in Economics Module: Organization and Business Management. Subject: Organization and Production. Profile: Business. Department: School of Economics and Business Administration Type of course: Optative Course Objectives General skills and abilities: 1. Ability to work under pressure and time requirements 2. Situation analysis of the profiles of the team. 3. Capacity for analysis and synthesis of issues addressed. 4. Ability to work in a team and present work orally. 5. Knowledge of tools for planning and time management. 6. Ability to learn autonomously and in teams. 1
Specific skills and abilities: 1. Ability to identify the involvement of different individuals in the achievement of the project. 2. Obtain a theoretical and practical knowledge of project management, focusing on its success through people. 3. Know the organizational structure of a project, and coordinating relations / conflict between the various participants. 4. When analysing a project of a supplier, identify gaps. 5. The ability to present projects to clients or superiors in order to obtain their approval. 6. Knowing how to identify a project when it has been diverted and the need to take critical actions. Learning outcome for students attending the course: 1. Knowledge of project planning tools. 2. Practical examples of simulating different parts of project management. 3. Being able to identify different profiles involved in the project and their true expectations. 4. The ability to manage different profiles involved in the project: the project applicant, suppliers, dependents, etc.. 5. Through case sudies (in groups), carry out the different stages of a project. 6. Public presentation of the completed project (for the whole group). 7. Analysis with the results of project completed project and contrastes with the initial expectations Course contents TOPIC 1: BASIC CONCEPTS - Definitions and features. - Business strategy and projects. - Types of projects. - Management and life cycle of a project. - Project management categories. TOPIC 2: FUNDAMENTAL COMPONENTS OF PROJECTS - Project goals. - External and internal competitors. - Project Manager experience areas. - Knowledge Areas. - Expectations of success. TOPIC 3: PROJECT MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS - Standard structure and documentation. - Some methodologies. - Process concept. - Knowledge project management. 2
TOPIC 4: PROJECT MANAGEMENT FRAMEWORK - Project and Organization Lifecycle. - Project Management processes. - Manage multiple projects. - Trends in Project Management. TOPIC 5: PROJECT SELECTION FACTORS - Compilation scope requirements. - Compliance deadlines. - Financial scope. - Deviation cost. - Analysis of results. TOPIC 6: TOOLS PROJECT MANAGEMENT TECHNIQUES. - Planning. Gantts diagrams. - Pert Method: Calculation of Critical Pathways. - Process software tools for project management. - Project documentation creation. - Project presentation creation. TOPIC 7: HUMAN PROFILES IN PROJECTS. - The figure of internal or external customer. - The composition of the team itself. - Suppliers management. - Combination of different profiles and their individual and group management. TOPIC 8: INITIATION PROCESSES. - Business Case. - Feasibility Study. - Opportunity defense. - Stakeholders in the project. - Project Charter: design and sizing. TOPIC 9: PLANNING PROJECTS - WBS analysis. - Time: Gantt. - Determination of Costs. - Project Team. - Risk Analysis. - Quality Control. - Procurement Management. TOPIC 10: IMPLEMENTATION, MONITORING AND CLOSING. - Milestones and checkpoints. - Follow-up Meeting Management. - Decision-making and Negotiation. - Error Control. - Validation of deliverables. - Evaluation and learning lessons. 3
TOPIC 11: TRADING SITUATIONS IN PROJECTS. - Decision making. - Customer presentation - Reporting crisis events. - Types of Negotiations. - Errors in projects Methodology 1. Classroom activities: a. Lecturer s master classes (40 hours). In these classes the most important aspects of the topics included in the program will be explained. Students must attend these classes with the documentation supplied to them. b. Practical classes (20 hours); various exercises and case studies provided will be discussed and resolved. Students must attend these sessions having studied the contents of the classes taught by the teacher. In some of these sessions students will be asked to solve an exercise (or a case) and give a presentation. Also carry out activities based on a simulation of a project in which the practical classes may also be worked in a computer room. c. Development work done on the entire project: students will have to develop this activity in groups, and present it in class. d. Final exam (1.5 hours). 2. Non-classroom activities. Grading The student will spend about 30 hours working with the subject material, understand the concepts explained in the classes taught, exercises, prepare the case studies make the group work, and study for exams. The final grade for the course is determined by the weighted average obtained from the following notes: May announcement: 1. Class participation, simulator-related tasks, and case study: 10% 2. Evaluation of work done during the course: 55% 3. Final exam: 35% June announcement: 1. Evaluation of work done during the year: 40% 2. Final exam: 60% In the announcement for June, jobs may be submitted in addition to those made during the course to increase the grade obtained in the exercises and works. Bibliography 4
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