Master
2021/2022
Project Management
Type:
Elective course (Business Development and Business Analytics)
Area of studies:
Management
Delivered by:
Department of Venture Management (Nizhny Novgorod)
When:
2 year, 1 module
Mode of studies:
offline
Open to:
students of one campus
Instructors:
David Tsiteladze
Master’s programme:
Management
Language:
English
ECTS credits:
5
Contact hours:
28
Course Syllabus
Abstract
The discipline "Project Management" is aimed at forming the necessary amount of fundamental and applied knowledge and skills for successful project management by the students. The competencies of the student, formed as a result of mastering the discipline.
Learning Objectives
- As a result of mastering the discipline, the student must: Know: definitions and concepts of projects, programs and their context, as objects of management; various approaches to the classification of projects; processes and management tools for various functional areas of the project; definitions and concepts of subjects of management; history and development trends of project management approaches; methods used in project management. Be able to: identify goals, objectives, subject area, stakeholders and project structures; draw up the charter of the project; draw up the organizational and technological model of the project; calculate the project implementation schedule; qualitatively and quantitatively assess the risks and opportunities of the project; manage the project team.
Expected Learning Outcomes
- Able to assess the investment attractiveness of the project. Able to calculate the investment attractiveness of the project using Excel tables
- Able to build Gantt charts, as well as BCF - a method of analysis and regulation of project activities
- Able to draw up network diagrams of the project without delay. Understands the essence of the critical path method.
- Able to draw up network diagrams with delays. Able to use the PERT scheduling method
- Able: - formulate the subject area of the project; - knows how to use the combustion diagram of the project objectives; -Able to use the method of mastered volume; - knows how to use the Ishikawa diagram; - knows how to assess the risks of the project; - knows how to make changes to the project.
Course Contents
- Standards, methodology, methods and tools for project management
- A systematic approach to project management
- Management of subjects of management and organizational structures
- Stages of project management processes
- Management of functional areas of the project
Bibliography
Recommended Core Bibliography
- Hunt, J. A., & Project Management Institute. (2018). PMI-ACP Project Management Institute Agile Certified Practitioner Exam Study Guide. Indianapolis: Sybex. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=1693203
Recommended Additional Bibliography
- Association, I. R. M. (2016). Project Management : Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications. [Place of publication not identified]: Business Science Reference. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=1253153
- Grit, R. (2019). Project Management : A Practical Approach (Vol. Fifth edition). Groningen: Noordhoff Uitgevers BV. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=2281726
- Lock, D. (2018). Project Management (Vol. Seventh edition). London: Routledge. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=1625388
- Marion, J. W. (2018). Project Management : A Common Sense Guide to the PMBOK, Part One-Framework and Schedule. New York, NY: Momentum Press. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=1703251
- Marion, J. W. (2019). Project Management : A Common-Sense Guide to the PMBOK Program, Part Two–Plan and Execution. New York, NY: Momentum Press. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=1918052