Project Management

Bachelor 2023/2024

Type: Compulsory course (International Business and Management Studies)

Area of studies: Management

Delivered by: Department of Management

Where: St.Petersburg School of Economics and Management

When: 3 year, 1 module

Mode of studies: offline

Open to: students of one campus

Instructors: Ksenia A. Boyko, Maria Malinina

Language: English

ECTS credits: 3

Contact hours: 42

Full Syllabus

Abstract

The course gives students the knowledge necessary for the implementation of the project in commercial and non-profit sector. The aim of the course is to develop skills in the field of project management. Each project must be limited in time, have clear criteria for the outcomes (given the characteristics of the product obtained), assume an external or internal request. The course will give an overview of what corporate investment decisions involve. It will provide tools and techniques for an investment projects appraisal as well as for managing portfolios of investment projects.

Learning Objectives

To learn about implementation of project work;
To build knowledge about Agile approach and its popular framework Scrum to project management and develop team-building skills for working in demanding environments;
To develop an understanding of the theoretical foundations and practical aspects of the investments decisions made by the financial managers of a corporation;
To study methods of investment projects efficiency, to receive investment analysis skills required in developing company's strategy.

Expected Learning Outcomes

Understand the stages of the project cycle
Define a scope of a project and state the project problem
Be able to identify project environment and project risks
Be able to monitor project activities and assess progress
Estimate the necessary resources for the project and their costs
Be able to assess and manage the project risks
Set goals in teams and delegate the tasks
Be able to write a project plan
Be able to organize effective teamwork with task, velocity and performance tracking based on PMBOK, Agile, Scrum
Be able to distinguish project activity from operations
Define the main constraints of project activities;
Be able to estimate stakeholders’ engagement
Be able to choose the development approaches
Be able to allocate the project resources to the tasks
Be able to assemble the high-performing project teams
Be able to use different tools for the design-thinking and problem-solving
Calculate measures used to evaluate capital projects and the decision rules associated with them
Evaluate and rank alternative investment projects

Course Contents

Introduction to project management
Project initiation
Project planning
Cost management
Project risks
Project team management
Team development
Adaptive approach to project management
Business value

Assessment Elements

In-class activity (case studies, group tasks, quizzes)
Test
Project Plan
Investment proposal (group task)

Interim Assessment

2023/2024 1st module
0.15 * In-class activity (case studies, group tasks, quizzes) + 0.3 * Investment proposal (group task) + 0.3 * Project Plan + 0.25 * Test

Bibliography

Recommended Core Bibliography

Damodaran, A. (2012). Investment Valuation : Tools and Techniques for Determining the Value of Any Asset (Vol. 3rd ed). Hoboken, New Jersey: Wiley. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=442924
Kirsten Olean Cmp, Jennifer M. Schlener, Jon R. Katzenbach, & Douglas K. Smith. (2009). The Wisdom of Teams. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsbas&AN=edsbas.FA4DA2A3
M. Daud Alam, & Uwe F. Gühl. (2016). Project-Management in Practice : A Guideline and Toolbox for Successful Projects. Springer.
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.

Recommended Additional Bibliography

Jürg Kuster, Eugen Huber, Robert Lippmann, Alphons Schmid, Emil Schneider, Urs Witschi, & Roger Wüst. (2015). Project Management Handbook. Springer. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsrep&AN=edsrep.b.spr.mgmtpr.978.3.662.45373.5
Maximini, D. (2018). The Scrum Culture : Introducing Agile Methods in Organizations (Vol. Second edition). Cham: Springer. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=1741933
Melanie McBride. (2016). Project Management Basics : How to Manage Your Project with Checklists. Apress.

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