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Course Syllabus

Bachelor 2024/2025

Project Management

Type: Elective course (Sociology and Social Informatics)
Area of studies: Sociology
Delivered by: Department of Sociology
Where: Saint-Petersburg School of Social Sciences
When: 4 year, 1, 2 module
Mode of studies: offline
Open to: students of all HSE University campuses
Instructors: Alexander Sorokin
Language: English
ECTS credits: 5

Course Syllabus

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Abstract

The course is designed for students who are interested in agile approaches to project management. The course is aimed at the building knowledge about agile approach and its popular framework scrum to project management and develop team-building skills for working in demanding environments. Students can learn how to plan and coordinate project work using industry best practices, various project management tools: process visualization methods, special software, metrics for assess the effectiveness of project work. Much attention is paid to working with the project team, team launch methods, command state diagnostics, and tools to increase team productivity. Students are trained in specific project management tools at different stages of development, which they can integrate in practice in their team already in the learning process. During this course students work in collaboration with real startups and have a practice in teambuilding, communication with stakeholders and execution of works for an external corporative client The course is practice-oriented, involves the extensive use of interactive forms of training: workshops, facilitation, skill training and master classes.
Learning Objectives

Learning Objectives

  • Building knowledge about agile approach and its popular framework scrum to project management and develop team-building skills for working in demanding environments.
Expected Learning Outcomes

Expected Learning Outcomes

  • be able to facilitate team meetings
  • be able to organize effective teamwork with task, velocity and performance tracking
  • influencing the motivation burnout in the project team, teamwork productivity
  • knows agile frameworks and approaches
  • knows frameworks for product development: CJM, USM, Persona, JTBD
  • knows scrum: events, roles, artifacts
  • knows team Facilitation Methods
  • be able to understand factors
Course Contents

Course Contents

  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Sprint review
  • 3. Product Development
  • 4. Learning tools: Problem/Solving Interview
  • 5. Learning tools: Star Map. Lean Startup Canvas.
  • 6. Presentation
Assessment Elements

Assessment Elements

  • non-blocking Project Work
    Elaboration of project sections: goal, results, requirements for results (based on data analysis/interviews, observations or other methods), labor cost assessment (at least 2 methods), detailed work plan, distribution of work among the project team.
  • non-blocking Project Presentation
    Elaboration of project sections: goal, results, requirements for results (based on data analysis/interviews, observations or other methods), labor cost assessment (at least 2 methods), detailed work plan, distribution of work among the project team.
  • non-blocking In-class Participation
Interim Assessment

Interim Assessment

  • 2024/2025 2nd module
    0.3 * In-class Participation + 0.2 * Project Presentation + 0.5 * Project Work
Bibliography

Bibliography

Recommended Core Bibliography

  • 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
  • Measey, P. (2015). Agile Foundations : Principles, Practices and Frameworks. London: BCS, The Chartered Institute for IT. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=821933
  • Moran, A. (2015). Managing Agile : Strategy, Implementation, Organisation and People. Cham: Springer. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=969008

Recommended Additional Bibliography

  • Crowder, J. A., & Friess, S. (2014). Agile Project Management: Managing for Success. Cham: Springer. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=835428
  • Schwaber, K., & Sutherland, J. V. (2012). Software in 30 Days : How Agile Managers Beat the Odds, Delight Their Customers, and Leave Competitors in the Dust. Hoboken, N.J.: Wiley. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=443318

Authors

  • Ильина Мария Ивановна