Study Guide

Objective

After completing the course the student can:
Describe different project management methods and frameworks and their feasibility to different projects.
Ability to function as a project manager in different phases of a project and produce the project related specifications and documents.
Describe different project management association and certifications.
Risk analysis and quality assurance.

Content

The course covers aspects of different project management methods, such as waterfall and agile as well as different project management associations and certifications. Furthermore, the course covers topics about project management, including project planning, budgeting, scheduling and WBS, risk assessment and quality assurance.

Materials

Various internet sources, links & descriptions online.
Lecture slides.
theFIRMA's and course's Itslearning.

Teaching methods

Lectures, simulation, group work and independent work, assignment-based learning, project work, online activities and ICT guest lectures.

Exam schedules

No exam.

If a student does not pass the course, they are required to re-enroll and participate in the course during the next available offering, typically the following academic year.

International connections

Practical assignments and reports
Project work
Team learning
Self study

Completion alternatives

No optional ways for implementation

Student workload

Lectures and on-site activities: 58 hours
Assignments and self study: 67 hours
Guest lectures + report: 10 hours
TOTAL 135 hours

Course includes 8 assignments: 2 individual assignments and 6 group assignments.

Content scheduling

The course starts with the course introduction and team building followed by Scrum simulation. The focus is set on agile project management, especially Scrum framework. There after the aspects of waterfall project management methodology are discussed. The student learns how to create a realistic project plan, budget, timeframe and risks for the project. In addition, student learns setting up goals for the project that create customer value, scope management, resource allocation and division of work and sizing. IPMA International Project Management Association and other project management institutions and activities are presented as well as IPMA standards – Individual Competence Baseline. Students also practice risk management and risk analysis in more detail. Lastly, quality management in software engineering is handled in lectures and group work.

Further information

The course's and theFIRMA itslearning and Microsoft Teams.

Evaluation scale

H-5

Assessment methods and criteria

Assignments and reports: diagnostic assessment.

Course includes 8 assignments: 2 individual assignments and 6 group assignments. Maximum points of each assignment is 30 points. Thus, the maximum amount of points from assignments is 240. Late submission for the assignments will reduce the points by 50%.

In addition, the course includes guest lectures of which the student is required to write a report. The report is evaluated with the scale 0 – 30 points.

The presence in the lectures, Scrum simulation and facilitated group meetings are marked down. The first and last lectures and facilitated group meetings give the student 2 points, Scrum simulation gives the student 3 points and other lectures give the student 1 point each. In total, there are 30 points from presence.

Altogether these will give the students the maximum of 300 points. These points are evaluated in the following way:
Fail: 0 – 80 points
grade 1: 81 – 123 points
grade 2: 124 – 167 points
grade 3: 168 – 211 points
grade 4: 212 – 255 points
grade 5: 256 – 300 points.

Assessment criteria, fail (0)

Less than 81 points.

No show, not carrying out responsibilities, disappearing from team work, lack of communication with other team members.

Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1-2)

Grade 1: 81-123 points
Grade 2: 124-167 points

Poor, but satisfactory performance both in independent work and team work. Low participation on lectures and other activities. Satisfactory guest lecture report.

Assessment criteria, good (3-4)

Grade 3: 168-211 points
Grade 4: 212-255 points

Good performance both in team work and independent work. Active participation on lectures and other activities. Good guest lecture report.

Assessment criteria, excellent (5)

Grade 5: 256-300 points

Excellent performance both in team work and independent work. Active participation on lectures and other activities. Excellent guest lecture report.