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

Teaching methods

Lectures, group work and independent work, project work, online activities

Exam schedules

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International connections

Practical assignments and reports
Project work
Self study

Completion alternatives

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Student workload

Lectures and on-site activities: 54 hours
Assignments and self study: 71 hours
Guest lectures + report: 10 hours
TOTAL 135 hours

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, 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

Course material is in It´s Learning

Evaluation scale

H-5

Assessment methods and criteria

Assignments and reports: diagnostic assessment.

Course includes 7 assignments: 2 individual assignments and 5 group assignments. Maximum points of each assignment is 3 points. Thus, the maximum amount of points from assignments is 21.

In addition course includes 1 guest lecture report, which is assessed pass/fail.

Team work: formative assessment taking into account student's self and peer assessment.

Presence
50-59% attendance affect on your grade +0,1
60-64% attendance affect on your grade +0,2
65-69% attendance affect on your grade +0,3
70-74% attendance affect on you grade +0,4
75+% attendance affect on your grade +0,5

Final grade of the course is weighted average:
- Assignments 80%
- Presence 10%
- Guest lecture report 10%
- Self- and peer assessment is taken into account

Assessment criteria, fail (0)

Less than 7 points from assignments

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

Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1-2)

Grade 1: 7-9 points from assignments + passing guest lecture report
Grade 2: 10-12 points from assignments + passing guest lecture report

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

Assessment criteria, good (3-4)

Grade 3: 13-15 points from assignments + passing guest lecture report
Grade 4: 16-18 points from assignments + passing guest lecture report

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

Assessment criteria, excellent (5)

Grade 5: 19-21 point from assignments + passing guest lecture report

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