Inhalt

Abstract:

The course "Fundamentals of Project Management" introduces you to the main concepts, standards, methods and approaches relevant to project management from a managerial perspective. The course requires no specific prerequisites. Examples are geared towards IT and business projects. Apart from covering the fundamental concepts, the courses focuses on the most important activities in project management as illustrated in the syllabus from chapter 3 to 13.

Learning goals:

After the course the students are able to
- to name the basics of project management (terms, methods, procedure models, standards and work forms) and to express and apply them in a practical context.
- reflect on the opportunities and risks inherent in a project organization and incorporate them into their decisions.
- to assume the role of a project assistant in concrete projects.

In addition, the course provides the following competencies
- Dealing with a virtual learning/working environment
- Learning environment in English

Gliederung:

1. Introduction
2. Organizational Aspects of Projects
3. Project Selection
4. Leadership and the Project Manager
5. Scope Management
6. Project Team Building, Conflict, and Negotiation
7. Risk Management
8. Cost Estimation and Budgeting
9. Project Scheduling
10. Agile Project Management
11. Resource Management
12. Project Evaluation and Control
13. Project Closeout and Termination

Detaillierter Inhalt:

1. Introduction: Projects, programs and portfolios; Project lifecycle and related implications regarding costs, staffing levels and risk; Benefits and obstacles of project management

2. Organizational Aspects of Projects: How project management contributes to achieving strategic objectives; TOWS matrix (Threats, Opportunities, Weaknesses, Strengths) and its reflection of strategic choices; Project stakeholders and managing them within the context of project development; Strengths and weaknesses of three basic forms of organizational structure and their implications for managing projects; Characteristics of three forms of project management office (PMO)

3. Project Selection: Criteria for useful project selection/ screening model; Checklists and simple scoring models to select projects; Financial concepts and financial analyses to evaluate the potential for new project investments; Maintaining an optimal project portfolio for an organization and three keys to successful project portfolio management

4. Leadership and the Project Manager: Project management as a “leader-intensive” profession, role of a manager and characteristics of a leader; Traits that are strongly linked to effective project leadership; Principles of project management in international settings

5. Scope Management: Importance of scope management for project success; Significance of developing a scope statement and construct a Work Breakdown Structure; Responsibility Assignment Matrix; Roles of changes and configuration management in assessing project scope

6. Project Team Building, Conflict, and Negotiation: Project team building, characteristics of effective project teams and why teams fail; Stages in the development of groups; Nature of conflict, response methods and importance of negotiation skills in project management

7. Risk Management: Key stages in project risk management; Primary risk classification clusters, major approaches to risk identification and tools for qualitative and quantitative risk evaluation; Primary risk mitigation strategies and risk documentation

8. Cost Estimation and Budgeting: Common sources and types of project costs and common forms of cost estimation; Cost estimation in software development, learning curve models in cost estimation and reasons why project cost estimation is often done poorly; Top-down, bottom-up, and activity-based budgeting procedures

9. Project Scheduling: Key scheduling terminology, activity network using Activity-on-Node (AON) techniques, activity networks; Activity duration estimation based on the use of probabilistic techniques, critical path for a project schedule network, and activity float; "Crashing" a project, Gantt charts as a good way to visualize activity networks

10. Agile Project Management: Why Agile project management was developed and its advantages in planning for certain types of projects; Critical steps in the Agile process, key features of the XP planning process

11. Resource Management: Constraints that can affect a project, making scheduling and planning difficult; Resource-loading techniques in context of project schedules

12. Project Evaluation and Control: Control cycle and key steps in a general project control model; Advantages and disadvantages of milestone analysis; Earned Value Management

13. Project Closeout and Termination: Main forms of project termination and steps in formal project closeout; Key reasons for early termination of projects and the challenges and components of a final project report

Schwierigkeitsgrad:

Einsteiger

Lehr-/Lernform:

Virtuelle Vorlesung

Interaktionsformen mit dem System/Betreuer:

Übungsaufgaben für Selbstlernbetrieb, E-Mail

Interaktionsformen mit Mitlernenden:

Forum

Kursdemo:

zur Kursdemo

Schlagworte:

Projektmethode, Projektkompetenz, Projektmanagement

Nutzung

Zielgruppe:

Wirtschaftsinformatik für FH-Studierende

Nutzbar im Studiengang:

Bachelor Wirtschaftsinformatik, Bachelor Betriebswirtschaftslehre, Bachelor Mathematik

Geeignet für Berufsfeld:

Projektassistenz, Projektleitung, Softwareentwicklung

Formale Zugangsvoraussetzungen:

Keine

Erforderliche Vorkenntnisse:

Keine

Erforderliche Vorkenntnisse bzgl. Handhabung der Lernplattform:

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Verantwortlich

Trägerhochschule:

FH Regensburg

Anbieter:

Prof. Dr. Markus Westner

Autoren:

Markus Westner

Betreuer:

Prof. Dr. Markus Westner

Prüfung

Written Exam/Schriftliche Präsenzklausur

Art der Prüfung:

schriftlicher Leistungsnachweis (Klausur)

Prüfer:

Prof. Dr.  Markus Westner

Anmeldeverfahren:

Die Anmeldung erfolgt über das WWW.

Prüfungsanmeldefrist:

15.03.2025 00:00 Uhr bis 30.05.2025 23:59 Uhr

Prüfungsabmeldefrist:

15.03.2025 00:00 Uhr bis 30.05.2025 23:59 Uhr

Kapazität:

–

Prüfungsdatum:

–

Prüfungszeitraum:

–

Prüfungsdauer:

90 Minuten

Prüfungsort:

OTH Regensburg

Zustündiges Prüfungsamt:

Prüfungsamt der Heimathochschule

Zugelassene Hilfsmittel:

–

Formale Voraussetzungen für die Prüfungsteilnahme:

Teilnahme am vhb-Kurs

Inhaltliche Voraussetzungen für die Prüfungsteilnahme:

Kursinhalte

Zertifikat:

Ja (benoteter Schein)

Anerkennung an folgenden Hochschulen:

FH Amberg-Weiden, FH Regensburg, FH Coburg

Sonstige Anerkennung:

noch nicht bekannt

Online-Prüfungsan-/-abmeldung:

Ja

Bemerkung:

Written Exam/Schriftliche Präsenzklausur

Erforderliche Technik

Verwendete Kommunikationsplattform:

Moodle

Netzzugang:

Nutzungsbedingungen

Gebühren:

Nein

Nutzungsentgelte:

für andere Personen als (reguläre) Studenten der vhb Trägerhochschulen nach Maßgabe der Benutzungs- und Entgeltordnung der vhb

Copyright:

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