ITF31314 Project Management (Autumn 2017)
Facts about the course
- ECTS Credits:
- 10
- Responsible faculty:
- Faculty of Computer Sciences, Engineering and Economics
- Teaching language:
- English
- Duration:
- ½ year
Table of contents
The course is affiliated to the following study programme
This course is compulsory in:
- Bachelor in Computer Science
- Bachelor in Information Systems
- Bachelor in Digital Media
Prerequisites
Content
- establishment
- scope
- time management
- resources
- quality
- risk
- purchasing
- control and completion
- Handling different aspects of projects:
- Configuration management
- Composition of project groups
- The Nordic model
- Concept development
- Presentation techniques
The student's learning outcomes on passing the course
Knowledge
The student is familiar with:
- standard techniques for organising and managing projects
- planning and estimating project resources
- risk management and quality assurance of projects
Skills
The student can:
- contribute to planning and implementing a project
- use methods to estimate and plan the use of resources in a project
- explain the project process
General competence
The student has knowledge and experience of different ways of organising projects and experience that can be used in project management.
Teaching and learning methods
Workload
Coursework requirements - conditions for taking the exam
- Attendance at at least 6 guest lectures
- 10 submissions (one of which is a post-project analysis)
The coursework requirements must be approved before students may sit the exam.
Exam
Project and oral exam in groups
The exam consists of two components.
Group project
Grades are awarded individually on the basis of pass or fail.
Students must achieve a pass grade for the project before they may take the oral exam.
Oral exam in groups lasting approximately 20?30 minutes
The oral exam is linked to the project and is a pitch of the project.
No support materials permitted.
A final overall individual grade is awarded, grading scale of A-F.
Students must take both exam components in the case of resit exams. The project must be discussed with the course instructor in the case of resit exams or rescheduled exams.
Course evaluation
This course is evaluated as follows:
- Mid-semester evaluation (optional)
- Final evaluation (compulsory)
The course instructor prepares a course report on the basis of student feedback and on his/her own experiences of the course. Course reports are discussed with the Committee for Study Quality at the Faculty of Computer Sciences.
Reading list
Updated August 2014
Karlsen, Jan Terje (2012): Prosjektledelse - fra initiering til gevinstrealisering. Universitetsforlaget, ISBN 978-82-15-01987-1.