IRI31018 Applied project development (Autumn 2025)

Optional course in Bachelor´s programme in Innovation and Project Management.

If there are fewer than 7 registered students, the course will not start.

90 ECTS included Project Management (10 ECTS) or equivalent courses.

The requirement to have passed a minimum of 90 ECTS applies from and including the 2022 cohort. The requirement to have passed IRI24515 Project Development applies to all cohorts.

The project development/assignment is implemented as a practical and real case-based assignment defined by the university college or an external organization/company.

The scope and objectives of the assignment are prepared by the student in collaboration with the client and the university supervisor. The project can in its entirety be carried out with external clients but must be approved by the subject manager.

Project development usually undergoes these phases:

• Identification of opportunities and objectives
• Pre-design/testing
• Acceptance/funding/problem clarification
• Design
• Operational implementation
• Final reporting/evaluation

Knowledge

The student

• has knowledge of the project's professional content
• has acquired the necessary interdisciplinary competence
• has knowledge of project development and engineering
• has knowledge of anchoring and financing of projects
• has knowledge of the necessity of operational successful implementation

Skills

The student

• can carry out engineering
• can anchor and create acceptance for projects
• can work interdisciplinary
• can carry out the project operationally and successfully

General competence

The student

• has an understanding of project management as a practical activity with a professional foundation for successful completion of an operational project
• has acquired skills for problem solving and implementation ability
• has acquired the necessary driving force for successful operational implementation

Exercises and examinations consist of project development assignments for external / internal partners where participation outside the school is required.

The teaching is based on a high degree of student activity, and can alternate between lectures, group work and seminars from lecturer(s) and client(s).

The student(s) must work independently, solution-oriented and project-based.

The student(s) must work proactively and seek external guidance to ensure progress.

• Minimum 75% attendance and participation in internal and external assignments linked to the project
• Approved at least 75% of all written work / submissions
• A written work requirement that is clarified with the principal at the start of the project
• Project assignment in group

Requirements for attendance apply at individual level. The work requirements are carried out in groups.

Required coursework are assessed with approved / not approved.

If the project assignment is not passed, the student must submit a new project assignment.

If the oral exam is not passed, the student may take a new exam based on the project assignment that has already been passed.

The retake exam will be arranged at the next regular exam.