autumn 2019
STE6305 Project Management - 5 ECTS

Application deadline

Applicants from Nordic countries: 1 June. Exchange students and Fulbright students: 15 April

Type of course

The course may be taken as a single subject.

Admission requirements

A relevant undergraduate bachelor Engineering programme with minimum 30 credits Mathematics/statistics topics.

Application code: 9371

Suggested prerequisites: Basic knowledge in mathematics and management science at bachelor level or equivalent is recommended in this course.


Course overlap

If you pass the examination in this course, you will get an reduction in credits (as stated below), if you previously have passed the following courses:

INE-3602 Project - Industrial Engineering 5 stp

Course content

This course provides an introduction to the basic knowledge and methodologies in Project management, and the course content includes:

  • Introduction of project management
  • Organizational context: strategy, structure and stakeholder
  • Project selection and portfolio management
  • Leadership and team building
  • Scope management and work breakdown structures
  • Risk management
  • Cost estimation and budgeting 8. Project scheduling
  • Critical path management
  • Resource management
  • Project evaluation and control
  • Project termination


Objectives of the course

Knowledge

The course aims at establishing a thorough understanding of the basic knowledge in project management, group works for problem solving, case studies, literature surveys and similar.

1. Understanding the difference between leadership and management

2. Understanding WBS and OBS

3. Understanding the project scheduling and CPM

4. Understanding how to crash project schedule and how to manage limited resources

5. Understanding how to use different methods to evaluate the progress of project

6. Understanding how to terminate a project

Skills

After learning the course, students should be able to manage the following skills:

1. Use the basic knowledge and terminology in project management

2. Understanding the different organizational structure

3. Use both qualitative and quantitative methods for project selection

4. Understanding and apply the methods for risk management and cost estimation in project management

General competence

Passing the course will provide students with competence for doing and leading projects related to industrial engineering.


Language of instruction and examination

English

Teaching methods

Lecture, individual practice, group discussion, self-reading and project. Lecture: 40 hours. Exercise and project: 40 hours.

Assessment

The course assessment is divided into two parts:

Project: 40% of the final grade

Written exam: 60% of the final grade

The course is evaluated through ECTC system (A-F), and both the project and written exam have to be passed in order to pass the course. The project and the written exam are graded individually.

Re-sit exam: For students failed in the written exam, a re-sit written exam will be arranged for this course. For students failed in the project, a new project assignment must be delivered within the given deadline.


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  • About the course
  • Campus: Narvik |
  • ECTS: 5
  • Course code: STE6305
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