Foundations of Project Management

Lecturer Ann-Kathrin Lange
Contact person Svenja Koch
Target audience LUM / WILUM
Module Project Management and Cost Accounting
Lecture type Lecture
Lecture term Winter term
Language German
Credit Points 3 ECTS
Type of Examination Written exam

Description

In this lecture the contents of the project management are explains. The technical contents are accompanied by a continuous exercise to deepen the methods and to promote independent work. The students learn the important contents of the different phases of a project.

This course is part of the module "Project Management and Cost Accounting" under the direction of the Institute for Controlling and Simulation, responsible for the module is Prof. Dr. habil. Matthias Meyer.


Lecture contents

  • Common procedure and models for project management
  • Forms of project organization 
  • Success factors in project management
  • Types of project management
  • Strategies for risk analysis and avoidance 

Literature

  • Deutsche Gesellschaft für Projektmanagement e. V. (2019). Kompetenzbasiertes Projektmanagement (PM4): Handbuch für Praxis und Weiterbildung im Projektmanagement. [www]

  • Meyer, H. (2020). Projektmanagement - Von der Definition über die Projektplanung zum erfolgreichen Abschluss. [www]

  • Patzak, G. & Rattay, G. (2017). Projektmanagement: Projekte, Projektportfolios, Programme und projektorientierte Unternehmen. [www]

  • Project Management Institute (2021). A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge: PMBOK(R) Guide. [www]

  • Timinger, H. (2024). Modernes Projektmanagement: Mit traditionellem, agilem und hybridem Vorgehen zum Erfolg.