Project Management
| Lecturer | Prof. Dr.-Ing. Carlos Jahn |
| Contact Person | João Braga |
| Target Audience | All Master Courses |
| Module | Project Management |
| Lecture Type | Lecture |
| Lecture Term | Winter Term |
| Language | English |
| Credit Points | 2 ECTS |
| Type of examination | Written Exam |
Description
”Project management is the complete set of tasks, techniques, tools applied during project execution.“
(Source: DIN 69901 Deutsches Institut für Normung - German Organization for Standardization)
In the lecture „Project Management“ the characteristic phases of a project are explained. The main focus will be potential tasks, organization as well as techniques and tools for the initiation, definition, planning, controlling and completion of projects as well as the handling of a project management software "OpenProject" as it is used in practice. This will also be done by applied exercises.
Students of the study program "International Management and Engineering" (IWI) are additionally offered the elaboration of a semester-long project, which is to be implemented by the software "OpenProject". This is intended to provide an in-depth understanding across all phases of project management.
Lecture Contents
- SMART, Work Breakdown Structure, Operationalization, Goals relation matrix
- Milestone Analysis, Earned Value Analysis (EVA)
- Metra-Potential Method (MPM), Critical-Path Method (CPM), Program evaluation and review technique (PERT)
- Progress reporting, Tracing of project goals, deadlines and costs, Project Management Control Loop. Maturity Level Assurance (MLA)
- Risk Management, Failure Mode and Effects Analysis (FMEA), Risk Matrix
- Projectmanagement Software OpenProject
Literature
- Erne, Rainer (2022). Lean Project Management - How to Apply Lean Thinking to Project Management. {Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden}: Wiesbaden [doi] [www]
- Haberfellner, Reinhard (2018). Systems Engineering: Grundlagen und Anwendung. {Orell Füssli Verlag}: Zürich [www]
- Hartel, Dirk H. (2022). Project Management in Logistics and Supply Chain Management. {Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden}: Wiesbaden [doi] [www]
- ISO - International Organization for Standardization (2021). Project, programme and portfolio management — Context and concepts. [www]
- Kuster, Jürg and Bachmann, Christian and Hubmann, Mike and Lippmann, Robert and Schneider, Patrick (2023). Project Management Handbook. {Springer Berlin Heidelberg}: Berlin, Heidelberg [doi] [www]
- Kuster, Jürg and Huber, Eugen and Lippmann, Robert and Schmid, Alphons and Schneider, Emil and Witschi, Urs and Wüst, Roger (2015). Project Management Handbook. {Springer Berlin Heidelberg}: Berlin, Heidelberg [doi] [www]
- Olson, David L. (2024). Project Management Tools. {Springer Nature Singapore}: Singapore [doi] [www]
- Project Management Institute (2021). The Standard for Project Management and a Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK® Guide). Project Management Institute: Chicago [Abstract]