TPK 5100 Project Management 1

Objective

The course aims at a thorough introduction to the project work, tools and techniques for evaluating, planning, and monitoring projects.

Prerequisites

None.

Course Description

Management and project management, Project types and categorization, Qualifications of project members, Project organization, general introduction, Project phases and life-cycle, Project structure, scope, and WBS, Project time schedules, costs and resources. Planning quality, cost and time, milestones and activities, Monitoring and controlling projects, Earned value analysis, Reporting progress, International standards and associations. Investment appraisal.

Lectures and Exercises

Lectures, e-learning, assignments, games and project work. Grading is based on project work (40%) and final exam (60%). The lectures and exercises are in English when students who do not speak Norwegian take the course. If there is a re-sit examination, the examination form may be changed from written to oral.

Per week: 2 hours lecture, 2 hours exercises, 8 hours self study.

Course Material

PMI, A guide to project management body of knoweldge (PMBOK Guide), 2004 edition. Project management institute. Wysocki, R. McGary, R. Effective project management. Third eddition, Wiley 2003. Handouts.

Responsible Professor

Assoc. Professor Bassam Hussein