This class exists in these courses :
• IÉSEG > MSc in International Business Negotiation (MNG) > Semestre 2 > 2,00 ECTS

Prerequisites

Students enrolled in this course should have taken introductory courses in Operations Management or have basic knowledge of business operations acquired from professional experience or from an internship.

Learning outcomes

- Understand the nature and rigour of project management and apply skills in project management processes
- Identify objective setting and project design
- Demonstrate problem solving, analytical skills and master project management tools and methods
- Apply the economics of project management for planning, scheduling and budgeting
- Describe resources available to the project manager to keep current with trends and best practices in the
resolution of complex project management issues
- Develop a proposal for a project and present a business case
- Integrate sustainability goals and measures into the project management process

Course description

1. Project typology
2. The project planning and control process
3. Network planning/Critical Path Method/Programme evaluation and review technique (PERT)
4. Defining the project
5. Establishing Project Priorities
6. Creating the Work Breakdown Structure
7. Integrating the WBS with the Organization
8. Coding the WBS for the Information System
9. Project Communication Plan

Class type

Class structure

Teaching methods

• Case study
• E-learning
• Interactive class
• Presentation
• Project work
• Research
• Seminar
• Tutorial

Assessment

Class Participation (Questions/discussion on Readings/Cases), Case Presentation (Group) and Final Exam (MCQ).

Recommended reading

• Larson, E.W. & C.F. Gray (2018). Project Management: The Managerial Process, 7th edition, New York, NY, McGraw-Hill Education. -

• Milosevic, D.Z. (2003). Project Management ToolBox: Tools and Techniques for the Practicing Project Manager. New York: John Wiley & Sons. -

• Schwalbe, K. (2012). An introduction to project management, 4th edition, Minneapolis: Kathy Schwalbe, LLC. -

• Wysocki, R.K. (2014). Effective Project Management: Traditional, Agile, Extreme, 7th Edition, Indiana: John Wiley & Sons. -