Project Management

Code:

2GE14

Acronym:

PM

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
OFICIAL	Management Studies

Instance: 2018/2019 - 2S

Active?	Yes
Responsible unit:	Management
Course/CS Responsible:	Master in Management

Cycles of Study/Courses

Acronym	No. of Students	Study Plan	Curricular Years	Credits UCN	Credits ECTS	Contact hours	Total Time
MIM	54	Bologna Official Syllabus	1	-	7,5	56	202,5

Teaching language

English

Objectives

Objectives:

• Provide an introduction to projects and project management.

• Describe the main components of the project plan.

• Describe the main concepts and techniques for scheduling a project.

• Describe the main concepts and techniques for allocating and leveling resources.

• Describe the main budgeting methods, and the main types of cost.

• Describe the main concepts regarding the monitoring and controlling of a project, with particular emphasis on the Earned Value indicators.

• Describe the main concepts regarding the termination and evaluation of a project.

Learning outcomes and competences

After completing this course unit, the student should be able to:

• Create a project plan containing:

• Summary, objectives, general approach, contractual aspects and risk management.

• Scheduling.

• Resource allocation and leveling.

• Budget.

• Monitoring and analysis of Earned Value indicators.

• Use a project management software to perform the following tasks:

• Insert basic information concerning the project (such as tasks, durations and predecessors, among others).

• Scheduling.

• Resource allocation and leveling.

• Calculate direct costs.

• Monitor the project, and calculate and analyse Earned Value indicators.

Working method

Presencial

Program

Programme:

• Introduction to Projects and Project Management

• Planning the Work Activities

• Project Activity Scheduling

• Allocating Resources to the Project

• Project Costs and Budgets

• Monitoring and Controlling the Project

• Project Termination and Evaluation

 

Mandatory literature

Mantel Samuel J. 070; Project management in practice. ISBN: 978-0-470-64620-5
Meredith Jack R.; Project management. ISBN: 0-471-42907-4
Chatfield, C. and Johnson, T.; Microsoft Project 2016 Step by Step, Microsoft Press, 2016. ISBN: 978-0-7356-9874-1

Teaching methods and learning activities

Teaching methods and learning activities:

• Theoretical exposition.

• Using software.

Software

Microsoft Project
Microsoft Excel

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation without final exam

Assessment Components

Designation	Weight (%)
Teste	33,30
Trabalho escrito	66,70
Total:	100,00

Amount of time allocated to each course unit

Designation	Time (hours)
Estudo autónomo	26,50
Trabalho escrito	120,00
Total:	146,50

Eligibility for exams

Not applicable, since there is no assessment via final exam.

Calculation formula of final grade

In this course, evaluation via final exam only is not available, either in the regular examination period, or in the reassessment examination period. This is due to the course's characteristics and desired learning competences. Indeed, project management software will often be used in the lectures, and operational knowledge and mastery of the software is one of the skills students are meant to obtain in this course. Another learning outcome involves the ability to create a project plan. Finally, team work is a very important factor for the success of a project.

The desired learning competences could not be achieved if evaluation consisted only in a final exam. Therefore, in order to achieve the desired learning competences, it is essential that the evaluation includes group assignments. Thus, in order to pass the course, either in the regular examination period, or in the reassessment examination period, the student is required to do, throughout the semester, a set of group assignments.

Regular Examination Period and Reassessment Examination Period

• A set of group assignments (all assignments will have the same weight), to be done throughout the semester. This set of group assignments has a weight of 2/3 in the final grade.

• A final test. This test has a weight of 1/3 in the final grade.

All assignments and the test are required to pass the course. Therefore, a student cannot pass the course if she / he fails to do the test, or any of the assignments.

There is a minimum score of 6 in the final test, as well as on each assignment. Therefore, if a student scores lower than 6 on the test, or on any of the assignments, she / he will fail the course, regardless of the overall weighted score.

The procedure to follow in order to establish the composition of the groups (for the assignments) will be described when the classes start, both by email and in the sessions themselves.

Classification improvement

The grades of the assignments cannot be improved.

The grade obtained in a regular examination period test can be improved in the immediatly subsequent reassessment examination period.