Project Management and Business Plan
| Code: | CINF054 | Acronym: | GPPN |
| Keywords | |
|---|---|
| Classification | Keyword |
| OFICIAL | Communication Sciences |
Instance: 2022/2023 - 1S 
| Active? | Yes |
| E-learning page: | https://moodle.up.pt/ |
| Responsible unit: | Department of Communication and Information Sciences |
| Course/CS Responsible: | Bachelor of Arts in Information Science |
Cycles of Study/Courses
| Acronym | No. of Students | Study Plan | Curricular Years | Credits UCN | Credits ECTS | Contact hours | Total Time |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CINF | 26 | Study plan | 3 | - | 6 | 41 | 162 |
Fields changed: Teaching methods and learning activities, Componentes de Avaliação e Ocupação, Observações, Fórmula de cálculo da classificação final
Teaching language
PortugueseObjectives
This unit course aims that student:
- Understand and organizationally frame Project Management and the Management based on Projects.
- Realize what is a project and existing methodological approaches to develop its management, focusing Communication and Information area, its products and services.
- Know how to draw up a Business Plan.
- Acquire basic knowledge and skills to take part in the conception, planning, implementation and control of a project.
- Acquire basic knowledge and skills to apply methodologies, tools and techniques related to Project Management.
- Acquire basic knowledge and skills to apply methodologies, tools and techniques related to the development of a Business Plan.
Learning outcomes and competences
Understand what is a project, its goals and management processes.
Possess the basic knowledge and skills in the field of Project Management:
- In general terms and in diversified organizational contexts (institutional, public or private);
- In organizations that adopted the model of project based management;
- When developed in the specific area of Communication and Information, related products and / or services.
Be able to design a project, particularly in terms of work organization structure, resources allocation and budgeting.
Be able to draft an Executive Summary and understand the main topics of a Business Plan.
Working method
PresencialPre-requirements (prior knowledge) and co-requirements (common knowledge)
Not applicable.Program
I. BACKGROUND AND CONCEPTS
1. The challenges of the knowledge economy and society
2. Management: the concept, models, functions and levels
3. Project based Management
4. Project Management and Operational Management
5. Management and Strategic Planning
6. Waterfall vs Agile Methodology
II. PROJECTS OPERATIONAL MANAGEMENT
1. The project, the project management and the project manager
2. People management in the context of a project
3. Project life cycle models
4. Project Management process groups
5. Areas to be managed:
5.1. Scope
5.2. Integration
5.3. Costs
5.4. Time
5.5. Quality
5.6. Human Resources
5.7. Risks
5.8. Communication
5.9. Procurement
5.10. Stakeholders
6. Planning a Project
6.1. The planning process
6.2. Dynamic project planning
6.3. The Project Charter
6.4. The Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) and sequences
6.5. Techniques to estimate time, work and resources
6.6. Identifying costs
6.7. The Organization Breakdown Structure (OBS)
6.8. Closing the plan.
7. Project follow up and control
7.1. Project performance: use of Earned Value Management (EVM)
7.2. Performance report, project baselines and identifying deviations
7.3. Risk management
8. Project Management Tools
8.1. Multi-project management
8.2. Access management
8.3. Activities scheduling
8.4. Graphical representation
8.5. Version control and project documents repository
9. Project execution, control - PDCA cycle and closing process.
III. THE BUSINESS PLAN
1. Business Plan: the concept
2. The need and benefits
3. Types of Business Plan
4. Services companies Business Plans
5. Business Plan developing process
5.1. Executive Summary
5.2. History of the company and / or promoters
5.3. Market and sector of activity
5.4. The new idea and its positioning in the market
5.5. The project, product or service
5.6. The production process
5.7. Management and business control
5.8. Risk analysis
5.9. Analysis and financial projections
5.10. Business Strategy
5.11. Investment
Mandatory literature
Nuno Ponces de Carvalho; Gestão de projetos. ISBN: 978-989-561-048-8Project Management Institute (PMI); A guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK guide), 6ed., Project Management Institute (PMI), 2018. ISBN: 9781628251845
Sutherland, Jeff; Coplien, James O.; Tulton, Adaobi Obi; A SCRUM book : the spirit of the game, The Pragmatic Bookshelf, 2019. ISBN: 978-1-68050-671-6
George Leal Jamil; Handbook of research on effective project management through the integration of knowledge and innova. ISBN: 978-1-4666-7536-0
Fernanda Ribeiro; Information management in project management
Stutely, Richard; The definitive business plan : the fast-track to intelligent business planning for executives and entrepreneurs, Financial Times/ Prentice Hall, 2007. ISBN: 978-0-273-71096-7
IAPMEI; Guia Explicativo para a criação do Plano de Negócios e do seu Modelo Financeiro, IAPMEI, 2016
Teaching methods and learning activities
Theoretical-Practical lectures with discussion and students active participation. Lectures will be supported by audiovisual and multimedia technologies.Presentation of case studies, projects, relevant activities and participations in external Seminars.
Where appropriate, it will be explored the use and manipulation of resources, tools and applications directed to Project Management (following case studies and project’s presentations).
Distributed assessment with final exam: 1 hour exam without consultation (30%) + Project in a group (70%= written report - Executive Summary/Business Plan 70% + Oral presentation - Pitch session 30%).
Software
MS OfficeProjectLibre
Miro
keywords
Humanities > Information scienceSocial sciences > Communication sciences
Social sciences > Economics > Management studies
Evaluation Type
Distributed evaluation with final examAssessment Components
| Designation | Weight (%) |
|---|---|
| Exame | 30,00 |
| Trabalho prático ou de projeto | 70,00 |
| Total: | 100,00 |
Amount of time allocated to each course unit
| Designation | Time (hours) |
|---|---|
| Elaboração de projeto | 61,00 |
| Estudo autónomo | 60,00 |
| Frequência das aulas | 41,00 |
| Total: | 162,00 |
Eligibility for exams
According to the Assessment Regulations in force.Calculation formula of final grade
- 30% Writen exam without consultation (1 hour)- 70% Entrepreneurship Project (70% written Executive Summary/Business Plan + 30% oral presentation - Pitch).
Examinations or Special Assignments
Not applicable.Internship work/project
Not applicable.Special assessment (TE, DA, ...)
According to the Assessment Regulations in force.Classification improvement
According to the Assessment Regulations in force.Observations
The assessment necessarily involves performing all mandatory components (Project - oral presentation + report - and Exam).The oral presentations and discussion will occur in the classroom, at the end of semester.
The written report is delivered on the day of the exam.
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