Lecturer(s)
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Petr Pavel, doc. Ing. Ph.D.
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Course content
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What Is a Project? The Triple Constraint. How to Start Successful Projects. Negotiation and Contracts. Why and How to Plan a Project. The Work Breakdown Structure. Scheduling Tools. Time Estimating. Planning the Budget. The Impact of Limited Resources. Risk and Contingency. How to Organize a Project. Organizing the Project Team. Organizing the Support Team. The Role of the Project Manager. Practical Tips for Project Managers. Monitoring Tools. Project Reviews. Project Cost Reports. Handling Project Changes. Solving the Inevitable Problems. How to Complete a Project. Final Wrap-Up. Small Project. New Product Development Projects. Computer Software.
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Learning activities and teaching methods
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Monologic (reading, lecture, briefing), Work with text (with textbook, with book), Methods of individual activities
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Learning outcomes
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This subject focuses on introduction to methods of project management, pre-investment studies, resource management, contracting and project evaluation. The practical seminars within the scope of this subject are designed to meet students with the possibilities of the specialized software and gaining basic skills while using it (MS Project).
Students will gain basic awareness of project management issues, the content and process of implementing separate phases. They will be able to define the tasks in the project planning process and to complete individual types of documents. They will be familiar with the basic mathematical methods and its use in project management. They will be aware of the separate models of organisational structure with project management, and also be able to define the aims and strategies of project implementation.
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Prerequisites
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unspecified
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Assessment methods and criteria
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Oral examination, Work-related product analysis, Creative work analysis
Requirements to inclusion: work up engaged exercise on exercising and seminar with fruitfulness mine. 60%, transfer semestral work according to setting. Requirements to examination (inclusive forms examination): verbal State one's case (rout) of the semestral work. Resulting evaluation is given to ratio 40% exercising and seminars, 50% case for the defence final work and reaction to questions examiner, 10% rout semestral work.
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Recommended literature
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User's manual MS Project.
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BUTTRICK, R. The Project Workout. Financial Times Management, 1997. ISBN 0273626809.
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Gray, Clifford F. Project management : the managerial process. Boston: McGraw-Hill Irwin, 2003. ISBN 0-07-249392-5.
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ROSENAU, M. D. Successful Project Management. John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 1998. ISBN 0471293040.
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