Course: Project Management

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Course title Project Management
Course code KDMML/XEPMN
Organizational form of instruction Lecture + Lesson
Level of course Master
Year of study 2
Semester Summer
Number of ECTS credits 5
Language of instruction English
Status of course Compulsory
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Course availability The course is available to visiting students
Lecturer(s)
  • Pojkarová Kateřina, Ing. Ph.D.
Course content
Introduction, history and meaning of project management, fundamental terms and principles of project management. People in project management Preparing, planning and tools Risk management, realization and changes Classic versus agile approach Artefacts - Product Backlog, Sprint Backlog Meetings - Sprint Planning, Retrospective, Review Product Owner, ScrumMaster, Development Team How to begin with Scrum

Learning activities and teaching methods
unspecified, Monologic (reading, lecture, briefing), Dialogic (discussion, interview, brainstorming), Work with text (with textbook, with book), Methods of individual activities, Work-related activities, Stimulating activities (simulation, games, drama), Řízená praxe
  • Contact teaching - 40 hours per semester
  • Preparation for an exam - 32 hours per semester
  • Preparation for a credit (assessment) - 16 hours per semester
  • Team project - 42 hours per semester
  • Home preparation for classes - 20 hours per semester
Learning outcomes
The course objective is to make students acquainted with project management in all phases of project life cycle, modern tools of project management and activities and procedures of project planning and project realization, and with agile approach.
The student has survey about methods of project management, he is able to create project plan and is able to use agile principles.
Prerequisites
It is assumed routine encompassment of basic techniques of operational research.

Assessment methods and criteria
Oral examination, Written examination, Home assignment evaluation

The student must during the semester also at the final examination to approve understanding solve problems and ability to realize the project. The tutor will notify the concrete requirements to the students within the first week of the term.
Recommended literature
  • Kerzner, Harold. Project management : a systems approach to planning, scheduling, and controlling. Hoboken: John Wiley & Sons, 2013. ISBN 978-1-118-02227-6.
  • Sutherland. Scrum. London, 2014. ISBN 9781847941107.


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