Course syllabus for Technical project management

Course syllabus adopted 2021-02-26 by Head of Programme (or corresponding).

Overview

  • Swedish nameTeknisk projektledning
  • CodeIMS045
  • Credits7.5 Credits
  • OwnerTIMAL
  • Education cycleFirst-cycle
  • Main field of studyMechanical Engineering
  • DepartmentINDUSTRIAL AND MATERIALS SCIENCE
  • GradingTH - Pass with distinction (5), Pass with credit (4), Pass (3), Fail

Course round 1

  • Teaching language English
  • Application code 65115
  • Open for exchange studentsYes

Credit distribution

0119 Project 3 c
Grading: TH		 3 c
0219 Laboratory 1.5 c
Grading: UG		 1.5 c
0319 Examination 3 c
Grading: TH		 3 c
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Eligibility

General entry requirements for bachelor's level (first cycle)
Applicants enrolled in a programme at Chalmers where the course is included in the study programme are exempted from fulfilling the requirements above.

Specific entry requirements

The same as for the programme that owns the course.
Applicants enrolled in a programme at Chalmers where the course is included in the study programme are exempted from fulfilling the requirements above.

Course specific prerequisites

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Aim

Improve the ability of students to lead and work in projects.

Learning outcomes (after completion of the course the student should be able to)

Describe state-of-the-art and important trends in project management, project management frameworks and project organizations in relation to industrial projects:
  • explain the driving forces and challenges for project management and project managers.
  • explain how decisions about projects and products will affect a company's business.
  • identify and account for current future trends.
  • describe and apply different forms of project management frameworks, including Water-Fall, Stage-gate, Vee, Lean and Agile project forms.
Describe the function for different project tools and some IT tools for project management and planning:
  • describe basic project management concepts and tools.
  • design a WBS according to accepted principles for industrial projects.
  • adapt a project life cycle model according to principles for rolling wave planning and be able to follow-up and adapt it to the product life cycle.
  • write a project plan adapted to a specific project.
  • design and describe project goals.
  • categorize different project challenges based on its complexity, e.g. using the NTCP framework.
Describe how projects can be used to control development work in complex organizations.
  • explain and analyze management problems in project environments with the support of appropriate literature.
  • evaluate organizational learning and lessons learned through projects.
  • compare and adapt different frameworks for project-controlled organizations.
  • describe different roles in a project, types of leadership and ways to create motivation in project work.
  • use literature to critically evaluate project management models.

Content

  • Organization of projects and organizational aspects.
  • Project management and learning.
  • Project planning, breakdown of activities and control.
  • Design of teams, skills and working methods.
  • Digital tools for project management, portfolio management and follow-up.

Organisation

The course is organized around a series of lectures, mandatory exersizes and a project work.

Literature

Shenhar, Aaron J., and Dov Dvir. Reinventing project management: the diamond approach to successful growth and innovation. Harvard Business Review Press, 2007.
Steven R. Hirshorn, NASA systems engineering handbook rev 2 (available online and as PDF), 2017.

Examination including compulsory elements

For completion of the course the students must have at least a "passed" grade on a home exam, on the project work and attended the compulsory lectures and exersices. The final grade depends on the results from both the home exam and from the project work.

The course examiner may assess individual students in other ways than what is stated above if there are special reasons for doing so, for example if a student has a decision from Chalmers on educational support due to disability.