Project management, practice | Institute of Geosciences

Title of course: Project management, practice

Code: TTGMG6502_EN

ECTS Credit points: 2

Type of teaching, contact hours

- lecture: -

- practice: 2 hours/week

- laboratory: -

Evaluation: practical grade

Workload (estimated), divided into contact hours:

- lecture: - - practice: 28 hours

- laboratory: -

- home assignment: 22

- preparation for the exam: 10

Total: 60 hours

Year, semester: 1st year, 1st semester

Its prerequisite(s): -

Further courses built on it: -

Topics of course

Collect the elements of the project concept using brainstorming techniques. The 4 phases of projects. Different definition phases. Grouping of projects. Income and capital projects. Project planning cycles, models. Organisational culture of the project. Process actors, contributors. Project manager. Selection of project team members: using a skills database. Elements of the project process: goal planning. Phases of the project process: conceptual design. Elements of the project process: detailed design. Project documentation forms, feasibility study. Project effectiveness indicators. Sources, process and methods of financing. Project budget. Monitoring.

Literature

• Kogon, K., Blakemore, S., Wood, J. 2015. Project Management for the Unofficial Project Manager, BenBella Books, ISBN: 978-1941631102
• Watt, A. 2014. Project Management, BCcampus, ISBN: 9781774200131
• https://open.umn.edu/opentextbooks/formats/1723

Requirements:

- for a signature

Participation at practice classes is compulsory. Students must attend practice classes and may not miss more than three of them during the semester. In case a student does so, the subject will not be signed and the student must repeat the course. Attendance at practice classes will be recorded by the instructor. Being late is equivalent with an absence. In case of further absences, a medical certification needs to be presented. Besides everybody has to select a project from their country and has to make a presentation about it.

- for a grade

Everybody has to take two mid-term examinations during the semester at the end of the modules. The minimum requirement for the mid-term examinations is 50%. Based on the result of mid-term examination and the quality of presentation, the final grade is calculated as an average of them: - the quality of the presentation (35%) - the result of the examinations (70%) The grade for the course is given according to the following table:

If the score of student result is below 50, students can take a new written examination in conformity with the EDUCATION AND EXAMINATION RULES AND REGULATIONS.

-an offered grade:

Person responsible for course: Prof. dr.Gábor Kozma, PhD, DSc, Full Professor