Titular Professors
The course includes the following learning outcomes (the Degree to which they belong is indicated in parentheses):
- Use of a project-based methodology to enhance efficiency in management (GC, GK, GS, GT, GM, GI, EB)
- Knowledge of Project Management (GC, GK, GS, GT, GI)
- Mastery of Project Management (GM, EB)
- Mastery of teamwork to implement projects using Project Management (TG)
- Ability to apply Project Management knowledge to small and large companies (TG)
- Ability to manage time and information effectively (EB)
- Being prepared to take courses in a third language, English (EB)
- Knowledge about the engineering profession, what technology is, and its importance in management (EB)
- Communicating clearly in both oral and written expression (EB)
- Demonstrating the ability to plan and manage the achievement of specific learning objectives within the context of autonomous and/or team work (EB)
Topic 1: Start of the project, strategy and stakeholders
This topic works on how to start a project framed in the situation of the company by understanding the context of the company in order to align the decisions that will be taken within the framework of the project. At this point, we introduce the stakeholders: who they are, how we analyze them and, above all, how we manage them.
Topic 2: Project management based on the PMBok
The world of project management has changed a lot in recent years, especially because different methodologies have adapted to different sectors and different types of projects. In this topic we see the planning phase of a project as recommended by the PMI (Project Management Institute). We go through the basics of this phase: defining scope, time, costs, and risk analysis.
Topic 3: Project management based on Agile methodology
Introduction to the Agile methodology, how we treat the concepts of: scope, time, cost and risks, from this methodology.
The teaching methodology used in the course combines:
Seminars to explain the concepts
Exercises to work on the concepts
Projects, to be able to apply the knowledge to a real-life situation.
Experiential activities
The evaluation system consists of the following parts:
· Project 1 (predictive methodology):
- Weighting: 25%.
- Note_P1:
· 50%: Documentation grade x P2P assessment.
· 50%: Oral evaluation.
· Conditions:
- You must have delivered the nest item to be able to do the oral evaluation:
· Project documentation.
· Answer the P2P.
- To pass the project 1 you must have a minimum of 5 in the oral evaluation.
- Minimum grade to be weighted: 5
- If the student fails, they must redo it in an extraordinary period, with a maximum grade of 5.
- Highly significant assessment activity.
· Project 2 (agile methodology):
- Weighting: 25%
- Documentation grade x P2P assessment
- Minimum grade to be weighted: 5
- If the student fails, they must redo it in an extraordinary period, with a maximum grade of 5.
- Highly significant assessment activity.
· Follow-up:
- Weighting: 15%
- Grade:
· 20% average of the project follow-up grades.
· 80% average of the concepts follow-up.
- Minimum grade to be weighted: 5
- If it is failed there is NO retake, so the subject must be retaken entirely.
· Class activities:
- Weighting: 5%.
- Grade: Kick Off activity.
- Minimum grade to be weighted: 5
- If it is failed there is NO retake, so the subject must be retaken entirely.
· Exam:
- Weighting: 30%.
- Exam grade.
- Minimum grade to be weighted: 5
- If the student fails, they must redo it in an extraordinary period.
- Highly significant assessment activity.
Please note that:
· P2P assessments must be justified.
· According to the P2P evaluations and/or the teacher's supervision, students who do not follow the pace of work will be warned and the group will be intervened. Intervention will depend on the situation.
· If the student is not in class at the time of being evaluated, he/she will lose that day evaluation and will be weighted with a 0.
· If copying is detected in any of the activities, the published copying rules will be applied, taking into account that all of them are considered highly significant in the subject.
If the student fails or has an NP in any of the parts, they will have to take the extraordinary evaluation of the part not passed if it is recoverable:
· If they have failed any of the projects, they will have to deliver another project provided by the professors. This will be developed individually and with a maximum grade of 5.
· If they have failed the exam, it must be retaken during the extraordinary period.
Use of AI tools: If AI tools are used in any activity, a paragraph must be included in the activity description stating how the AI was used and what prompts or instructions were given to obtain the results. Failure to do so constitutes a violation of academic honesty policies.
According to the assessments of the peer review and the supervision of the teacher, students who do not follow the work rhythm will be warned and the group will be separated to finish the work. In order to pass the subject, it is necessary to pass the group part and the individual part separately with a minimum of 5.
Recommended books:
- A guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge Project Management Institute www.pmi.org
- Project Management A systems approach to planning, scheduling, and controlling H. Kerzner