The subject of Project Management offers a practical vision of the Project Manager profession, introducing the fundamental concepts, tools and techniques for project planning and monitoring. It also addresses the key skills and competencies needed to pursue this profession.
At the end of the course, students will be able to define a complete project, including its work breakdown structure (WBS), time planning, budgeting, and basic principles of risk management.
In addition, within the framework of the subject, the current perspectives of Project Management are explored, with an introduction to Agile methodologies.
Titular Professors
Not required.
By the end of the course, students will be able to understand what Project Management is and its role in engineering; plan, organize, and monitor projects efficiently; use basic tools such as project definition, WBS, scheduling, and budgeting; work in teams to develop projects in multidisciplinary environments; apply these skills in real business contexts, especially in small and medium-sized enterprises; manage their time and information effectively; communicate clearly both orally and in writing; organize their own learning and teamwork; and operate in academic or professional contexts where English is used.
Topic 1_Inici of the project, strategy and stakeholders:
In this topic, we work on how to start a project within the framework of the company's situation, understanding the context of the company in order to align the decisions that will be made within the framework of the project. At this point, the stakeholders are introduced: who they are, how we analyse them and, above all, how we manage them.
Topic 2_ Management of projects based on the PMBok:
The world of project management has changed a lot in recent years, especially because the different methodologies have been 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). It goes through the basic concepts of this phase: definition of scope, time, costs and risk analysis.
Topic 3_ Managament on Agile methodology:
Introduction to the Agile methodology, how we deal with 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
- 25% Projecte 1
- 25% Projecte 2
- 15% Seguiment
- 5% Activitats classe
- 30% Examen
The correct application of Project Management methodologies in the resolution of practical cases will be assessed; rigour and coherence in the planning, development and monitoring of projects; the conceptual understanding of the fundamentals of Project Management and its associated tools; the ability to define, structure and model projects, including WBS, time planning and budgeting; accuracy in risk analysis and decision-making; as well as clarity, organization and quality in the presentation of results, both oral and written, and the ability to work in a team in project environments.
Project Management Institute. (2017). A guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK guide) (6th ed.). Project Management Institute.
Project Management Institute. (2017). Agile practice guide. Project Management Institute.
Nieto-Rodriguez, A.(2021). Harvard Business Review Project management Handbook (HBR Handbooks)(1st ed.).Boston, MA: Harvard Business Review Press.
Heagney J. (2012). Fundamentals of project management (4th ed.). American Management Association.
Rasmusson, Jonathan (2017). The Agile Samurai: How agile masters deliver great software. Edited by Susannah Davidson Pfalzer.
Not required.