Titular Professors
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)
- Project 2 (agile methodology)
- Follow-up
- Class activities
- Exam
- Project 1 (predictive methodology): 25%.
- Project 2 (agile methodology): 25%
- Follow-up: 15%
- Class activities: 5%.
- Exam: 30%
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