Description
As a synthesis of the Master, in the Final Master's Thesis (TFM) all the skills developed during the different subjects are concentrated. Over two consecutive periods and with the guidance of a tutor, a work is prepared where a problem is analysed and argued within the area of project management. Throughout the TFM the student will propose the study, elaboration and obtaining of preliminary results of the selected project to specialize their training. The work will be publicly defended before a court, being a requirement to have passed all the subjects of the program
Type Subject
Primer - Obligatoria
Semester
Second
Course
1
Credits
10.00

Titular Professors

Sònia Luengo Alvarez
Membre

Professors

Ricardo Torres Kompen
Laurentiu Neamtu Neamtu
Didier Grimaldi
Juan Antonio Castro Fernández
Pedro Manuel Grima Poveda
Objectives

1. Using the scientific method to solve a research problem.
2. Producing a document that shows the work that has been carried out.

Contents

TFM type 1.- Development and implementation projects of a product. In this case, taking a new product, the job is to draw up the development and implementation project. For this type of project, it is necessary that the product or implementation have innovative elements that generate a novel work on which to develop the research.

TFM type 2.- Process application proposals. In this case, taking an existing tool / process, the job consists of investigating its potential application to a specific sector. It is the application in a specific and new environment that generates a working hypothesis to be validated.

TFM type 3.- Generation of knowledge. The study of the generation of new tools, methodologies, rules, principles... that broaden the area of knowledge of project management is proposed. Given a problem detected in the project management area, the scientific method will be applied to corroborate a working hypothesis that will be verified through results obtained through qualitative / quantitative data collection methodologies. It must be based on a theoretical framework that gives scientific consistency to what is to be confirmed, that is, it requires a good frame of the question to be investigated or the starting hypothesis.

Methodology

The method of employment is based on the “Project Based Learning” (PBL), so that the subject is organized in:
• Work sessions supervised by teachers, who act as mentors for the work to be carried out, providing suggestions and guideline. It will be the responsibility of the students to investigate and deepen the best practices for the development of a project.
• Presentations in class of the different deliveries.
• Presentation and final defense before a court, which will evaluate the subject.

Evaluation

The assessment of the subject will be based on the individual performance of the student and the defense of the work before a court, according to the following distribution:

Evaluation Criteria

• Subject work (90%)
• Presentation to the court (10%)

Basic Bibliography

• Final Máster Project guide.

Additional Material

• Project Management Body of Knowledge – Sixth edition.
• Notes on the subjects of the master´s degree