Course: Project Management

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Course title Project Management
Course code KŘE/PJM
Organizational form of instruction Lecture + Lesson
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study 1
Semester Summer
Number of ECTS credits 5
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course Compulsory
Form of instruction unspecified
Work placements unspecified
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Klarner Lukáš, Ing.
  • Vrchota Jaroslav, doc. Ing. Ph.D.
Course content
Lectures: 1. Introduction to project management issues. 2. Historical development of PJM. 3. PJM Knowledge Areas. 4. Processes and phases. 5. Planning process. 6. Control process. 7. Schedule and links. 8. Risk management. 9. Methods of decision making. 10. Human Resources in Projects. 11. Stakeholders. 12. The contractual framework of projects. 13. Project management software. 14. Current trends in PJM (lecture of practitioner). Exercises: Within the framework of the exercises the students work on a team seminar work, which corresponds both to the scope and to the full application for support from the Ministry of Industry and Trade for SMEs within the framework of the project challenges and practice the project team management in MS Project environment.

Learning activities and teaching methods
Monologic (reading, lecture, briefing), Dialogic (discussion, interview, brainstorming), Project-based learning, Practical training
  • Preparation for exam - 28 hours per semester
  • Preparation for credit - 14 hours per semester
  • Class attendance - 42 hours per semester
  • Semestral paper - 56 hours per semester
Learning outcomes
The aim of the course is to understand the system of practical procedures and methodological instructions for project activities. The course focuses on the management and coordination of project activities that aim at efficient and effective use of available information for the right design of projects. Appropriate analytical and synthetic tools available in the project activity process are used here. The course deals with the management and creation, planning and implementation of projects. Practical use of project activities includes the preparation and submission of a project plan for SMEs
Students understand the basic principles of management.
Prerequisites


Assessment methods and criteria
Oral examination, Test, Seminar work

Credit requirements: test, team seminar work, individual seminar work, participation in seminars. Examination requirements: written test, oral exam.
Recommended literature
  • Doležal, Jan; Krátký, Jiří. Projektový management v praxi : naučte se řídit projekty!. První vydání. Praha : Grada, 2017. ISBN 978-80-247-5693-6.
  • Heldman, Kim. Effective Project Management. John Wiley & Sons, Inc., Indianapolis, Indiana, 2019. ISBN 978-1-119-56280-1.
  • Vrchota, J. Projektový management. České Budějovice: Jihočeská univerzita, Ekonomická fakulta, 2016.


Study plans that include the course
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