Course syllabus - Project Management

Objectives

The aim of the course is to give insight, provide knowledge and skills about concepts, methodologies, and techniques for setting up goals, initiating, planning, organizing, and controlling different types of projects.

Learning outcomes

Student shall show ability to:

1. Select, initiate, and plan a project.
2. Demonstrate skills in leadership, negotiations, conflict and risk management.
3. Schedule the project using techniques such as CPM and PERT.
4. Allocate resources to complete the project on time and within budget.
5. Monitor the progress of the project.
6. Use the Microsoft Project software package.
7. Conduct and present a study using methodologies, concepts and techniques of project management.

Course content

Project characteristics and project environment, setting goals, the project manager, risk management, management styles, establishing project plans, planning methods including bar charting, CPM and PERT, project organization including functional, project, and matrix structures, conflict and negotiation, financing projects, project budgeting and cost estimation, expediting projects, resource loading and resource leveling, project control, project evaluation and project termination, project management applications.
An independent study relating to some aspects of project management concepts and techniques should be done in the form of a written project work.

Tuition

The teaching will essantially include classroom lectures, seminars, exercises, and homework.

Specific requirements

15 credits Business Administration related courses,15 credits engineering science, 15 credits industrial production and/or product development and a Bachelor's degree in the fields of technology from an institution of higher education of three years or more, equivalent to at least 180 credits with at least 22,5 credits in mathematics/applied mathematics or a Bachelor's degree in the fields of economics, business or science from an institution of higher education of three years or more, equivalent to at least 180 credits with at least 22,5 credits in mathematics/applied mathematics with one year of working experience in the industry. In addition Swedish course B/Swedish course 3 and English course A/English course 6 are required. For courses given entirely in English exemption is made from the requirement in Swedish course B/Swedish course 3.

Examination

Project (PRO1), 7.5 credits, marks 3, 4 or 5
Examination (TEN1), 7.5 credits, marks 3, 4 or 5

A student who has a certificate from MDU regarding a disability has the opportunity to submit a request for supportive measures during written examinations or other forms of examination, in accordance with the Rules and Regulations for Examinations at First-cycle and Second-cycle Level at Mälardalen University (2020/1655). It is the examiner who takes decisions on any supportive measures, based on what kind of certificate is issued, and in that case which measures are to be applied.

Suspicions of attempting to deceive in examinations (cheating) are reported to the Vice-Chancellor, in accordance with the Higher Education Ordinance, and are examined by the University’s Disciplinary Board. If the Disciplinary Board considers the student to be guilty of a disciplinary offence, the Board will take a decision on disciplinary action, which will be a warning or suspension.

Grade

Pass with distinction, Pass with credit, Pass, Fail

Interim Regulations and Other Regulations

Overlap with 15 ECTS to KE2050 and 7,5 to KE2060 and KN3030