NSCPHD1103 Project Management
This course introduces you to basic concepts and tools to be used in project management. The knowledge and skills you will received are generic and transferable across organizations and different kind of projects.
Aiming at how to manage a project the course will take you through the different phases in a project: 1) defining, 2) planning, 3) executing and 4) closing. The focus in the course will be on the planning phase and you will be presented with tools useful to steer deliverables, cost, time, risk management and stakeholder management. The planning phase is crucial for steering the execution of a project but so is the ability to lead a project team. Therefore the course will touch on how to lead a team and team dynamics. The course provides a basic understanding of the different parts of project management in order to develop the skills of the PhD-students contributing to a future job. But the knowledge and skills the course provides are not only for future use. PhD-students can apply the project management tools to their own PhD-project. The course will be a mix of lectures, exercises and teamwork. There will be examples from how companies work with projects and the course will be conducted in corporation with professional project managers from private companies.
On completion of the course the participant is expected to
have gained a practical foundation for planning, controlling and
conducting projects.
This includes knowledge of:
- The concepts of projects, diffent phases and the
project life cycle
- Team dynamics
- Project Leadership
And skills/experiences in:
- Defining a project
- Planning for milestones and deliverables
- Scheduling for costs, time and resources
- Risk and stakeholder management
Larson, E.W. & C.F. Gray: "Project Management. The
Managerial Process". 6th ed. McGraw-Hill. International
Edition
[It is important that you get hold of the International
Edition!]
Two weeks after the last course day each course participant must hand in a reflection essay.
- Category
- Hours
- Exercises
- 4
- Lectures
- 8
- Preparation
- 26
- Project work
- 22
- Total
- 60
Send an email not later than 13th April
to project-management@ifro.ku.dk
Indicate full name, CPRno. and KU username.
- Credit
- 2,5 ECTS
- Type of assessment
- OtherAssessment of essay
- Exam registration requirements
- Participation during the entire course
- Marking scale
- completed/not completed
- Censorship form
- No external censorship
- Exam period
- Friday 22nd May
- Re-exam
- Personal arrangement
Criteria for exam assesment
See Learning Outcome
Course information
- Language
- English
- Course code
- NSCPHD1103
- Credit
- 2,5 ECTS
- Level
- Ph.D.
- Duration
- Placement
- Spring
- Schedule
- Dates: 4th-8th May 2015
A full course program including a detailed plan for the pre-course reading will be available two weeks prior to the first course day. Expect activities between 8.30 am and 5.00 pm. - Course capacity
- Maximum 36 (minimum 16)
- Continuing and further education
- Price
PhD students in the Graduate School of Science: DKK 3000. Other UCPH: According to Internal Market. Phd Students for Open Market partners: DKK 5250 plus VAT. Others: DKK 7.000 plus VAT
- Study board
- Natural Sciences PhD Committee
Contracting department
- Department of Food and Resource Economics
Course responsibles
- Tina Hansen (3-847978507976827f3e7b853e747b)
- Anders Dahl (3-717e74507976827f3e7b853e747b)
Lecturers
Morten Meldgaard, Project Director, Chr. Hansen A/S