LFKK10278U Project Management
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Projects are increasingly the organisational principle in most
science related sectors. Technological innovation, organisational
development and change processes, development aid and
capacity-building, and most consultancy jobs are organised as
projects. The ability to participate in and manage projects
efficiently is fundamental for science professionals.
The course is an introductory course to project management. The
course will deal with project management concepts and models.
Project management phases, topics and activities will be introduced
including factors influencing the planning of the different project
phases: definition, planning, execution and closure.
Participants will be introduced to the elements of planning, implementation and evaluation of ongoing project management based on detailed planning and scheduling, project follow-up and ongoing leadership.
During the course participants will be introduced to and work with swot analysis, stakeholder analysis, risk analysis, objective definition, work break-down structure, milestone plan and estimation of time and cost.
Leadership in projects will be introduced focusing on techniques for managing task complexity, establishing and leading teamwork, managing meetings, process facilitation and providing individual and team feedback.
The objective of the course is to provide participants with the
knowledge, skills and competencies necessary to participate in high
performance projects. On completion of the course the participant
will be able to design project management processes based on
critical reflection on their own personal experiences, the dynamics
of project management, the concrete task and the organisational and
cultural characteristics of the context.
On completion of the course the student will be able to:
Knowledge
• Define and explain project management concepts, models, phases,
topics and activities.
• Explain factors influencing the planning during project planning,
start-up, execution, evaluation and close-out phases.
• Characterise the dynamics of project management and leadership.
Skills
• Plan and organise specific project management activities
considering project complexity level.
• Plan, implement, evaluate and critically reflect on main project
processes based on identification of project scope, work break-down
structure, milestone plan, resource and time schedule.
• Plan, implement and evaluate application of project planning
tools such as complexity, stakeholder and risk analyses, and
project scoping.
Competences
• Lead and facilitate a project team performing overall and ongoing
project management activities.
• Evaluate overall project planning and provide constructive
feedback.
• Analyse and manage central management and leadership issues in
relation to project process facilitation, meeting management,
teambuilding and team performance.
• Reflect on own project management practise and apply experiences
in future practise.
See Absalon for course litterature
- Category
- Hours
- Lectures
- 37
- Preparation
- 44
- Practical exercises
- 24
- Project work
- 92
- Guidance
- 5
- Exam
- 4
- Total
- 206
As the groups work with their project in class feedback on decisions made by the groups and implementation of tools is offered during the whole course.
Peer feedback is organized at different stages in the flow of the project work.
Oral feedback will be given when the groups present their final results.
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- Credit
- 7,5 ECTS
- Type of assessment
- On-site written exam, 4 hours
- Type of assessment details
- The exam is a written individual exam. The student will be
given a number of questions and cases that needs to be answered and
analysed. The questions/cases will cover the curriculum broadly.
Weight: 100% written examination.
The on-site written exam is an ITX exam.
See important information about ITX-exams at Study Information, menu point: Exams -> Exam types and rules -> Written on-site exams (ITX) - Exam registration requirements
Active participation in group based project work during the course is required. The project report must be approved for students to take the exam.
Another requirement is that the student must write a personal learning reflection paper at the end of the course.
- Aid
- All aids allowed
As the exam is an ITX-exam, the University will make computers available to students at the ITX-exam.
Students are not permitted to bring digital aids like computers, tablets, calculators, mobile phones etc.
Books, notes, and similar materials can be brought in paper form or uploaded before the exam and accessed digitally from the ITX computer. Read more about this at Study Information
- Marking scale
- 7-point grading scale
- Censorship form
- No external censorship
Several internal examiners
- Re-exam
As the ordinary if more than 10 register for the exam.
If 10 or fewer register for the reexamination the examination form will be oral. It will last 20 minutes, no preparation and no aids. The examination will be broadly in curriculum and the students will get the questions in advance.
If the exam registration requirements have not been fulfilled the course must be retaken.
Criteria for exam assesment
To obtain the grade 12 the student is required to fulfill the described learning outcome
Course information
- Language
- English
- Course code
- LFKK10278U
- Credit
- 7,5 ECTS
- Level
- Full Degree Master
- Duration
- 1 block
- Placement
- Block 3
- Schedule
- A
- Course capacity
- 70
The number of places might be reduced if you register in the late-registration period (BSc and MSc) or as a credit or single subject student.
Study board
- Study Board of Natural Resources, Environment and Animal Science
Contracting department
- Department of Food and Resource Economics
Contracting faculty
- Faculty of Science
Course Coordinators
- Anders Dahl (and@ifro.ku.dk)
- Tina Hansen (tih@ifro.ku.dk)
Lecturers
Morten Meldgaard is teaching parts of the course