ITF31314 Project Management (Autumn 2015)

The course is connected to the following study programs

This course is compulsory in:

• Bachelor in Computer Science
• Bachelor in Information Systems
• Bachelor in Digital Media Production
• Bachelor in Digital Media

Prerequisites

The course requires knowledge equivalent to the course Introduction to Programming.

The student's learning outcomes after completing the course

Knowledge

The student is familiar with:

• standard techniques for organising and managing projects
• planning and estimating project resources
• risk management and quality assurance of projects

Skills

The student can:

• contribute to planning and implementing a project
• use methods to estimate and plan the use of resources in a project
• explain the project process

General competence

The student has knowledge and experience of different ways of organising projects and experience that can be used in project management.

Content

• Handling different aspects of projects:
• establishment
• scope
• time management
• resources
• quality
• risk
• purchasing
• control and completion
• Configuration management
• Composition of project groups
• The Nordic model
• Concept development
• Presentation techniques

Forms of teaching and learning

Lectures, project work and tutorials.

Workload

Up to 4 hours of lectures and 2 hours laboratory per week.

Coursework requirements - conditions for taking the exam

• Attendance at at least 6 guest lectures
• 10 submissions (one of which is a post-project analysis)

Examination

Project and oral exam in groups

The exam consists of two components.

Group project
Grades are awarded individually on the basis of pass or fail.

Students must achieve a pass grade for the project before they may take the oral exam.

Oral exam lasting approximately 20?30 minutes
The oral exam is linked to the project and is a pitch of the project.
No support materials permitted.

A final overall individual grade is awarded on the basis of a grading scale of A-F.

Students must take both exam components in the case of resit exams. The project must be discussed with the course instructor in the case of resit exams or rescheduled exams.

Course evaluation

This course is evaluated as follows:

• Mid-semester evaluation (optional)
• Final evaluation (compulsory)

The course instructor prepares a course report on the basis of student feedback and on his/her own experiences of the course. Course reports are discussed with the Committee for Study Quality at the Faculty of Computer Sciences.

Literature

Updated August 2014

Karlsen, Jan Terje (2012): Prosjektledelse - fra initiering til gevinstrealisering. Universitetsforlaget, ISBN 978-82-15-01987-1.