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Syllabus 2019-20 - 72813003 - Project Management (Gestión de proyectos)

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DEGREE: Máster en Administración de Empresas (MBA) (72813003)
FACULTY: Centro de Estudios de Postgrado
DEGREE: Máster Univ. en Planificación y gestión sostenible del turismo (78913003)
FACULTY: Centro de Estudios de Postgrado
ACADEMIC YEAR: 2019-20
COURSE: Project Management
SYLLABUS
1. COURSE BASIC INFORMATION
NAME: Project Management
CODE: 72813003 (*) ACADEMIC YEAR: 2019-20
LANGUAGE: English LEVEL: 3
ECTS CREDITS: 4.0 YEAR: 1 SEMESTER: SC
2. LECTURER BASIC INFORMATION
NAME: BRUQUE CÁMARA, SEBASTIÁN JUAN
DEPARTMENT: U136 - ORG. DE EMPRESAS, MÁRKETING Y SOCIOLOGÍA
FIELD OF STUDY: 650 - ORGANIZACIÓN DE EMPRESAS
OFFICE NO.: B1 - 114 E-MAIL: sbruque@ujaen.es P: 953212620
WEBSITE: http://www10.ujaen.es/conocenos/departamentos/orgmarsoc/area-de-organizacion-de-empresas
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7330-6639
LANGUAGE: English LEVEL: 3
NAME: Lopez, Miguel
DEPARTMENT: -
FIELD OF STUDY: -
OFFICE NO.: - E-MAIL: mlopez@vanadis.es P: 610 428 969
WEBSITE: www.vanadis.es
LANGUAGE: English LEVEL: 3
 
3. CONTENT DESCRIPTION

Introduction to Project Management. Foundation principles of Project Management. Evolution of the discipline of PM. The cost-schedule-quality equilibrium. PM Life Cycle. PM functions. Project Managers and Leaders. Microsoft Project: Guidelines for Effective Use. Defining the Project. The role of the stakeholders in PM. Key documents in PM. The Planning Process. Risk Management in the Planning of Projects. Work breakdown structure. Realistic scheduling. Accurate estimating of costs and schedules. Balancing the trade-off among cost, schedule and quality. Controlling the project. Team building in PM. Communication management among Project Stakeholders. Measuring progress in PM. Controlling and Key Performance Indicators in Project Management. Problem solving in PM. Advanced PM. Enterprise PM: Coordination of all Projects and Projects resources in the organization. Project Portfolio Management. Lean Principles and PM. PM in a global environment. PM with global teams.

4. COURSE DESCRIPTION AND TEACHING METHODOLOGY

-Participacin activa en la clase. -Participacin en los debates -Participacin en el trabajo grupal -Active class participation -Forums/discussion participation -Teamwork participation Dominio de los conocimientos tericos y operativos de la materia. -Command of the theoretical and operative knowledge of the course -Entrega de los casos-problemas bien resueltos. -En cada trabajo se analizar: Estructura del trabajo, calidad de la documentacin, originalidad, ortografa y presentacin -Project/case solving. The following features will be taken into account for the projects/cases evaluation: Structure, quality of documentation, accurateness, wording and overall presentation

Students with special educational needs should contact the Student Attention Service (Servicio de Atención y Ayudas al Estudiante) in order to receive the appropriate academic support

5. ASSESSMENT METHODOLOGY

Direct profesor perusal/observation 30% Theoretical exam 40% 4 Projects/cases (at least 2 individual and at least 1 in groups) 30%

6. BOOKLIST
MAIN BOOKLIST:
  • Results without authority [Recurso electrónico] : controlling a project when the team doesn't report. Edition: 2nd ed. Author: Kendrick, Tom. Publisher: New York : AMACOM, c2012  (Library)
  • Case studies in project, program, and organizational project management [Recurso electrónico]. Edition: -. Author: -. Publisher: Hoboken, N.J. : Wiley, c2010  (Library)
  • The fast forward MBA in project management [Recurso electrónico]. Edition: 4th ed. Author: Verzuh, Eric. Publisher: Hoboken, N.J. : Wiley, c2011  (Library)
  • Project management: case studies. Edition: 4th ed.. Author: Kerzner, Harold. Publisher: Hoboken, N.J.: John Wiley, 2013  (Library)
  • Project Management Handbook. Edition: -. Author: -. Publisher: New York [etc.]: springer, 2015  (Library)
  • Project Management for Engineers. Edition: -. Author: Bennett, J. Michael. Publisher: Singapore : World Scientific, cop. 2014  (Library)
ADDITIONAL BOOKLIST:
  • Principles of operations management. Edition: 7th ed. Author: Heizer, Jay.. Publisher: Upper Saddle River (New Yersey) : Prentice-Hall, [2008]  (Library)