Project Management

level of course unit

First cycle, Bachelor

Learning outcomes of course unit

The students are able to:
• Understand the importance of project management for a company.
• Describe generic project phases and project results.
• Use methods to define project goals, define project scope and plan tasks, duration and resource requirements.
• Identify roles and participants in a project.
• Understand the importance of communication in projects.
• Apply methods to manage projects.
• Understand the reasons for the failure of projects and the corresponding measures.
• Understand the difference between single and multi-project management.

prerequisites and co-requisites

not applicable

course contents

• Presentation of the specifics of the project organization and the organizational integration into, impact on, or resulting problems in companies.
• Imparting basic project management methods, such as
• Planning of goals, structure, time, costs and organization
• Performing environment, risk and interdependency analyses or project controlling/communication in the various phases of projects (start, implementation/controlling, conclusion) on the basis of a selected project management standard.
• Addressing the relevant social skills for successful project work and the mediation of successful practical projects and typical pitfalls.
• Classification of the terms project management, program management and multi-project management.