Project Management (E)

First cycle, Bachelor

The participants 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
• work in a stressful and new environment and are successful in dynamic situations (Work-Life-Management).

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• 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.

• Gareis (2005): Happy Projects!: Project and programme management. Project portfolio management. Management of the project-oriented organization. Management in the project-oriented society, 1. Aufl., MANZ Verlag Wien
• Patzak, Rattay (2014): Projektmanagement: Leitfaden zum Management von Projekten, Projektportfolios und projektorientierten Unternehmen, 6. Aufl., Linde Verlag Wien

Exam

English

2

Lecture

3