Course detail

Advanced Project Management Techniques

FP-IapmtPAcad. year: 2023/2024

The course follows basic master´s degree courses in the area of management, IT/ICT and managerial decision-making. The course focuses on explaining the basic theoretical concepts related to the selected techniques, methods and tools of project management and its practical application. The selection of techniques, methods and tools reflects new trends in project management.

Language of instruction

English

Number of ECTS credits

Mode of study

Not applicable.

Guarantor

doc. Ing. Radek Doskočil, Ph.D., MSc

Department

Institute of Informatics (ÚI)

Offered to foreign students

Of all faculties

Entry knowledge

Not applicable.

Rules for evaluation and completion of the course

The graded assessment has a written form. The condition for granting of graded assessment is processing of semester project until deadline and passing the credit test. The mark, which corresponds to the total sum of points achieved (max. 20 points), consists of points achieved by answering to open questions in the credit test.
The grades and corresponding points:
A (20-18), B (17-16), C (15-14), D (13-12), E (11-10), F (9-0).

See the conditions for the graded assessment.

Aims

The aim of the course is to deepen knowledge and skills in selected techniques, methods and tools of project management. Emphasis is placed on the interpretation of the necessary theoretical background as well as on practical application. Selected techniques, methods and tools reflect new trends in project management.
Students will be able to independently model concrete projects in all its basic aspects (time, resources, costs), and to consider these aspects in logical context. They will be able to recommend suitable techniques, methods and software tools to support project planning and management, including the possibility of using special software for modelling and simulation of selected project processes.

Study aids

See Course literature.
Study materials available on e-learning.

Prerequisites and corequisites

Not applicable.

Basic literature

Not applicable.

Recommended reading

DOLEŽAL, J. a kol. Projektový management: komplexně, prakticky a podle světových standardů. Praha: Grada Publishing, 2016. ISBN 978-80-247-5620-2.
LAWRENCE P. L. Critical Chain Project Management. Third edition. Norwood, United States: Artech House Publishers, 2014. ISBN-13 9781608077342.
SCHWALBE, K. Information Technology Project Management, Eight Edition. Cengage Learning, 2015. ISBN-13 978-1285452340.
YADAV, S.R., MALIK, A.K. Operations Research. New Delhi, India: Oxford University Press, 2014. ISBN 978-0-19-809618-4.

Classification of course in study plans

  • Programme MGR-IM Master's 2 year of study, summer semester, compulsory-optional

  • Programme MGR-Z Master's

    branch MGR-Z , 1 year of study, summer semester, elective

Type of course unit

 

Lecture

20 hod., optionally

Teacher / Lecturer

doc. Ing. Radek Doskočil, Ph.D., MSc