Course: Hybrid approaches to project management

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Course title Hybrid approaches to project management
Course code KKTS/D1PRP
Organizational form of instruction Lecture
Level of course Doctoral
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter
Number of ECTS credits 0
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course Compulsory-optional
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Šviráková Eva, doc. Ing. Ph.D.
  • Gregor Lukáš, Mgr. Ph.D.
Course content
1. Project life cycle (concepts of PM, waterfall approach, agile approach, project products). 2. Phases of the design process (analogy with project management, differences, problems, iterative approach). 3. Pre-design phase, i.e., project inception (definition phase) or Mandate, Design Challenge, Understand, Observe. Customer Journey, Persona/User Profiles. 4. Project Phase. PM tools: Gameplan, Logical Framework, Project Canvas. DT Tools: Storytelling. 5. Project Planning, Find Ideas; PM Tools: Project Management Plan, Risk Management Plan, Schedule, Project Backlog, User Story, WBS, Critical Path, Estimating Time to Complete Activities. DT Tools: Dot Voting 6. Project Execution(including Project Monitoring and Controlling process MaC (Monitoring and Controlling see PMI), Prototype; PM Tools: EVM, Milestone Method, Review Meeting, Stand-up Meeting, Retrospective, Sprint, Scrum process, Kanban. DT tools: Minimum Viable Product. 7. Project Completion, Test; PM Tools. DT Tools: Experience Testing 8 - Post-project phase (evaluation), Reflect! PM tools. Reports on the implementation of project results and project benefits. DT: Lessons Learned.

Learning activities and teaching methods
  • Participation in classes - 10 hours per semester
prerequisite
Knowledge
Prerequisities are not set
Prerequisities are not set
Skills
Prerequisities are not set
Prerequisities are not set
learning outcomes
Knowledge
Explain basic concepts such as project, triple bottom line, stakeholders, risk, milestone, project goal, mandate, and project schedule.
Explain basic concepts such as project, triple bottom line, stakeholders, risk, milestone, project goal, mandate, and project schedule.
Clarify the meaning of universal agile project management principles.
Clarify the meaning of universal agile project management principles.
Explain the division of a project into project lifecycle management phases, sequencing, and assigning the appropriate project tools and documents.
Explain the division of a project into project lifecycle management phases, sequencing, and assigning the appropriate project tools and documents.
Explain the meaning and purpose of using the Gantt chart, Kanban board, Scrum process, Standup meeting, Retrospective, and other elements of a predictive and agile approach to project management.
Explain the meaning and purpose of using the Gantt chart, Kanban board, Scrum process, Standup meeting, Retrospective, and other elements of a predictive and agile approach to project management.
Demonstrate through case studies an understanding of the concept of customer value and justify why user experience is the primary concern in the project.
Demonstrate through case studies an understanding of the concept of customer value and justify why user experience is the primary concern in the project.
Skills
Select key information from the organization leader's brief and compile a Business Case for the project.
Select key information from the organization leader's brief and compile a Business Case for the project.
Analyze the complex problem of the organization and propose options for solving the problem that must be addressed by the project.
Analyze the complex problem of the organization and propose options for solving the problem that must be addressed by the project.
Properly propose and articulate the design challenge for the project as input to the project objective.
Properly propose and articulate the design challenge for the project as input to the project objective.
Extract key information from the project team meeting minutes, create a Project Summary, establish project deliverables, and specify them for the project schedule.
Extract key information from the project team meeting minutes, create a Project Summary, establish project deliverables, and specify them for the project schedule.
Critically monitor actual project implementation against the plan and compare planned and actual project results. Independently create a project completion report and evaluate any differences from the plan.
Critically monitor actual project implementation against the plan and compare planned and actual project results. Independently create a project completion report and evaluate any differences from the plan.
teaching methods
Knowledge
Individual work of students
Individual work of students
Dialogic (Discussion, conversation, brainstorming)
Dialogic (Discussion, conversation, brainstorming)
Practice exercises
Practice exercises
Skills
Teamwork
Teamwork
Experience (self-experience)
Experience (self-experience)
assessment methods
Knowledge
Analysis of a presentation given by the student
Analysis of a presentation given by the student
Recommended literature
  • DOLEŽAL, J. a kol.. Projektový management komplexně, prakticky a podle světových standardů. Praha: Grada Publishing, 2016. ISBN 978-80-247-5620-2.
  • DOLEŽAL, Jan a Jiří KRÁTKÝ. Projektový management v praxi: naučte se řídit projekty!. Praha, 2017. ISBN 978-80-247-5693-6.
  • LEWRICK, Michael, Patrick LINK a Larry J. LEIFER. The design thinking toolbox: a guide to mastering the most popular and valuable innovation methods.. New Jersey, 2020. ISBN 978-1-119-62919-1.


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