Course: Creative project management

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Course title Creative project management
Course code KKTS/KPMAG
Organizational form of instruction Lesson
Level of course Master
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter
Number of ECTS credits 2
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course unspecified
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Šviráková Eva, Ing. 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
Lecturing, Dialogic (Discussion, conversation, brainstorming)
  • Preparation for course credit - 6 hours per semester
prerequisite
Knowledge
Knowledge of fields and issues of cultural and creative industries.
Knowledge of fields and issues of cultural and creative industries.
Knowledge of the field of cultural and creative industries.
Knowledge of the field of cultural and creative industries.
learning outcomes
The student uses the necessary amount of knowledge and develops the ability to take critical opinions and formulate theoretical and practical concepts.
The student is able to practically apply the acquired advanced knowledge, critically review and formulate theoretical concepts.
The student is able to practically apply the acquired advanced knowledge, critically review and formulate theoretical concepts.
The student uses the necessary amount of knowledge and develops the ability to take critical opinions and formulate theoretical and practical concepts.
The student can explain basic concepts such as project, triple bottom line, stakeholders, risk, milestone, project goal, mandate, and project schedule.
The student can explain basic concepts such as project, triple bottom line, stakeholders, risk, milestone, project goal, mandate, and project schedule.
The student understands universal agile principles for project management and is able to explain them and give examples.
The student understands universal agile principles for project management and is able to explain them and give examples.
The student can explain why we divide the life cycle of a project into its management phases and can list the relevant documents for each phase.
The student can explain why we divide the life cycle of a project into its management phases and can list the relevant documents for each phase.
The student can describe the meaning and purpose of using Gantt charts, Kanban boards, the Scrum process, Standup meetings, Retrospectives, and other elements of project management.
The student can describe the meaning and purpose of using Gantt charts, Kanban boards, the Scrum process, Standup meetings, Retrospectives, and other elements of project management.
The student can interpret the concept of customer value and justify why user experience is the primary concern in the project.
The student can interpret the concept of customer value and justify why user experience is the primary concern in the project.
The student can explain the difference between the predictive (waterfall) approach to project management and the agile approach to project management.
The student can explain the difference between the predictive (waterfall) approach to project management and the agile approach to project management.
The student can compare and explain the differences between a hierarchical WBS and a product backlog.
The student can compare and explain the differences between a hierarchical WBS and a product backlog.
The student can write a Design Challenge and a User Story according to the agile approach to project management and can compare these methods and explain the analogy with examples.
The student can write a Design Challenge and a User Story according to the agile approach to project management and can compare these methods and explain the analogy with examples.
Skills
The student selects key information from the assignment of the head of the organization and compiles a Business Case for the project.
The student selects key information from the assignment of the head of the organization and compiles a Business Case for the project.
The student analyzes the problem of the organization and proposes options for solving the problem to be solved by the project.
The student analyzes the problem of the organization and proposes options for solving the problem to be solved by the project.
The student proposes and appropriately articulates a design challenge for the project as input to determine the project's goal.
The student proposes and appropriately articulates a design challenge for the project as input to determine the project's goal.
The student selects key information from the minutes of the project team meeting and creates a Project Summary, identifying project deliverables and specifying them for the project schedule.
The student selects key information from the minutes of the project team meeting and creates a Project Summary, identifying project deliverables and specifying them for the project schedule.
The student plans the progress of work on the project as a project schedule and uses a Gantt chart to do this independently.
The student plans the progress of work on the project as a project schedule and uses a Gantt chart to do this independently.
The student critically monitors the actual implementation of the project against the plan and compares the planned and actual results of the project. Independently creates a report on the completion of the project and is able to record any differences from the plan.
The student critically monitors the actual implementation of the project against the plan and compares the planned and actual results of the project. Independently creates a report on the completion of the project and is able to record any differences from the plan.
The student reviews another student's documentation and approaches to creating project documents from the position of a project manager.
The student reviews another student's documentation and approaches to creating project documents from the position of a project manager.
teaching methods
Knowledge
Dialogic (Discussion, conversation, brainstorming)
Dialogic (Discussion, conversation, brainstorming)
Lecturing
Lecturing
assessment methods
Oral examination
Oral examination
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.


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