Project planning and management

Short course description

Content of the short-term learning experience

• The importance of project-based work in the company 
• Project selection and evaluation (economic and other aspects of project evaluation)
• Project planning process
• Preparation and launch of projects / project documentation
• Computer-aided project planning and scheduling
• Project economics (project costing, cost and cash flow)
• Project risk management
• Project change management
• Computer-assisted project management and implementation
• Project organisation
• Project control (schedule and cost)

Objectives and competences

Objectives:

• to demonstrate the importance of projects and project management in production and in manufacturing firms
• to present how do we implement project start-up (start-up document),
• to qualify students for efficient project planning, organisation, execution and control,
• to qualify students for the use of computer software for project planning and execution.

Competence:

• Understanding and solving engineering problems that are interdisciplinary, and require project-oriented approach to be solved.
• Ability to acquire relevant information in real project;
• Ability to work in team.

Prerequisites for enrolling

No prerequisites.