1 st year, 3 ECTS
The aim of the course is to acquire basic knowledge to enable students to understand a wide range of possibilities of applying project management concept both in research activities and in practice. Topics to be covered include:
- Introduction to the project management
- Defining the context of project management implementation
- The importance and role of strategy in the context of project management
- Role and importance of project manager and appropriate project organizational structure
- Project preparation and implementation (project initiation; project planning; determining project goals; developing project Gantt charts; defining project roles and responsibilities; determining project parameters and indicators; developing project budgets; optimizing project resources; identifying and assessing risks within the project)
- Monitoring and completion of project implementation
- Presentation of project proposals prepared by students during the exercises and their analysis
Students will also, in teams, gain experience of preparing a sample project proposal.