Project Management

Within Project Management we offer two lectures, two tutorials and one seminar.

The lecture Project Management is an introduction to the basics of operational project management, the lecture Strategic Project Management focuses on managing a multi-project environment.

Every lecture is accompanied by a tutorial which introduces the students to project management tools by working on specific examples.

The seminar is set up for students with prior knowledge of project management and focuses on case studies on important challenges in managing projects sucessfully.

Overview Project Management Modules

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Detailed course contents

Project Management

Lecture Project Management

• Project management in plant and engine construction as well as service companies
• Organization and functions of project management
  
• Project team and project responsibility
  
• Product design and project planning (design, operation, and capacity planning, scheduling and budgeting)
• Project handling, Project phases

Tutorial Project Management

• Managerial tasks within different phases of project planning and controlling
• Application of project planning and controlling methods on practical case studies
• Experience in working with the project management tool MS Project
• Working in small groups
  

Seminar Project Management

• Project management for organizational projects
  
• Project oriented corporation
• Weeaknesses in current project management
  
• Implementation of PM processes like project planning and controlling
• Accompanying measures:

  • Corporate communication
  • Tools
  • Structuring a Project Office and multi-project management
  • Training and Recruitment of project managers

Strategic Project Management

Lecture Strategic Project Management

• Project oriented leadership as a top management task
• Process models in project management
• Benefit analysis of projects and project proposals
  
• Project portfolio management
  
• Strategic resource management in a multi project environment
  
• Strategic resource management from an organizational perspective
  
• Multi project controlling approach
  
• Evaluation of degree of maturity models in project management