Code: 128PMA Project Management
Lecturer: doc. Ing. Dalibor Vytlačil CSc. Weekly load: 2P+2C Completion: A, EX
Department: 11128 Credits: 4 Semester: W,S
Description:
Annotation: Project definition and production processes. Project Life Cycles. The project goal setting. Organizational structures - project organization, matrix organizational form. Project management team and the project office. The description of the contracts. Network scheduling techniques - CPM, PERT. Management of the resources. Project management information systems. Analytical methods used in the project management. The content of the feasibility studies.
Contents:
Project definition and production processes.
Project Life Cycles. The project goal setting.
Organizational structures - traditional organization, matrix organizational form.
Project management team and the project office.
The description of the contracts.
Network scheduling techniques - CPM, PERT.
Management of the resources.
Earned value.
Agil methods - basic overview.
Seminar contents:
Analytical methods used in the project management.
Cause/Effect diagram.
Analysis of the real project.
The content of the feasibility studies.
Recommended literature:
E.G.Frankel, Project management in Engineering services and development, Butterworths, 1990.
J.R.Meredith, Project management - A Managerial APProach, Wiley, 1995.
A.Shtub, J.Bard, S.Globerson, Project management - Engineering, technology and implementation, Prentice Hall, 1994
Keywords:
project goals, time schedule, critical path method, optimization of resources, contract

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