Project Management

2024/2025

Academic Year

ENG

Instruction in English

4

ECTS credits

Delivered at:

Department of Venture Management (Nizhny Novgorod) (Faculty of Management (Nizhny Novgorod))

Course type:

Compulsory course

When:

4 year, 1, 2 module

Instructor

Pimonova, Svetlana

Course Syllabus

Abstract

There is no one who has never had to organise a project in his or her life. Writing a graduate thesis or a scientific article, organising a holiday or a trip, not to mention business initiatives - these are all examples that meet the necessary characteristics of a project: they are time-limited, they are planned to be implemented at a cost that should not be exceeded. Most importantly, the result of such an activity is unique, as no two articles written in the same way or organisations designed in the same way are the same! The project can be planned and realised intuitively. In this case, it is not surprising if the expected timeframe is violated, costs exceed the desired value, and the result is not quite what was imagined at the project conception stage. It is possible to manage the project according to certain rules, using methods and tools developed by project management professionals. Then it will be easier to plan, execute and control the result of work, and the communication of your project ideas to partners, investors, colleagues and just potential helpers will be much more effective. The course "Project Management" is precisely about such methods and management tools that will help to plan a project and bring it to the desired result.

Learning Objectives

• The purpose of studying the discipline is to master the basic tools of project management used at the stages of initiation, project planning, its implementation, monitoring of effectiveness and completion.

Expected Learning Outcomes

• Be able to perform the qualitative and quantitive analysis, develop risk management planning and the planning process
• know how to develop a project budget
• Build a project team (define roles)
• A student develops a project team's knowledge map
• Can explain the role of organization mission, distinguish it from the goal, knows the main principles of goal-setting, can formulate SMART goals.
• Be able to estimate stakeholders’ engagement
• A student understands the purpose and relevance of a stakeholder analysis, knows ("feels") the ways to perform a stakeholder analysis in particular situation
• A student understands and may use matrix models for classification of stakeholders in cases under consideration
• Be able to create correct and transparent model for expected sales, costs, and CAPEX of a project.
• Develops a critical path for a project and knows how to calculate it

Course Contents

• Concept of the project. Goal setting according to SMART. Project resource planning.
• Project implementation period management.
• Project Team Management
• Communication management in project activities
• Calculating project metrics
• Risk management in the project

Assessment Elements

• Final testing
• Final individual project
• Working with product management software
• Case study on the company NORBIT

Interim Assessment

• 2024/2025 2nd module
  0.1 * Case study on the company NORBIT + 0.4 * Final individual project + 0.4 * Final testing + 0.1 * Working with product management software

Bibliography

Recommended Core Bibliography

• Chung, K. S. K., & Crawford, L. (2016). The Role of Social Networks Theory and Methodology for Project Stakeholder Management. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sbspro.2016.06.201
• HORVÁTH, V. (2019). Project Management Competence - Definitions, Models, Standards and Practical Implications. Vezetéstudomány / Budapest Management Review, 50(11), 2–17. https://doi.org/10.14267/ VEZ TUD.2019.11.01
• Koi-Akrofi, G. Y., Koi-Akrofi, J., & Matey, H. A. (2019). Understanding The Characteristics, Benefits And Challenges Of Agile IT Project Management: A Literature Based Perspective. https://doi.org/10.5121/ijsea.2019.10502
• M. N. Rudenko, & Yu. D. Subbotina. (2019). Assess the Maturity of Organization’s Project Management. Управленческое Консультирование, (7), 50. https://doi.org/10.22394/1726-1139-2019-7-50-55
• Project Management : Tutorial - 978-5-6048836-5-5 - Zarenkov V. A. - 2022 - Санкт-Петербург: Созидающий мир - https://ibooks.ru/bookshelf/389532 - 389532 - iBOOKS
• Project Management Institute. (2019). A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK(R) Guide-Sixth Edition / Agile Practice Guide Bundle (HINDI). [N.p.]: Project Management Institute. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=2240462
• Rebeka D. Vlahov, Maja Klindžić, & Mladen Radujković. (2019). Information Modeling of Behavioral Project Management Competencies. Ìnformacìjnì Tehnologì ì Zasobi Navčannâ, (1), 186. https://doi.org/10.33407/itlt.v69i1.2713
• Robert James Chapman. (2020). The Rules of Project Risk Management : Implementation Guidelines for Major Projects: Vol. Second edition. Routledge.
• Управление проектами : учебник и практикум для вузов / А. И. Балашов, Е. М. Рогова, М. В. Тихонова, Е. А. Ткаченко ; под общей редакцией Е. М. Роговой. — Москва : Издательство Юрайт, 2023. — 383 с. — (Высшее образование). — ISBN 978-5-534-00436-6. — Текст : электронный // Образовательная платформа Юрайт [сайт]. — URL: https://urait.ru/bcode/510590 (дата обращения: 27.08.2024).
• Управление проектами : фундаментальный курс, Ильина, О. Н., 2023
• Управление проектами. Фундаментальный курс : учебник, Аньшин В.М., 2013

Recommended Additional Bibliography

• Управление проектами : учебник и практикум для вузов, , 2022

Authors

• NAZAROV MIKHAIL GENNADEVICH
• Белохлебова Наталья Александровна
• PLATONOVA YULIYA ANDREEVNA
• PIMONOVA SVETLANA ALEKSANDROVNA