PROJECT & RISK MANAGEMENT
Διδάσκοντας/ουσα:
Κωδικός Μαθήματος:
II-9
Τύπος Μαθήματος:
Υποχρεωτικό Μάθημα Κατεύθυνσης
Έτος Σπουδών:
Α'
Εξάμηνο Σπουδών:
Εαρινό
Αριθμός Πιστωτικών Μονάδων (ECTS):
8
Γλώσσα Διδασκαλίας:
Greek
Περιγραφή:
This is one of the courses fully focused on the field of engineering economics and management, as graduates of the program will certainly be asked sooner or later to manage projects and apply the knowledge acquired during their training. The main objective of the course is to familiarize students with key project management methods/techniques, such as scheduling techniques (CPM, PERT), resource management and planning, and financial control. The course provides a comprehensive overview of project management activities, starting with the phases and ending with the specific knowledge and skills a project manager should possess, such as managing scope, human resources, quality and communication. Finally, the course includes a practical component in which students learn how to plan and manage projects using MS Project (commercial software available free of charge in the university's electronic services).
Προαπαιτήσεις:
None
Περιεχόμενο του μαθήματος (Syllabus):
1. The nature of project management, the relationship between projects and production systems, characteristics of projects. Elements, concepts, and terminology. Project life cycle, process-based approach, key sections for monitoring and optimizing results.
2. Definition of the project scope, task analysis and organization, administrative structure of implementation, defining the Project Charter and WBS.
3. Identification of the elements of the method used to design and optimize project scheduling, introduction to CPM method, setting up a project scheduling using MS PROJECT (the software is available through the e-services of the University), managing activity margins, modeling problems in the MS Project environment.
4. Modeling uncertainty in scheduling using the PERT method and simple simulation models.
5. Designing the project budget and methods for monitoring and optimizing project costs.
6. Concurrent problem management methods for achieving scheduling and cost improvement in a project, analysis based on the Earned Value Method.
7. Resource management, identification and modeling of resources in a project, resource leveling methods, and familiarity with resource management issues in the MS Project environment.
8. Risk and uncertainty management during project implementation, risks associated with scheduling and implementation costs, methods for calculating risk impacts.
9. Project closure and completion methods.
10. Review of project management methods through the presentation of two comprehensive problems: a small factory construction project and a project for developing a new information system in the MS Project environment.
Συνιστώμενη Βιβλιογραφία προς μελέτη:
- Suggested bibliography:
(1) H. Maylor Project Management, Klidarithmos Editions (Translated into Greek)
(2) Shtub Avraham, Project Management, Epicentro Editions (Translated into Greek)
(3) Jack R. Meredith, Samuel J. Mantel Jr., (2008) Project Management: A Managerial Approach, Wiley
(4) Harold Kerzner (2009) `Project Management Case Studies, Wiley
(5) Project Management Body of Knowledge, PMI, 2008, Project Management Institute, USA. Project Management: Processes, Methodologies, and Economics (2nd Edition),
(6) Shtub, A., Bard, J. and Globerson, S. 2004, Prentice Hall, USA.
Διδακτικές και Μαθησιακές Μέθοδοι:
Distance Learning
Use of Moodle Platform
Μέθοδοι αξιολόγησης / βαθμολόγησης:
Final Exam 100%
Αντικειμενικοί Στόχοι μαθήματος (επιδιωκόμενα μαθησιακά αποτελέσματα):
- Project planning & management
- Search for, analysis and synthesis of data and information, with the use of the necessary technology
- Adapting to new situations
- Decision-making
- Working independently
- Working in an interdisciplinary environment
- Production of new research ideas
- Criticism and self-criticism
- Production of free, creative and inductive thinking
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