ID:
509320
Duration (hours):
24
CFU:
3
SSD:
ECONOMIA E GESTIONE DELLE IMPRESE
Year:
2025
Overview
Date/time interval
Secondo Semestre (02/03/2026 - 05/06/2026)
Syllabus
Course Objectives
The course aims to enhance students' project management skills, providing them with concrete tools to better address career challenges in an increasingly complex and international work environment. The course includes both theoretical and practical components, including real-world project cases, allowing tomorrow's workers to deepen a work-like environment, gaining firsthand experience in multifunctional teams and providing solutions to concrete business cases. Specifically, once the business case has been analyzed, students will be challenged to define the best project management approach. From project planning to managing complex organizational issues, students can simulate a work context in an interdisciplinary environment where soft skills such as teamwork, communication, problem solving, and time management are essential. The course aims to guide students towards informed and strategic decisions, which are essential for their career paths. The goal is to develop in participants the project management skills needed to best address an increasingly dynamic and competitive job market.
Course Prerequisites
No formal prerequisites
Teaching Methods
The course is structured into theoretical and practical sessions, with the aim of enabling students to identify and improve their project management skills and abilities through direct testimony from real-world cases. The course will be taught in Italian but can be taught in English upon students request.
Assessment Methods
Ongoing project work and written exam on lectures topics.
Texts
International Project Management Association, IPMA Competence Baseline: ICB® , version 4.0 International Project Management Association, ICB4 in an Agile World. Reference Guide v2.3 International Project Management Association, IPMA Organizational Competence Baseline – The standard for organizations forward, 2013 Paul D. Gardiner, Project Management: a strategic planning approach, – Palgrave Macmillan John Hermrij, Better Practices of Project Management, based on IPMA competences, - Van Haren Russell Archibald, Leading and Managing Innovation - Infinity Publishing Ken Schwaber, Jeff Sutherland, The Scrum Guide – The Definitive Guide to Scrum: The Rules of the Game – November 2017
Contents
The course introduces the basic concepts of project Management as defined by the Waterfall and Agile methodologies and is addressed to students who are interested in improving and deepening their management skills on complex projects by leveraging problem solving, communication, teamwork, and leadership to ensure project success in a rapidly evolving work environment. The course is structured into 11 modules, within which each team will be asked to develop a project solution related to a specific business case study: 1. Differences in project management in Waterfall vs. Agile. How and when to use them. 2. Creating a team with roles and responsibilities and defining an effective communication plan. 3. Stakeholders and defining project scope requirements. 4. Planning techniques and international best practices. 5. Anticipating and managing project risks. How to prevent potential risks and which mitigation actions to implement in project management 6. Estimating project activities in terms of resources (FTE), time and costs 7. Leadership, team management and customer relations 8. The importance of managing ongoing changes and their impacts 9. The execution phase and project control using the Earned Value Method 10. Project closure and acquired know-how 11. Overview of soft skills. How to identify and strengthen skills to start your career.
Course Language
Italian
Degrees
Degrees (2)
PHYSICAL SCIENCES
Master’s Degree
2 years
SCIENZE FISICHE
Master’s Degree
2 years
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