This course is intended to teach how to structure a project and how to manage the main project management areas. We therefore address both the project approaches - agile, predictive, hybrid – and the main project management areas: organizational impact and enterprise transformation, especially substantial with AI, project economy, risk analysis, requirements definition
Course Prerequisites
A good understanding of software engineering techniques fosters the comprehension of software project management approaches. Good command of English (B1/B2 level). Finally, teamwork is welcome.
Teaching Methods
• Lectures are supplemented by incidents performed in the classroom. • Teacher’s notes include review questions that are intended to test the comprehension of the foundations taught. • Students receive as a team assignment a Project Work on Healthcare that includes WBS, a work package example, asessment of project risk or of organizational impact.
Assessment Methods
The exam includes an oral discussion on theoretical foundations, with 1/3 weight, and the Project Work, with a 2/3 weight. Project work addresses the student’s ability in using theory in project. The oral exam addresses the comprehension of the foundations taught in the course by open questions.
Texts
Agile Manifesto https://agilemanifesto.org/ The 12 Agile principles https://agilemanifesto.org/principles.html A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge, Project Management Institute 6th, 7th https://www.pmi.org/standards Teacher’s notes (include further references)
Contents
1. Project Management Foundations: lifecycle, WBS, predictive, agile, and hybrid approaches 2. The Scrum agile approach 3. Scaling and integration of agile approaches 4. The standard by the Project Management Institute; PMBOK 6 and 7; AI in project management 5. Structuring a project: WBS, project organization, Work Packages 6. Business Process analysis and requirements definition 7. Enterprise Architecture and IT Planning 8. AI and Organizational Transformation 9. Project Economic Analysis 10. Risk analysis and organizational impact of projects
