Description:

What is the project? The basic terms a concepts of project management. Life cycle of the project and its phased approach. Analysis and specification of the assignment, activity definition, stages, objectives and measurability. Risk events and risk planning. Project change management during implementation. Preparation of the project outline (activities, restrictions, assignments, calendars etc.) Project planning and optimization - time, resources.

Recommended literature:

Carl Chatfield, Timothy Johnson. Microsoft Project 2016, Microsoft Press,U.S., 2016, Pages: 576 ISBN: 0735698740
Electronic Documentation for the current version of Microsoft Project.
Supporting presentations in PDF format

Keywords:

Project management, project design and optimization, project implementation, project risks, project evaluation.

Abbreviations used:

Semester:

• W ... winter semester (usually October - February)
• S ... spring semester (usually March - June)
• W,S ... both semesters

Mode of completion of the course:

• A ... Assessment (no grade is given to this course but credits are awarded. You will receive only P (Passed) of F (Failed) and number of credits)
• GA ... Graded Assessment (a grade is awarded for this course)
• EX ... Examination (a grade is awarded for this course)
• A, EX ... Examination (the award of Assessment is a precondition for taking the Examination in the given subject, a grade is awarded for this course)

Weekly load (hours per week):

• P ... lecture
• C ... seminar
• L ... laboratory
• R ... proseminar
• S ... seminar