Project Management

COURSE OUTLINE [PROJECT MANAGEMENT]
1. GENERAL
SCHOOL Business Administration

ACADEMIC UNIT Business Administration
LEVEL OF STUDIES Postgraduate
COURSE CODE DE0376 SEMESTER
COURSE TITLE PROJECT MANAGEMENT
WEEKLY
INDEPENDENT TEACHING ACTIVITIES CREDITS
TEACHING HOURS
Lectures, practical exercises, learning tools 3 6
COURSE TYPE specialised general
PREREQUISITE COURSES: -
LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION and EXAMINATIONS: Greek
IS THE COURSE OFFERED TO ERASMUS STUDENTS No
COURSE WEBSITE (URL) https://openeclass.uom.gr/courses/INTER1102/
2. LEARNING OUTCOMES
Learning outcomes
This course prepares students for a professional role in a wide range of projects by providing them with an
understanding of both the people-related and technical requirements for successful project management,
as well as the organizational and strategic aspects. Guides fellow students through fundamental project
management concepts and behavioral skills required to successfully initiate, lead, and execute projects in
for-profit and nonprofit organizations.
Successful project managers skillfully manage their resources, schedules, risks, and scope to produce the
desired result. In this course, associate students explore project management with a hands-on approach
through case studies and classroom exercises. A key and often overlooked challenge for project managers is
the ability to manage without influence - gaining stakeholder buy-in and access to resources not directly
controlled. Particular attention is paid to the critical success factors required to overcome resistance to
change. We will review the causes of project failure and how to mitigate risks through proper planning in
the early stages of a new initiative.
The course covers key elements of project management, including project completion, project scope
management, project time and cost management, quality management, human resources estimates,
communications, risk management and procurement management.
Finally, the course was designed according to the standard PMBOK 6th guide of the Project Management
Institute (PMI) and is a preparatory stage for those who wish to obtain professional certification from the
PMI (https://www.pmi.org/).
The course will be developed as evenly as possible between lecture and discussion. The discussion will start
from the study of real problems (case studies) with the active participation of the students being necessary.
Also a part of the course includes demonstration of techniques using specialized software (e.g. Microsoft Project®).
General course objectives. Postgraduate students are going to:

• Understand the concepts of project planning and organization, budgeting and control, and project life
cycles. To identify issues in a realistic project scenario. To create a project proposal. To create the
implementation of a proposed design.
• Learn concepts related to organizational workflow, including the staffing process, project planning
elements, and project plan contents and project communications.
• Learn several basic project scheduling techniques such as WBS, CPM, PERT, GANTT CHARTS and resource
constrained scheduling.
• Understand the relevant concepts of organizational forms, conflict resolution and issues related to
leadership and task management in a project environment.
• Improve written and oral communication skills through formal writing assignments and group discussions.
• Become familiar with Microsoft Project in performing simple project management tasks.
General Competences
Promotion of students' free, creative and critical thinking through discussions, exercises and assignments
within the course
3. SYLLABUS
The course will be developed as evenly as possible between lecture and discussion. The discussion will start
from the study of real problems (case studies) with the active participation of the students being necessary.
Also a part of the course includes a demonstration of techniques using specialized software (e.g. Microsoft
Project).
The purpose of the course is for students to understand the concept of project management and its principles
in a modern project environment. Its aim is to introduce students to the language used by professionals,
combined with the terminology recognized by the Project Management Institute (PMI).
Project management modules such as project life cycle, hierarchy charts, Cantt charts and networks will be
covered. Techno-economic analysis and Costing of the project life cycle. Project Planning: scope, objectives,
constraints, identification of activities, estimation of time duration and required resources, construction of
project network, time planning, critical path, probabilistic networks, cost analysis, resource smoothing.
Weekly lecture schedule:

1. Establishment of fundamental principles.
2. Evaluation of project needs. Deliver business value.
3. Development of the scope of the project
4. Create the project schedule
5. Project budget development and stakeholder engagement. Identify project risks
6. Planning and procurement of resources.
7. Development of the Project Team. Information sharing.
8. Measurement and control of project performance.
9. Checking work results and closing the project
10. Tutorial, MS-Project (1)
11. MS-Project application (2)
12. MS-Project application (3)
4. TEACHING and LEARNING METHODS - EVALUATION
DELIVERY Face-to-face, Distance learning
USE OF INFORMATION AND Educational process support through the open eclass online platform
COMMUNICATIONS
TECHNOLOGY
TEACHING METHODS Activity Semester workload

Lectures 60
Practical exercises focusing on the application of 50
methodologies and analysis of case studies in
smaller groups of students
Independent Study 50
Course total 160
STUDENT PERFORMANCE
EVALUATION • Final written exam (30%) which includes:
o Multiple choice questions
o Analysis of roles and stakeholders in a brief case study
o Solving problems related to quantitative data of a time, cost project
o Comparative evaluation of theory elements
• Written Assignment (70%)

Assignments and final assessment
Student obligations include:

1. Submission of an individual work concerning the detailed design and organization
of the implementation of a project of the student's choice. The work will be
submitted in parts (2 deliverables) on predetermined dates
2. Participation in the final written exams
The overall evaluation of the students will be based on their participation in the
educational process and the quality of the assignments (30% weighting) and on
their performance in the final written exam (70% weighting).
Job requirements
Deliverable #1
For a project of your choice (preferably of relatively small size) create the Technical
Bulletin (charter, statement of work, responsibility matrix, communication plan
matrix) that includes all the information required so that the project manager can
design the project .
Deliverable #2
Based on the project technical sheet you submitted in Task #1, proceed with the
detailed design of the project which should include the following:
o Scope Management
o Work Structure Analysis (WBS)
o Estimation of times and technological limitations
o Construction of Gantt chart and Network of the project
o List resources and assign resources to tasks
o Project budget (calculated in detail)
o Communication plan
o Internal quality assurance plan
o Risk management plan
MS Project software or other equivalent software should be used wherever

possible.
5. ATTACHED BIBLIOGRAPHY
- Suggested bibliography:
 Project Management Institute. (2017). A guide to the Project Management Body of
Knowledge (PMBOK guide) (6th ed.). Project Management Institute.
 Σημειώσεις διαλέξεων του διδάσκοντα στο https://openeclass.uom.gr/courses/INTER1102/
 Kerzner, H. (2017). Project management: A systems approach to planning, scheduling, and
controlling (12th ed.). John Wiley & Sons.
 Wysocki, R. K. (2019). Effective Project Management: Traditional, Agile, Extreme, Hybrid (8th
ed). Indianapolis: John Wiley and Sons.
- Related academic journals:

 Project Management Journal
 International Journal of Project Management
-Websites:
 Columbia University - Project Management Resources: http://www.columbia.edu/~jm2217/
 Επίσημο website του Microsoft Project 2010:
http://www.microsoft.com/project/en/us/project-professional-2010.aspx
-Scientific / Professional Organizations:

 Project Management Institute (PMI): http://www.pmi.org/

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COURSE OUTLINE [PROJECT MANAGEMENT]

SCHOOL Business Administration

General course objectives. Postgraduate students are going to:

Weekly lecture schedule:

DELIVERY Face-to-face, Distance learning

TEACHING METHODS Activity Semester workload

• Written Assignment (70%)

Student obligations include:

MS Project software or other equivalent software should be used wherever

- Related academic journals:

-Scientific / Professional Organizations:

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