BIK 6700 Project Management 1
BIK 6700 Project Management 1
This course is held in english, and is a paralell to BIK 6600. If students can follow lectures in Norwegian, they can combine this course with BIK 6601 Project Management 2 (PL 2): 7,5 credits and BIK 6510 Project Management 3 (PL 3): 15 credits.
The bachelor program in project management consists of three courses, where each course builds on the previous one. Students should follow the progression through the program (Project Management 1 before Project Management 2, and Project Management 1 and 2 before Project Management 3). When all three courses of the program are completed, they are seen as equal to the 30 credits bachelor program or as an optional specialization in the bachelor program.
Center of Distance Education will offer this program.
By the end of course the student should:
- have basic knowledge of salient topics and problems within project management, concerning management, planning, organizing, execution, control, and termination of project
- have knowledge of basic concepts within the subject
- have the ability to keep oneself updated on vital knowledge within the subject
By the end of the course the student should:
- be able to draw up mission and goals for a project
- be able to use a milestone plan to plan a project
- be able to organize a project by the help of responsibility chartsand the assignment of roles, responsibilities and authorities
- be able to write a discursive text on a project
By the end of the course the student should:
- be able to communicate with others on professional matters withing the subject of project management
- be able to contribute to the development of good practice within the field by exchanging viewpoints and experiences
- have an understanding of the complexity of project work and own contribution
- Project concept (characteristics of a project, pitfalls of project work, daily project work)
- The goals and limitations of a project
- Project planning, with focus on milestone planning
- Project organizing (actors and responsibilities, the functioning of the project organization, responsibility charts)
- Project control (methods for project control, project control on different levels, project monitoring)
The course consists over one semester. The teaching will consists of lectures, itslearning, group discussions and project thesis supervision. The course will be given by Center for Distance Education as a combination of seminars and use.
More specifically, the course will be given as 8 units, each unit consisting of one net lecture, videos and case work combined with short assignments to be handed in. Students will get feedback on their assignments and there will be discussion forums to follow up on assignments. The assignments are not graded.
One workshop day at campus is planned mid-term where student can meet up, discuss subjects, their assignments with the teacher and fellow students. The workshop day will be streamed for the members of class that cannot participate.
The text book by Andersen is the English version of the textbook currently used, in Norwegian, in PL-1.
The chapters selected from Larson, Clifford and Gray corresponds with chapters «Verdiskapende prosjektledelse" by Skyttermoen and Vaagaasar (also used currently in PL 1). «Verdiskapende prosjektledelse» is not published in English.
There are no specific prerequisites needed to be accepted to the program. It is considered a prerequisite that the students follow the progression through the program.
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Eksamenskategori: Innlevering Vurderingsform: Skriftlig innlevering Vekting: 100 Gruppering: Gruppe/Individuell (1 - 3) Varighet: 1 Semester Kommentar: Term paper including description and analysis of a real-life project by the end of the semester. The paper can be written individually or in groups of maximum three members. Supervision will be given. The paper should not exceed 20 pages of text (figures and tables not included). The term paper must be written in English. Eksamenskode: BIK 67001 Karakterskala: ECTS Kontinuasjon: Eksamen ved neste kursgjennomføring |
| Aktivitet | Varighet | Kommentar |
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Studentenes eget arbeid med læringsressurser | 158 Time(r) | Students can estimate to spend about 158 hours on self-study; working with the literatures, the short assignments and the term paper. |
Undervisning | 42 Time(r) | The teaching/facilitated learning activities will be a combination of net lectures, teaching videos, webinars, discussion forums and feedback on short written assignments related to case work, equaling 42 hours. More specifically, the course will be given as 8 units, each unit consisting of one net lecture, videos and case work combined with short assignments to be handed in. Students will get feedback on their assignments and there will be discussion forums to follow up on assignments. These assignments are not graded. It will be one workshop day at campus, mid-term, with facilitated discussions of core subjects in the course as well as student assignments. The workshop day will be streamed for the members of class that cannot participate. |
Et kurs med 1 studiepoeng tilsvarer en arbeidsmengde på 26-30 timer. Et kurs på 7,5 studiepoeng tilsvarer derfor en arbeidsmengde på minimum 200 timer.