Project management

The purpose of the course is to enable the student to participate in projects and critically and appropriately apply project management tools, concepts, models and theories in practice.

A student who has met the objectives of the course will be able to: Appraise the relevance of projects to engineering practices ; Explain and critically assess the nature of projects based on four key perspectives (purpose, people, complexity, and uncertainty) ; Identify projects potential impact on sustainability (SDGs) ; Identify and describe typical mistakes and good practices in the management of projects ; Apply appropriate tools, concepts, models and theories to analyze cases and real-life projects ; Apply appropriate tools; concepts; models and theories to make practical recommendations ; Apply appropriate tools, concepts models and theories to explain project success and failure ; Compare project management theory and practice and discuss its strengths and weakness in general and in relation to cases and real-life projects ; Communicate clearly, concisely and based on evidence.

Evaluation of experiments and reports

Every student is expected to identify an exciting project and present it to the class on the first day of the course. The project should be close to completion, so it is possible to analyze its ‘success’.

A mixture of lectures, video lectures, project work and seminars.