Learning Outcomes
The students will be able to:
1. Describe the objective purposes and goals of project management and the PM² methodology.
2. Explain the relationship between projects, deliverables, outcomes, and benefits.
3. Explain the lifecycle of a project.
4. Explain the governance model of a project.
5. Present the various processes and their roles during different phases of a project.
Explain the necessity of using different standard management documents during various
phases of a project's lifecycle.
6. Develop PM² artefacts and customize them according to the organization's and project's
specific needs.
7. Monitor and control the project, ensuring that the predefined outcomes are achieved and
established benefits are realized.
8. Apply the PM² methodology to IT projects they manage.
9. Recognize arguments that allow them to support the implementation of the methodology
within their organization.
10. Develop collaborative skills useful for solving challenging problems.
11. They develop collaborative skills that assist them in solving complex
problems.
Course Content
The purpose of the course is to cultivate skills related to contemporary methods of designing,
monitoring, executing, and managing projects. The reference methodology is the PM² Project
Management Methodology, developed by the European Commission
(https://ec.europa.eu/isa2/solutions/open-pm2_en), which has gained significant traction both within and outside Europe.
Within the scope of the course, the following aspects of project management will be analyzed:
1. Organizational strategy and projects
2. Project governance
3. Project lifecycle
4. Project execution processes (e.g., requirement management, risk, issues, change, quality
management)
5. Standard management documents for smooth governance, monitoring, and control of
projects.
The Structure of the Course follows:
Lecture 1: Presentation of the PM² methodology, introductory concepts, project lifecycle.
Lecture 2: Presentation of the project initiation phase and conducting a workshop on drafting a
project initiation request.
Lecture 3: Presentation and workshop on the business case of the project.
Lecture 4: Presentation and workshop on drafting the project charter and stakeholder analysis.
Lecture 5: Presentation of the design phase and the project governance model. Workshop on
developing a governance model.
Lecture 6: Presentation of the project work plan and workshop on structural analysis of the
project.
Lecture 7: Presentation on project scheduling, constructing diagrams, and identifying the critical
path. Workshop on creating the Gantt chart.
Lecture 8: Presentation on resource allocation, project cost estimation, and optimization.
Workshop on project optimization.
Lecture 9: Presentation and workshop on risk and issue management.
Lecture 10: Presentation of the project execution phase and workshop on creating the project
progress report.
Lecture 11: Presentation and workshop on monitoring and controlling project processes, as well as the closing phase.
Lecture 12: Discussion and provision of advice for the exculpatory projects of the course.
Gathering best practices and summarizing knowledge and lessons learned for the course.
