Project Management 2600-MSMdz1ZP

Lecture (for both study modes):
• Characteristics of project management
• Basic concepts and definitions in project management
• Project creation and initiation
• Control and coordination of project preparation and initiation
• Organizational and institutional issues in project management
• Project implementation – implementation methodologies
• Characteristics of traditional and agile methodologies
• PRINCE2 as an example of a traditional methodology
• SCRUM as an example of an agile methodology
• Team management during project implementation
• Selection of project team members
• Selection and recruitment techniques
• Organizational structures of project teams
• Specific nature of human resource aspects in project management
• Requirements for project team members
• Selection of the project leader / project manager
• Selection of project team members
• Communication within the project team
• Problems in the project team and their resolution
• Project risk and basic threats to project implementation
• Barriers occurring during project implementation
• Implementation project carried out on the practical example of an IT system deployment
Classes (for full-time studies):
• Principles of working with Microsoft Project 2013
• User interface
• Project views
• Setting display parameters
• Defining project parameters and saving the project to a file
• Task management
• Adding, deleting, and modifying tasks
• Defining task types and durations
• Defining task hierarchy
• Defining relationships between tasks
• Setting task constraints
• Resource management
• Adding, deleting, and modifying resources
• Defining resources
• Defining resource allocation types
• Defining resource availability over time
• Defining resource rates
• Assigning resources to tasks
• Methods of assigning resources to tasks
• Defining task workload
• Defining task types based on workload
• Calendars – defining working time in the project
• Types of calendars
• Calendar hierarchy
• Defining a project calendar
• Defining a task calendar
• Defining a resource calendar
• Project cost management
• Types of costs
• Defining task costs
• Defining resource costs
• Defining fixed costs
• Defining summary and total costs
• Cost distribution over time – task perspective
• Cost distribution over time – resource perspective
• Project optimization
• Identifying resource overallocations
• Methods of eliminating resource overallocations
• Identifying resource allocation conflicts
• Resolving resource conflicts
• Tracking the project on the critical path
• Project execution
• Concept of a baseline plan – tasks
• Defining the baseline
• Defining interim plans
• Entering actual values
• Tracking actual values
• Determining deviations from the baseline
• Visualizing progress using “progress lines”
• Variance analysis and reporting
• Rationale for variance analysis in a project
• Schedule variances for tasks
• Cost variances for tasks
• Cost variances for resources
• Work variances for tasks
• Work variances for resources
• Preparing tabular reports
• Preparing graphical reports
Seminar (for part-time studies):
• Introduction to change management in a project
• Characteristics of reasons for introducing change
• Achieving readiness for change
• Actions supporting change
• Implementing change in a project
• Change implementation strategies
• Problems in the project team and their resolution
• Human factor in projects
• Stages of reactions to introduced change
• Resistance to change – identification
• Methods of overcoming resistance

Type of course

obligatory courses

Mode

Classroom

Learning outcomes

Student / Student who has completed the course:
In terms of knowledge:
• uses basic concepts, definitions, and processes related to project management, including the project life cycle, control, and coordination of preparation and implementation stages (K_W01)
• compares traditional and agile project management methodologies, such as PRINCE2 and SCRUM, in order to determine their usefulness depending on the project and team specifics, and to efficiently manage project work (K_W02)
• describes the principles of project planning and implementation as tools for creating and developing ventures in both national and global contexts, taking into account different forms of entrepreneurship (K_W07)
In terms of skills:
• prepares a project enabling resource management, cost optimization, and progress tracking (K_U01)
• uses Microsoft Project 2013 to optimize processes, manage tasks, resources and costs, and analyze deviations from plans in a way that supports effective decision-making and implementation of solutions in an organization (K_U03)
• adapts the developed tool to dynamically changing project conditions and specific organizational requirements (K_U05)
• develops a project in a team, participating in planning, organizing work, and monitoring its progress (K_U08)
• uses acquired knowledge for independent development of project competencies, including observation and evaluation of own progress (K_U09)
In terms of social competences:
• recognizes the positive role of project planning in the context of decision-making that contributes to organizational efficiency and the development of projects at national and global scale (K_K04)

Assessment criteria

Learning outcomes will be verified in the form of a group project assignment prepared on the basis of knowledge and skills acquired during lectures and classes, concerning a specific case study. The project assumptions and requirements will be made available on the Campus platform, through which the completed projects will also be submitted. The projects will be developed using MS Project 2013.
In total, it is possible to obtain 100 points during the assessment, which determine the final grade:
• 0–49 points – grade 2
• 51–60 points – grade 3
• 61–70 points – grade 3.5
• 71–80 points – grade 4
• 81–90 points – grade 4.5
• 91–100 points – grade 5
Credit with a grade

Bibliography

Lecture:
1. Trocki M. (red.) Nowoczesne zarządzanie projektami, PWE, Warszawa, 2012,
2. Lock D.: Podstawy zarządzania projektami, PWE, Warszawa, 2003,
3. Szyjewski Z.: Zarządzanie projektami informatycznymi, Warszawa, Placet, 2004,
4. Meredith J. R.; Mantel S. J.: Project Management: A Managerial Approach, Wiley and Sons Inc., USA, 2009,
5. Kerzner H. Project Management: A Systems Approach to Planning, Scheduling, and Controlling, 7th Edition, J. Wiley and Sons Inc., USA, 2001
6. Chmielarz W., Zarządzanie projektami @ rozwój systemów informatycznych zarządzania, Wydawnictwo Naukowe Wydziału Zarządzania UW, 2013 (e-book)
7. Kisielnicki J., Zarządzanie projektami, Wolters Kluwer, Warszawa, 2016

Classes:
1. Wilczewski S., MS Project 2013 i MS Project Server 2013, Helion, 2014
2. Scott Daley, Project 2013. Opanuj każdy projekt Outlet, Helion, 2014
3. Biafore B.,Microsoft Project 2013: The Missing Manual, O'Reilly Media, 2013.
4. Carl Chatfield, Timothy Johnson, Microsoft Project 2013. Krok po kroku, Microsoft Press, 2020 (e-book)

Seminar:
1. Kurtyka M., Roth G., Zarządzanie zmianą, CeDeWu, Warszawa 2019
2. Puczyński P., Zarządzanie zmianą, Onepress, Warszawa, 2018
Kisielnicki J., Zarządzanie projektami, Wolters Kluwer, Warszawa, 2016

Term 2025Z:

1. Trocki M. (red.) Nowoczesne zarządzanie projektami, PWE, Warszawa, 2012,
2. Lock D.: Podstawy zarządzania projektami, PWE, Warszawa, 2003,
3. Szyjewski Z.: Zarządzanie projektami informatycznymi, Warszawa, Placet, 2004,
4. Meredith J. R.; Mantel S. J.: Project Management: A Managerial Approach, Wiley and Sons Inc., USA, 2009,
5. Kerzner H. Project Management: A Systems Approach to Planning, Scheduling, and Controlling, 7th Edition, J. Wiley and Sons Inc., USA, 2001
6. Chmielarz W., Zarządzanie projektami @ rozwój systemów informatycznych zarządzania, Wydawnictwo Naukowe Wydziału Zarządzania UW, 2013 (e-book)
7. Kisielnicki J., Zarządzanie projektami, Wolters Kluwer, Warszawa, 2016

Term 2026Z: