Project Management (4191)
  
Coordinating lecturer :Prof. dr. Davy JANSSENS 
  
Member of the teaching team :Prof. dr. Mario VANHOUCKE 

Language of instruction : English
Credits: 6,0
  
Period: semester 2 (6sp)
  
2nd Chance Exam1: Yes
  
Final grade2: Numerical
 
Exam contract: not possible
 
Sequentiality
 
   No sequentiality

Content

This course aims to familiarise students with the concepts and techniques of project management. After all, every transportation expert faces project-based work in his/her job. Some as a project leader, others as a member of a project team, still others as a client of a project. It is therefore important to know the issues involved in managing and executing a project, and the techniques used in setting up and managing projects. In this course, these concepts and techniques will be covered. The course is a sequence of theoretical lectures, work sessions, and some concrete practical stories/cases.

During the course, the concepts and techniques of project management and change management will be covered. The following themes will be covered throughout the course:

  • Characteristics of projects and project performance
  • Project life cycle
  • Project teams and project organisation
  • Project planning: PERT & CPM
  • Resource management in projects
  • Theory of constraints in project management
  • Real-life cases (VMW and Westerscheldetunnel)
  • Risk management
  • Project follow-up


Note: this course is taught online


Organisational and teaching methods
Organisational methods  
Lecture ✔  
Practical ✔  
Small group session ✔  


Evaluation

Semester 2 (6,00sp)

Evaluation method
Oral evaluation during teaching period50 %
Debat✔
Presentation✔
Practical evaluation during teaching period50 %

Second examination period

Evaluation second examination opportunity different from first examination opprt
Yes
Explanation evaluationStudents who failed the course in the first term are given a replacement
assignment for the second examination period, depending on which part(s)
of the course (s)he failed. They need to ask the members of the teaching
team which part(s) (s)he needs to redo during resit.
 

Compulsory course material
 

Slides and case studies from the lectures


Learning outcomes
Master of Transportation Sciences
  •  EC 

    • EC1: The holder of the degree applies knowledge in an autonomous and self-managing manner. He/she is able to critically plan, monitor, manage and evaluate his/her own learning processes and to take care of his/her own (quality) control.

  •  EC 

    • EC6: The holder of the degree is able to communicate and convince others on his/her field of study, both in writing and orally, addressing scientists of his/her own or similar fields of study and wide social groups.

  •  EC 

    • EC7: The holder of the degree is able to function as a member of a (multidisciplinary) team and has a good assessment of his/her own role within the team/organization, as well as within the wider social and international context.

  •  EC 

    • EC8: The holder of the degree acts and reflects in an ethical and sustainable way.

 
  EC = learning outcomes      DC = partial outcomes      BC = evaluation criteria  
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