Project Management and PracticesLaajuus (4 cr)
Course unit code: TTC2070
General information
- Credits
- 4 cr
- Teaching language
- Finnish
- English
- Responsible person
- Marko Rintamäki
Objective
Purpose:
Working in project format is very common in various organizations and communities. With projects, the operations can be directed towards target-oriented and systematic development of products and services or change management completion in various operation environments. In this course you learn what is meant by project, what kind of tasks, roles and stages are included in project work. After the course you can act as a member of a project group and act according to its goals.
EUR-ACE Competences:
Knowledge and understanding
Engineering Practice
Multidisciplinary competences
After completing the study unit, you will know the basic concepts related to project activities and understand what is meant by project work, requirements definition, budgeting or work supervision. You identify the dependencies of variables important to the software project. Examples include the scope of the software, the resources used and the resulting costs.
You will be able to produce a project plan, schedule, preliminary division of work, specification of requirements, and prepare a rough cost estimate for a software project. You can identify the stakeholders important to the project and define the different target groups of the service produced. To support the definition of requirements, you can prepare a Mockup description of the user interface using the appropriate work tool.
You know the importance of different stakeholders related to software development and the importance of the necessary communication. You recognize the various boundary conditions or the effects of legislation on the design of a software project and know how to take them into account when necessary.
Content
- basics of project work
- roles of actors and stakeholders in various stages of project
- project methods, project breakdown structure and stages
- breakdown of tasks
- estimation of work load and costs
- costs, risk assessment and management
- agile project vs. traditional project
- project monitoring and control
Assessment criteria, approved/failed
Passed: You know the basic concepts of project work, the most important methods and required documents. You understand the importance of project work model.