Universität Wien

350181 VO BA1II - Fundamentals of Project Management (2021S)

2.00 ECTS (1.00 SWS), SPL 35 - Sportwissenschaft
Moodle

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Details

Language: German

Examination dates

Lecturers

Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N

The course will be held as an online course due to the current COVID situation. There will be no dates in the lecture hall until further notice.

  • Thursday 04.03. 08:30 - 09:30 Digital
  • Thursday 11.03. 08:30 - 09:30 Digital
  • Thursday 18.03. 08:30 - 09:30 Digital
  • Thursday 25.03. 08:30 - 09:30 Digital
  • Thursday 15.04. 08:30 - 09:30 Digital
  • Thursday 22.04. 08:30 - 09:30 Digital
  • Thursday 29.04. 08:30 - 09:30 Digital
  • Thursday 06.05. 08:30 - 09:30 Digital
  • Thursday 20.05. 08:30 - 09:30 Digital
  • Thursday 27.05. 08:30 - 09:30 Digital
  • Thursday 10.06. 08:30 - 09:30 Digital
  • Thursday 17.06. 08:30 - 09:30 Digital
  • Thursday 24.06. 08:30 - 09:30 Digital

Information

Aims, contents and method of the course

AIMS
The students have a general overview of the theoretical basics of project management:
Basics of project management: project term, types of projects;
Getting to know tools of project management, basic methods of project planning and project organisation
Project phases and their characteristics
Functions, structures, processes,..

The students have dealt with various projects of the sports system.

TOPICS
Organisation of projects:
Project term, types of projects, project orientation, project management-approach
Methods of project delimitation and project context analysis
Project phases
Project team (roles, team selection, requirements of the project manager), criteria of a successful process, project culture
Basic forms of project organisation
Quality management in projects

Methods concerned with planning and controlling projects:
Performance planning by means of a work breakdown structure
Scheduling (bar charts, milestone schedules, network diagram)
Methods of resource and cost planning
Project controlling
Types of project documentation
IT-usage for projects (MS Word, MS Excel, MS Project)

Case studies

METHOD
Online course

Assessment and permitted materials

Exam in the last lecture, by means of an examination sheet for download via Moodle examination course = elaboration of a case study on the basis of open questions; open-book format; submission of the processed examination sheet via Moodle in the corresponding submission folder.

You are expressly informed that if you are found to have cheated (e.g. copying, plagiarism, ghostwriting, etc.), the entire PI-LV will be considered cheated: copying, plagiarism, use of unauthorised aids, falsification, ghostwriting, etc.) the entire PI-LV will be assessed as cheated and will count as an Antritt. (Entry in U:SPACE: X = not assessed)

You are expressly informed that if you are found to have cheated (e.g. copying, plagiarism, ghostwriting, etc.), the entire PI-LV will be considered cheated: copying, plagiarism, use of unauthorised aids, falsification, ghostwriting, etc.) the entire PI-LV will be assessed as cheated and will count as an Antritt. (Entry in U:SPACE: X = not assessed)

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

The students are able to work on a simple case study according to the contents discussed in the course in a project management manner. A total of 100 points are achievable.

Clef:
1 > = 88
2 > = 75 und < 88
3 > = 63 und < 75
4 > = 50 und < 63
5 < 50

In the case of negatively assessed examinations, written feedback will be provided upon request.

Examination topics

The students are able to define the main tasks of a project and its objectives, to carry out a social context analysis and derive appropriate measures, to create a work breakdown structure for a simple case study and to specify work packages. They can use simple scheduling tools and define milestones. They can use examples to explain the difference between a project and a routine task.

Reading list

* STERRER, Christian/ Winkler, Gernot (2009): setting milestones. Projektmanagement. Methoden, Prozesse, Hilfsmittel, Wien: Goldegg
* STERRER, Christian/ Winkler, Gernot (2006): Let your projects fly, Wien: Goldegg
* GAREIS, Roland (2005): Happy Projects, Wien: Manz
* PATZAK, Gerold/ RATTAY, Günter (2004): Projektmanagement: Leitfaden zum Management von Projekten, Projektportfolios und projektorientierten Unternehmen, Wien: Linde Verlag

Association in the course directory

BA1II

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