Foundations of Project Management (Bachelor)

LecturerDr.-Ing. Ann-Kathrin Lange
Contact personSvenja Witte
Target audienceLUM / WILUM
ModuleProject Management and Cost Accounting
Lecture typeLecture
Lecture termWinter term
LanguageGerman
Credit Points3 ECTS
Type of ExaminationWritten exam

Description

In this lecture the contents of the project management are explains. The technical contents are accompanied by a continuous exercise to deepen the methods and to promote independent work. The students learn the important contents of the different phases of a project.

This course is part of the module "Project Management and Cost Accounting" under the direction of the Institute for Controlling and Simulation, responsible for the module is Prof. Dr. habil. Matthias Meyer.

Lecture contents

  • Common procedure and models for project management
  • Forms of project organization
  • Success factors in project management
  • Types of project management
  • Strategies for risk analysis and avoidance 
Literature
  • Deutsche Gesellschaft für Projektmanagement e. V. (2019). Kompetenzbasiertes Projektmanagement (PM4): Handbuch für Praxis und Weiterbildung im Projektmanagement. GPM Deutsche Gesellschaft für Projektmanagement e. V.: Nürnberg [www]
     
  • Meyer, H. (2020). Projektmanagement - Von der Definition über die Projektplanung zum erfolgreichen Abschluss. Springer Gabler: Wiesbaden [www]
     
  • Patzak, G. & Rattay, G. (2017). Projektmanagement: Projekte, Projektportfolios, Programme und projektorientierte Unternehmen. Linde international: Wien [www]
     
  • Project Management Institute (2021). A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge: PMBOK(R) Guide. Project Management Institute: [www]
     
  • Timinger, H. (2024). Modernes Projektmanagement: Mit traditionellem, agilem und hybridem Vorgehen zum Erfolg. Wiley: Weinheim