PROJECT MANAGEMENT

Course Information
TitleΟΡΓΑΝΩΣΗ ΚΑΙ ΔΙΟΙΚΗΣΗ ΕΡΓΩΝ / PROJECT MANAGEMENT
Code356
FacultyEngineering
SchoolMechanical Engineering
Cycle / Level1st / Undergraduate
Teaching PeriodWinter
CoordinatorDimitrios Vlachos
CommonYes
StatusActive
Course ID20000326

Programme of Study: UPS of School of Mechanical Engineering

Registered students: 40
OrientationAttendance TypeSemesterYearECTS
Industrial ManagementCompulsory Course belonging to the selected specialization (Compulsory Specialization Course)955
Class Information
Academic Year2020 – 2021
Class PeriodWinter
Faculty Instructors
Weekly Hours5
Class ID
600171007
Course Type 2016-2020
  • Scientific Area
Course Type 2011-2015
Specific Foundation / Core
Mode of Delivery
  • Face to face
Digital Course Content
Erasmus
The course is also offered to exchange programme students.
Language of Instruction
  • Greek (Instruction, Examination)
  • English (Examination)
Learning Outcomes
The ability to develop an effective project plan. The ability to decompose complex projects using hierarchy diagramming. The ability to control project uncertainties using stochastic estimating techniques. The ability to use the earned-value management method to track project status. The ability to apply to control changes to the project management plan. The ability to crash/fast-track the critical path. The ability to apply detailed cost estimating techniques. The ability to apply techniques for identifying and quantifying projects risks.
General Competences
  • Apply knowledge in practice
  • Retrieve, analyse and synthesise data and information, with the use of necessary technologies
  • Design and manage projects
Course Content (Syllabus)
Project management: defnitions, project goals. Knowledge areas. Project life-cycle. Project identification - feasibility study. Project design: Work Breakdown Structure, Network Analysis, Gantt Chart. Resourse allocation and planning. Planning with limited resources. Cost planning and budgeting. Communication planning. Quality assurance planning. Project crashing. Stochastic task durations: PERT method. Project Risk Management. Earned value Analysis. Project completion and evaluation. Project management Information Systems: Microsoft Project.
Keywords
project management, time planning tools, cost planning
Educational Material Types
  • Notes
  • Slide presentations
  • Book
Use of Information and Communication Technologies
Use of ICT
  • Use of ICT in Course Teaching
  • Use of ICT in Laboratory Teaching
Description
Powerpoint presentation. Practice on Microsoft Project.
Course Organization
ActivitiesWorkloadECTSIndividualTeamworkErasmus
Lectures391.3✓
Reading Assigment752.5✓✓
Interactive Teaching in Information Center260.9✓✓
Exams50.2✓
Other / Others50.2
Total1505
Student Assessment
Description
Project assignment and final written exams.
Student Assessment methods
  • Written Exam with Short Answer Questions (Summative)
  • Written Assignment (Formative)
  • Written Exam with Problem Solving (Summative)
  • Labortatory Assignment (Formative)
Bibliography
Course Bibliography (Eudoxus)
Burke Rory (μετάφραση), Διαχείριση Έργου - Project Management, εκδόσεις Κριτική, 2014. Maylor Harvey (μετάφραση), Διαχείριση Έργων (Project Management), εκδόσεις Κλειδάριθμος, 2005.
Additional bibliography for study
Verzuh Ε., Τhe Fast Forward MBA in Project Management, 5th Edition, Wiley, 2015. Meredith J., Mantel S., Project Management - A Managerial Approach, 9th ed., Wiley, 2014. Meredith J., Mantel S., Shafer S., Sutton M., Project Management in Practice, 5th ed., Wiley, 2013. Burke R., Project Management - Planning and Control Techniques, 5th ed., Wiley, 2013. Maylor H., Project Management, 4th ed., Pearson, 2010. PMI Standards Committee, A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge, Project Management Institute, 5th ed., 2013.
Last Update
30-09-2019