Projects and IT Project Management

Aim

On completion of the course, the student should be able to: - describe, discuss and reflect on project-organised activities and management of them, - critically review and problematise different preconditions for and effects of projects, - apply perspective, theories, approaches and models for organisation and management of project activities, inter alia with a focus on the IT project, - apply IT support for organisation of project activities

Content

The main contents of the course are: - project activities as a phenomenon and special cases of activities, - project management: responsibility, ability and roles, - human, organisational and technical preconditions for and effects of projects, - perspective, theories, approaches and models for organisation and management of project activities, - IT projects and management of IT projects: distinguishing features and complexity, - practical and theoretical images of projects and project management in general and IT projects in particular, - the use of IT support for project activities