Project Management-2

As part of this course unit, students will apply project planning and estimating the time required for each task, the FFOM matrix and the “sabotage” exercise, risk management, organizing and facilitating meetings, and oral project presentations. Other aspects of project management may be addressed on a case-by-case basis, such as financial management, the role of the project manager, relationships with partners, and the use of tools such as to-do lists, Kanban, shared calendars, etc.

Building on the Project Management course from the first year of the master’s program, the Project Management course in the second year is designed to assess students’ mastery of the skills acquired the previous year and to take them further by focusing on a longer-term project (ranging from a few weeks to a few months), whether individual or group-based, and whether a course project or a personal project.

The objective of this course unit is, in particular, to enable students to better understand project management issues and, specifically, to effectively manage risks related to time and resource overruns. By the end of this course unit, students should have acquired the following range of knowledge and skills:

• Knowledge: planning a project timeline by major phases and tasks, estimating the time required for each task, creating a FFOM matrix, managing project risks, giving an oral presentation of the project in the form of a pitch, organizing and facilitating a meeting, and then writing the meeting minutes

• Skills: project management and organization, time management, analyzing and anticipating needs, resource management, facilitating meetings, writing and summarizing skills, oral presentation skills

Comprehensive Continuous Monitoring