Course Catalog 2014-2015
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Course Catalog 2014-2015

TTA-75036 Management of Project Business, 4 cr

Additional information

The course is suitable for Industrial management major and minor studies, students of the international program in business and technology, and other students interested in project business.

Person responsible

Miia Martinsuo, Lauri Vuorinen, Rami Sariola

Lessons

Study type P1 P2 P3 P4 Summer Implementations Lecture times and places
Lectures
Excercises
Assignment
 2 h/week
 8 h/week
 40 h/per



 



 



 



 
TTA-75036 2014-01 Monday 12 - 14 , F PIENI SALI 2
Thursday 8 - 10 , F PIENI SALI 1
Monday 12 - 16 , FC112

Requirements

The course consists of lectures, readings and case exercises carried out in small teams. The successful completion of the course requires completing the case assignments and a personal assignment successfully.
Completion parts must belong to the same implementation

Learning Outcomes

1) increased understanding on the complexity of project business 2) increased understanding on partnerships and their management in project business 3) increased skills in defining and the entity of project business and its challenges stemming from project overlaps and discontinuities 4) capability to analyze and solve practical problems in project business by applying knowledge, skills and good practices in project-based management

Content

Content Core content Complementary knowledge Specialist knowledge
1. Project-based management     
2. Project networks and partnerships     
3. Project portfolio and program management     
4. Uncertainty and risks in project business     
5. Customers and services in project business     

Instructions for students on how to achieve the learning outcomes

Case reports are graded as 0..5. Individual assignment is graded as 0..5. The course grade is based on the average grade of case reports (40%) and individual assignment (60%).

Assessment scale:

Numerical evaluation scale (1-5) will be used on the course

Partial passing:

Completion parts must belong to the same implementation

Prerequisites

Course Mandatory/Advisable Description
TTA-71010 Projektinhallinta Mandatory    

Additional information about prerequisites
Project management basics or equivalent

Prerequisite relations (Requires logging in to POP)



Correspondence of content

Course Corresponds course  Description 
TTA-75036 Management of Project Business, 4 cr TETA-5706 Management of Project Business, 4 cr  

More precise information per implementation

Implementation Description Methods of instruction Implementation
TTA-75036 2014-01 This course covers the central themes and practices in managing complex project business and engages students in solving practical problems in project-based management. The focus is on themes related to how projects are connected with their complex business environment, such as: Project-based management, project networks and partnerships, project portfolio and program management, uncertainty and risks in project business, and customers and services in project business.   Lectures
Excercises
   
Contact teaching: 0 %
Distance learning: 0 %
Self-directed learning: 0 %  

Last modified24.08.2014