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Project Management

Course code

RIR6008.YK

old course code

Course title in Estonian

Projektijuhtimine

Course title in English

Project Management

ECTS credits

4.0

Assessment form

assessment

lecturer of 2024/2025 Spring semester

Audrone Urmanaviciene (language of instruction:English)

lecturer of 2025/2026 Autumn semester

Not opened for teaching. Click the study programme link below to see the nominal division schedule.

Course aims

The course is aimed at students acquiring knowledge related to project management, including project preparation, planning, management and funding of projects, leadership skills, and delivering the message to the different stakeholders. This knowledge will be applied to a series of practical exercises. Therefore, the student shall be able not only to understand the terminology and inner logic of the project management but also apply this knowledge to the practice.

Brief description of the course

During the course, the students learn to analyse and form strategic objectives for projects, plan project activities, write project budget and assemble a project team. The course provides an overview of project communication and management. During the course, several practical exercises are completed.

Learning outcomes in the course

Upon completing the course the student:

- is familiar with EU policies and their implementation possibilities;
- is familiar with EU and other international cooperation programs;
- is familiar with the documents and guidance materials of the EU funding programs, which are the basis for the implementation of the EU structural funds;
- knows the methodology of the project cycle, different phases and elements;
knows the methodology of project management and logical matrix, project work procedures and requirements set by the EU and the Republic of Estonia;
- knows the vocabulary related to project work and the basics of project evaluation and auditing;
- is able to identify and analyze sectoral and regional problems and set strategic goals at both program and project level;
- is able to find suitable funding programs and project partners for the project;
- is able to carry out strategic project planning and compile a logical matrix;
- is able to plan activities supporting the implementation of the project, plan indicators of achievement of activities and control measures;
- is able to prepare project funding applications according to the different templates.

Teacher

Katri-Liis Lepik, Kristo Krumm, Aare Kruuser, Audrone Urmanaviciene

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