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Project Preparation and Project Management Software

Course code

RIJ6003.YK

old course code

RIJ6003

Course title in Estonian

Projekti ettevalmistamine ja projektitarkvara

Course title in English

Project Preparation and Project Management Software

ECTS credits

6.0

Assessment form

Examination

lecturer of 2024/2025 Autumn semester

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

lecturer of 2024/2025 Spring semester

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

Course aims

To give an overview of the basics of project work and practical experience from applying the methods of project work and compiling a project plan.

Brief description of the course

The concept of project, types and history. The structure of a project organisation. Project phases. Identification phase: problem analysis, development of ideas. Preliminary study: market research, risk analysis, SWOT-matrix. Logframe: inputs, activities, outputs, objectives and indicators. Project proposal and assessment methods. Planning phase and compiling the plan: developing the activity schedule (MS Project Gantt-chart and a network diagram), budget, planning human resources and quality management system. Planning communication, information and co-ordination system. Project management software.
As an independent groupwork, a project plan with appendixes will be compiled by students and presented in seminars. Case studies take place in seminars, too.

Learning outcomes in the course

Upon completing the course the student:
- has knowledge of project preparation phases and methods;
- has knowledge of project management software tools;
- has skills for using project management methods for project preparation and planning;
- has skills for preparing a project time chart by using MS Project software;
- has competence for independent preparation of projects and compiling a project plan, logframe, a time-chart and the budget.

Teacher

Sigrid Salla

The course is a prerequisite

European Union and International Projects (RIJ6004.YK)
Project Implementation and Evaluation (RIJ6006.YK)

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