20801958 - PROJECT MANAGEMENT

Provide methodological and operational tools in order to develop abilities to work within the management of complex projects with a very high number of activities under significant time and resources constraints, using the planning and control of time, resources, cost and technical performance methods in an integrated way.
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Programma

1. INTRODUCTION
1.1. Historical background
1.2. Current Scenario and trends
1.3. Some basics of organizational theory
1.4. Project definition and properties
1.5. Project Management
1.6. Project Management Body of Knowledge

2. PROJECT LIFE CYCLE
2.1. Project Life Cycle concept
2.2. Project Life Cycle phases
2.3. Project planning
2.4. The Projects Planning & Control cycle and tools

3. LOGICAL PROJECT PLANNING
3.1. Work Breakdown Structure
3.2. Elementary tasks
3.3. Work Package Description
3.4. Responsibility Matrix

4. TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION AND CONTROL
4.1. Specifying
4.2. Technical control (Design Reviews, Tests and Audits)

5. TIME/RESOURCES PLANNING & CONTROL
5.1. Milestones
5.2. Bar Charts
5.3. Activity networks
5.4. Scheduling

6. COST PLANNING & CONTROL
6.1. Project budgeting process
6.2. Cost estimating
6.3. Project account opening process and spending authorization
6.4. Forecast of Project spending vs time (C-S CSC concept)
6.5. Earned Value
6.6. Indexes
6.7. Cost at Completion forecast
6.8. Allocated founds vs commitments

7. RISK MANAGEMENT BASICS
7.1. Risk Identification
7.2. Risk Evaluation
7.3. Risk contrast and planning
7.4. Risk Control
7.3. Decision trees
8. REPORTING
8.1. Project progress
8.2. Completion indexes
8.3. Progress meetings and reports

9. TECHNICAL DOCUMENTATION
9.1. Technical Documentation System Structure
9.2. Technical documents
9.3. Configuration Control

10.ORGANIZATIONAL AND BEHAVIORAL ISSUES
10.1. The Project Office
10.2. The Project Manager Role and skills
10.3. Team behavior, leadership types and characteristics

• INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION BASICS (optional)


Testi Adottati

Dispense a cura del docente
Stefano Protto “Concetti e strumenti di Project Management” II ed. 2006 Franco Angeli

Bibliografia Di Riferimento

- Pinedo, M., Scheduling, 1995, Wiley. - Bianco, L., Caramia, M., Metodi quantitativi per il Project Management, 2006, Hoepli. - Kelton, D., Sadowski, R., Zupick, N., Simulation with Arena, McGraw Hill

Modalità Valutazione

written exam and oral