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2017/2018  KAN-CMIBO1036U  Project Management and Product Development

English Title
Project Management and Product Development

Course information

Language English
Course ECTS 7.5 ECTS
Type Mandatory
Level Full Degree Master
Duration One Quarter
Start time of the course Second Quarter
Timetable Course schedule will be posted at calendar.cbs.dk
Study board
Study Board for MSc in Economics and Business Administration
Course coordinator
  • Claus Varnes - Department of Operations Management (OM)
Just Pedersen
Main academic disciplines
  • Project and change management
Last updated on 30-05-2017

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Learning objectives
To achieve the grade 12, students should meet the following learning objectives with no or only minor mistakes or errors: By the end of the course students should demonstrate the ability to
  • Explain the challenges of managing projects in general and product development projects
  • Be able to explain and compare the different management approaches / methods for projects
  • Explain how these methods and management tools can be applied in practice
  • Be able to account for and discuss the managerial challenges by applying the different management methods and tools.
  • Explain the application of project management methods and tools in different contexts
  • Be able to argue for the choice of different methods and management tools in the context of project management and product development
Examination
Project Management and Product Development:
Exam ECTS 7,5
Examination form Oral exam based on written product

In order to participate in the oral exam, the written product must be handed in before the oral exam; by the set deadline. The grade is based on an overall assessment of the written product and the individual oral performance.
Individual or group exam Individual oral exam based on written group product
Number of people in the group 3-5
Size of written product Max. 5 pages
Assignment type Synopsis
Duration
Written product to be submitted on specified date and time.
20 min. per student, including examiners' discussion of grade, and informing plus explaining the grade
Preparation time No preparation
Grading scale 7-step scale
Examiner(s) Internal examiner and second internal examiner
Exam period Winter
Make-up exam/re-exam
Same examination form as the ordinary exam
Make-up/re-exam will take place in February/March with a report submission deadline in January/February.
* if a student is absent from the oral exam due to documented illness but has handed in the written group product she/he does not have to submit a new product for the re-take. However the group product must be uploaded once again on Digital Exam.
* if a whole group fails the oral exam they must hand in a revised product for the re-take.
* if one student in the group fails the oral exam the course coordinator chooses whether the student will have the oral exam on the basis of the same product or if he/she has to hand in a revised product for the re- take.
Course content and structure

Project Management has become an increasingly relevant form of organizing key business processes such as product development. Yet, Project Management also increasingly requires its own particular competences. The course aims to provide participants with analytical tools and capabilities that will allow them to comprehensively examine the challenges of managing projects.

 

The course develops the theme of Project Management by contrasting different theoretical approaches, challenges, methods, management tools. Product Development of all types (including infrastructure, building, goods and services etc) is regarded as a type of project, which will be given special attention, but other types of projects will covered as well. Specifically, a contemporary, decisive, and business-oriented approach to project management is contrasted with advanced research on the relationship between project management and modern organizations.

 

The course will thus shift between a business-oriented perspective on project management, as expressed e.g. in the Project Management Book of Knowledge, and advanced research such as e.g. the Scandinavian school of Project Management, enabling the participants to both understand and go beyond best practice / “how to” prevalent among practitioners of project management.


 

Teaching methods
The method of teaching will be a combination of traditional class lectures with other elements as such as guest lecturers, panel discussion, brainstorming sessions, quizzes and group presentations. The group presentations (or similar creative learning material) will be held by 3-5 students and there will be approx. two presentations per session. The presentations will be based on examinations of real-life projects. It is the aspiration of this course that all students will present at least once.
Feedback during the teaching period
Verbal feedback will given after student presentations.
Student workload
Teaching 36 hours
Preparation 100 hours
Exam 70 hours
Expected literature
  • Pinto, J.K., 2015, “Project Management: Achieving Competitive Advantage, Global Edition, 4/E”, Pearson
  • Lundin, R.A. & Hällgren, M., 2014, “Advancing Research on Projects and Temporary Organizations”, Copenhagen Business School Press & Liber

 

 

  • Kreiner, K., 2014, “Restoring Project Success as Phenomenon” in Lundin, R.A. & Hällgren, M., 2014, “Advancing Research on Projects and Temporary Organizations”, Copenhagen Business School Press & Liber
  • Eskerod, P., 2014, “Stakeholder Understanding and Perception of Fairness: Enriching Project Management with Strategy Concepts” in Lundin, R.A. & Hällgren, M., 2014, “Advancing Research on Projects and Temporary Organizations”, Copenhagen Business School Press & Liber
  • SteinϷórsson, R. S., 2014 “Relating Temporary Organizations to Strategy Concepts” in Lundin, R.A. & Hällgren, M., 2014, “Advancing Research on Projects and Temporary Organizations”, Copenhagen Business School Press & Liber
  • Burström, T  & Blomquist, T., 2014, “Time Managers in Platform Project” in Lundin, R.A. & Hällgren, M., 2014, “Advancing Research on Projects and Temporary Organizations”, Copenhagen Business School Press & Liber
  • Walker, D. H. T. & Lloyd-Walker, B. M., 2014, “Project Alliances: A New Direction in Temporary Organization Forms” in Lundin, R.A. & Hällgren, M., 2014, “Advancing Research on Projects and Temporary Organizations”, Copenhagen Business School Press & Liber
  • Pinto, J. K. & Nedović-Budić, Z., 2014, “Information Sharing across Partnering Project Organizations: Mechanisms and Motivations” in Lundin, R.A. & Hällgren, M., 2014, “Advancing Research on Projects and Temporary Organizations”, Copenhagen Business School Press & Liber
  • Andersen, E. S., 2014 ”Two Perspectives on Project Management” in Lundin, R.A. & Hällgren, M., 2014, “Advancing Research on Projects and Temporary Organizations”, Copenhagen Business School Press & Liber
  • Beaume, R. et al, 2014,  “Renewing Project Management in Mature Industries: An Analysis of Innovation and Advanced Engineering Efforts” in Lundin, R.A. & Hällgren, M., 2014, “Advancing Research on Projects and Temporary Organizations”, Copenhagen Business School Press & Liber
  • Thomas et al, 2014, “Project Management as Management Innovation” in Lundin, R.A. & Hällgren, M., 2014, “Advancing Research on Projects and Temporary Organizations”, Copenhagen Business School Press & Liber
  • Crawford, L., 2014 “Projects for Implementation of Change” in Lundin, R.A. & Hällgren, M., 2014, “Advancing Research on Projects and Temporary Organizations”, Copenhagen Business School Press & Liber
  • DeFillippi, R. & Hällgren, M., “Creative Tensions in Advertising Agencies” in Lundin, R.A. & Hällgren, M., 2014, “Advancing Research on Projects and Temporary Organizations”, Copenhagen Business School Press & Liber
  • Remington, K. & Pollack, J., 2014, “Requisite Variety and Decision Making in Complex Projects” in Lundin, R.A. & Hällgren, M., 2014, “Advancing Research on Projects and Temporary Organizations”, Copenhagen Business School Press & Liber
  • Packendorff, J., 2014, “Should Project Management Get Carried Away? On the Unfinished Business of Critical Project Studies” in Lundin, R.A. & Hällgren, M., 2014, “Advancing Research on Projects and Temporary Organizations”, Copenhagen Business School Press & Liber
  • Lundin, R. A. & Hällgren, M., 2014, ”On the Notions of Temporality and Organizing: Reflections on Future Advances” in Lundin, R.A. & Hällgren, M., 2014, “Advancing Research on Projects and Temporary Organizations”, Copenhagen Business School Press & Liber
Last updated on 30-05-2017