2024/2025 KAN-CMIAO1002U Project Management and Product Development
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Project Management and Product Development |
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Language | English |
Course ECTS | 7.5 ECTS |
Type | Mandatory |
Level | Full Degree Master |
Duration | One Quarter |
Start time of the course | Autumn, Second Quarter |
Timetable | Course schedule will be posted at calendar.cbs.dk |
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Study Board for cand.merc. and MIB
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Last updated on 24-05-2024 |
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Project management and product development have become increasingly relevant for an organization's innovation activities, which are core to the success of businesses. Yet, successful project management and product development require specific competencies and skills, with some sources even claiming that the strategy of a firm is the effect of projects successfully implemented within the organization. The course aims to provide students with analytical tools and capabilities that will allow them to examine the challenges and opportunities of developing products and managing projects in a complex, uncertain, and ambiguous world, and familiarize students with state-of-the-art practices of project management and product development, such as stakeholder management, waterfall vs. agile, design thinking or the use of AI for product development.
The course design is developed with the learning objectives in mind: The course starts with a Kickoff Day, where the focus is to create a common baseline for what project management and product development entails and to gain some first-hand experiences.
After the Kickoff Day, we will dive further into the theoretical approaches, concepts, and theories to help us become critical thinkers of project management and product development approaches and the challenges we face when developing products using projects. Every week we will explore a new theme, starting with an online lecture, followed by an in-class exercise. |
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The pedagogical approach aims at advancing the
students learning and competence development in the areas of
project management and product development using a mix of five main
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• Online lectures will provide students with the theoretical background which they can study at their own pace • Theoretical exercises will support the students learning of the theoretical concepts presented • Case exercises to connect theory to cases will improve the reflexivity of projects and product development in different settings as well as the limitations of theories • Practical hands-on tool-based exercises will give the students some experience of what it means to develop products and manage a project • Feedback on own work will stimulate learning processes in relation to the course content |
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This course involves continuous opportunities for feedback through weekly exercise classes, where the teachers will be present and explain, discuss, and probe the students to advance their learning. Besides this, there will be a feedback session related to the exam report. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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You will find more information on all course activities on Canvas. |