Course Details

Project Management

Academic Year 2023/24

DV78 course is part of 2 study plans

D-P-C-SI (N) / MGS Winter Semester 2nd year

D-K-C-SI (N) / MGS Winter Semester 2nd year

Mathematical and empirical methods of modern project management
Definition and content of particular phases of the project
Ways of implementation and usage of the project management
Principles of using of computer support of the project management

Credits

8 credits

Language of instruction

Czech

Semester

winter

Course Guarantor

Institute

Forms and criteria of assessment

examination

Entry Knowledge

Knowledge of principles and basic terms of the graph theory, statistic analysis and probability, knowledge in building realization and building companies´ economics.

Aims

Students are able to create the project proposal with usage of modern methods of the project management and they obtain the overview about ways of managing of the project by project teams. Students are ready to past an exam and to obtain certification according to IPMA policy for level D „Certificated Project Intern".

Basic Literature

Sidney,M.Levy: Project Management in Construction. McGraw-Hill London 2002
Svozilová,A.: Projektový management. Grada Publishing Praha 2006
Tichý,M.: Projekty a zakázky ve výstavbě. C.H.BECK Praha 2008

Syllabus

1. Basic terms of project management, historic evolution
2. Determination of content and form of projects
3. Life cycle of project
4. Construction project, construction as subject of construction project, participants of construction process
5. Pre-investment phase of project, initiation, goals setting
6. Evaluation of project proposal, structuring of construction object and construction project
7. Work organization of project, construction project participants, kinds of project management
8. System of construction project planning, techniques of project planning, term planning
9. Network analysis, planning of sources, planning of outputs cost and financial planning
10. Financing of project, proposal prices of project works, relations between participants of investment project
11. Function of statistics, basic terms, statistical classification and registers, inflation, price statistics
12. Risks and changes management, risks engineering, risks in construction, project risks management
13. Computer support of the project management

Prerequisites

Knowledge of principles and basic terms of the graph theory, statistic analysis and probability, knowledge in building realization and building companies´ economics.

Specification of controlled instruction, the form of instruction, and the form of compensation of the absences

Extent and forms are specified by guarantor’s regulation updated for every academic year.

Offered to foreign students

Not to offer

Course on BUT site

Lecture

13 weeks, 3 hours/week, elective

Syllabus

1. Basic terms of project management, historic evolution
2. Determination of content and form of projects
3. Life cycle of project
4. Construction project, construction as subject of construction project, participants of construction process
5. Pre-investment phase of project, initiation, goals setting
6. Evaluation of project proposal, structuring of construction object and construction project
7. Work organization of project, construction project participants, kinds of project management
8. System of construction project planning, techniques of project planning, term planning
9. Network analysis, planning of sources, planning of outputs cost and financial planning
10. Financing of project, proposal prices of project works, relations between participants of investment project
11. Function of statistics, basic terms, statistical classification and registers, inflation, price statistics
12. Risks and changes management, risks engineering, risks in construction, project risks management
13. Computer support of the project management