Managing successful projects for development (2235.YR.015483.1)

General information

Type:	OPT	Curs:	2,3,4	Period:	S semester
ECTS Credits:	3 ECTS

Teaching Staff:

Group	Teacher	Department	Language
Year 2	Gloria Segura Espiell	Sociedad, Política y Sostenibilidad	ENG

Group	Teacher	Department	Language
Year 3	Gloria Segura Espiell	Sociedad, Política y Sostenibilidad	ENG

Group	Teacher	Department	Language
Year 4	Gloria Segura Espiell	Sociedad, Política y Sostenibilidad	ENG

The course is made up of 10 sessions of 2,5 hours long (weekly sessions) (*), combining theory and practice, where you are going to know and understand the different tools of project management and have time to prepare the team work about planning an NGO project.
As homework, mainly you will have to read the PM4R guide and dedicate some time to prepare the team work about planning an NGO project.

(*) For the intensive format edition in January (GDL and GED) the duration is 3 weeks and the total amount of sessions is 9 distributed in 3 sessions per week.

WHY IS IT WORTH DOING THIS SUBJECT?

Governance always implies being in charge of development projects: for the city, the county, the country or even to help other countries as well. In a global world, these projects can be more complex and, therefore, more critical to be well managed and controlled.

Unfortunately, the reality is that public organizations do not have a high level of maturity in project management.

This is the main reason why IDB (Inter-American Development Bank) has prepared the PM4R ("Project management for results?) methodology. Another example is in the EU, that they have issued a few years ago a simple project management method called PM2 (PM square).

In this subject you will be able to know how these projects should be well managed, controlled and supervised, using an approach of learning by doing. So, this is mainly a practical subject. And what is more, included as a subject using the Esade's methodology Service Learning, you will be able to contribute to help an NGO giving them ideas and preparing the plan for one of the NGO's project mandates they will provide to us.

In summary, doing this subject you have the opportunity to gain these skills and, in your future work, not be struggled when you are in charge supervising or managing this kind of projects.

It should be noted that, in addition to obtaining a mark for the academic curriculum, you would be able to obtain an accrediting certificate: "PM4R Practitioner" of the IDB. The requirements to be eligible are detailed in the Evaluation section.


COURSE CONTRIBUTION TO PROGRAM

The main objective is to know what project management is, what it is for, as well as the main management techniques.

Although project management works for any type of project, the course will focus on development and social projects. So, this subject is related in a certain way to the International Development subject.

The learning will be carried out based on the Project Management for Results (PM4R) methodology of the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), aimed at improving the skills of project teams made up of members of the executing agencies, IDB Staff and members of the liaison bodies.

It is a primarily pragmatic course, since from understanding the importance of each element of management and knowing important tools to manage projects, you will work on a practical case study of a social project, in a team, in which you will practice these tools and, at the same time, you can creatively contribute solutions to an NGO. Until now, we have worked with SOI (Street Heroes of India), Arrels (homeless people in Barcelona) and we expect to work with others in this course.

By the end of this course, students will know and understand what the execution of a project entails, and the importance of doing a good management and focus on results, as well as they will learn management skills through the use of the tools taught in the course. In parallel, they will improve their team work and presentation skills.

1. SESSIONS PLANNING Session 1: Course introduction. What is a project and project management. Presentation of the Service Learning (SL) methodology (by Esade SUD). Session 2: Initiating a project - The Project charter and the Business Case. The Stakeholder matrix. Virtual connection with IDB. Session 3: Planning the project - Scope management. The WBS. Schedule management: Network diagram and critical path. Test 1. NGO and project mandates presentation. Session 4: Planning the project - Cost management: The S curve. Test 2. NGO projects assignment + Starting NGO project work. Session 5: Planning the project - Procurement management: The Procurement matrix. Test 3. NGO project work. Session 6: Planning the project - Risk management: The Risk matrix. NGO project work. Session 7: Planning the project - Communications management: The Communication matrix. Test 4. NGO project work. Session 8: Planning the project - Resources management: The Responsibilites assignment matrix. NGO project work. Session 9: Controlling the project - Controlling scope, time and cost: The Earn Value Technique. Test 5. NGO project work. Session 10: Project works presentation to the NGO. Preparing the certification exam. Reflexion and Course closure. (*) For the intensive format edition in January (GDL and GED) the total amount of sessions is 9. In the specific syllabus of the subject the contents are distributed among these 9 sessions.

The course will take place in 10 sessions of 2,5 hours (*) and will be based on the PM4R methodology for project management of the IDB (Inter-American Development Bank).
To achieve the objectives of the course and encourage the active participation of students, the Esade's Service Learning (SL) methodology is used.
So, the course is designed and consists of a combination of theory, case discussion, exercises, team work and self-learning based on the material of the PM4R guide, focused mainly on designing and planning a project for an NGO, so the participants can contribute to this NGO.
You can learn more about Service Learning in https://www.esade.edu/en/about-us/mission-values/holistic-education/service-learning

(*) For the intensive format edition in January (GDL and GED) the total amount of sessions is 9.

The subject is based in the PM4R (Project Management for Results) guide, from Inter-American Development Bank (IDB)

Group	Teacher	Department
Year 2	Gloria Segura Espiell	Sociedad, Política y Sostenibilidad

Group	Teacher	Department
Year 3	Gloria Segura Espiell	Sociedad, Política y Sostenibilidad

Group	Teacher	Department
Year 4	Gloria Segura Espiell	Sociedad, Política y Sostenibilidad