Project Management (2235.YR.007873.1)

General information

Type:	OPT	Curs:	1	Period:	S semester
ECTS Credits:	3 ECTS

Teaching Staff:

Group	Teacher	Department	Language
Year 1	Pablo Vega de Llergo Cornish	Dirección General y Estrategia	ENG

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Summary:
Project Management (PM) can be defined as "the application of knowledge, skills, tools, and techniques to project activities to meet or exceed stakeholders' needs and expectations from a project. (Project Management Institute, 1998) and covers a wide range of situations and activities, directed primarily at causing change. For example, PM can be used in implementing new strategies, developing new products, or changing specific processes within the organization.

Specific objectives of this course include:
Improving technical skills
Several issues are specific to projects, especially concerning planning, stakeholders analysis, risk management, and control of time and budgets. During this course, you will have the opportunity to analyze and practice helpful tools and techniques to develop projects. By the end of the course, you will have a range of new tools and technical skills, which will help you to be more successful when participating in or leading projects.

Improving interpersonal skills
While technical skills are key to having a framework to develop projects, to be successful in project management developing interpersonal skills is a must. Thus, this course puts a strong emphasis on these skills, among others you have: leadership, team building, customer expectations, assessing stakeholders' interests, communication, and presentation skills, etc. Experience from experts will be shared to help you develop skills of your own.

Improving intellectual skills
In many ways, project management requires the integration of intellectual skills. So during this course, you will be asked to analyze and assess complex problems; reach decisions, and then synthesize your learning into action plans and simulated "real-life? projects (based on case studies). This will require you not only to read and study what others have done but also to put into practice (in a contained scenario) your abilities to think innovatively, laterally, and holistically. This in turn will assist you in implementing your projects.

Course aims and objectives
This course aims to enable you to contribute to the design, planning, implementation, and evaluation of all kinds of projects and improve your managerial practice (soft skills).

1. COURSE OUTLINE The Project Life-Cycle There are a number of variations on a theme when it comes to describing a project life cycle. Some frameworks use a three-stage life cycle; others use up to nine stages. Here, we will be considering a five-stage life cycle: Project Initiation How do projects begin? In some cases, the need for change will come from the external environment or the competitive environment. In other cases, the need might arise from within the organization. Project Definition Once you have identified a need, it is important to define more precisely what the outcomes will be and how they will be achieved. Project Planning In this stage, detailed plans are drawn up, including schedules and budgets, so that everyone in the team knows what exactly is expected from them. Project Execution & Control Now the project is put into practice and things begin to happen. As long as the planning has been effective, this stage should proceed without hindrance. Too often, however, difficulties arise which make this stage the most problematic of all. Project Closure Once the project has been completed, an evaluation process should take place. All too often, this is overlooked in the relief of having completed the project, and yet it must take place since in the future the lessons learned can be applied and project management improved.

2. COURSE PROGRAMME What is Project Management? What is a project? Project vs operational work Project and strategic planning What is Project Management? The PM Knowledge Areas Why do we need PM? The new business environment Why do so many projects fail? The Project Life Cycle The Project Initiation Stage Origins of projects Method for selecting projects. Business Model Canvas & Mission Model Canvas Selling projects The Project Definition Stage Project Charter: Logframe Defining stakeholder management The diamond framework The Project Planning Stage Work Breakdown Structure Responsibility assignment Project scheduling: Gantt Chart, PERT/CPM, Critical Chain Project budgeting and resources Risk Management & Economical Business Case Risk management planning Profitability analysis Earned Value Analysis Project Organization & Culture Organizational context Project-based Organization Organizing for Project Management Project Office Project Authority Project Portfolio Management Cultural considerations in Project Management Project Team & Leadership Competences for a project leader Situational Leadership & Project Life Cycle Develop & manage project team Conflict management Project Communication Communication planning Information distribution Managing stakeholders The Project Execution & Control Stage Scope verification Schedule control Cost control Quality control Risk monitoring & control The Project Closure Stage Project integration Project evaluation Other Project Management approaches Critical Chain Project Management (CCPM) Extreme Project Management (XPM) Lean Six Sigma Agile Project Management

The methodology used consists of different teaching tools:
- Lecture presentations of the key tools, techniques, and skills required for successful project management.
- Discussion of case studies specific in PM tools & skills practice.
- Link to business: Project presentations & discussions by Guest Speakers experienced in Project Management.
- Team Project Assignment: practical application: Project selection, preliminary presentation, and final presentations.
- Project Simulator (Scope, Resources, Schedule): by accessing and playing with the simulator you will put into practice your skills, compete against other students, and earn extra points.

This course is considered an open book, to enable people to share their experience and opinion in project management to enhance the collective learning experience of all.

LANGUAGE
The course language will be English. The team products and presentation must be delivered in English.

ASSESSMENT BREAKDOWN

BIBLIOGRAPHY:
E. Verzuh, "The Fast Forward MBA in Project Management", John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2008.
H. Ken Bowen, "Project Management Manual", Harvard Business School, 2002.
"Managing Projects Large & Small", Harvard Business Publishing, 2004

FACULTY:
Coordinator: Prof. Pablo VEGA - pablo.vegadellergo@esade.edu
Associate Professor for General Management & Strategy at ESADE since the year 2000.
Business Model Innovation - Strategyzer (Switzerland), Finance - ESADE (Spain), MSc Science and Technology Policy - Sussex University (UK), MBA - ITAM (Mexico), BSc Chemical Engineering - UIA, (Mexico). Fully trained Six Sigma Black Belt, Environmental and Risk Management diploma.
Experience in top international companies: Ricoh, Sun Microsystems, and P&G, leading and deploying transformation programs.
Subjects of interest Strategy Execution, Business Model Innovation, Sustainability, Project Management, Process Improvement, Leadership, Nature, Hiking, Foodie (tasting all kinds of food).

Coordinator: Prof. Winnie Vanrespaille - winnie.vanrespaille@esade.edu
Associate Professor for General Management & Strategy at ESADE since the year 2018.
SPI (Social Project Institute) Coach certified, MSc & BSc Bio?Engineering and MSc Management at KULeuven (Belgium).
Experience in Industrial Project Management at Group?IPS: diverse projects in chemical and steel companies, design of chocolate factories, etc. Tutor for New Venture Creation Projects of InnoEnergy MSc students, Business Case Development, and European projects around innovative Business Models at ESADE.
Subjects of Interest Business Model Innovation, Project Management, Renewable Energy, Theatre, and Piano.

Team: Prof. Martin GUILLEN - martin.guillen@esade.edu
Associate Professor for General Management & Strategy at ESADE since the year 2010.
ITIL Expert certified, PMP certified (Project Management Institute), MSc Computer Security and Management, UPC (Spain), BSc Industrial Engineer, specialty Automation UPC (Spain).
Experience working on Technology Projects since 2000 at multinational companies: Atos, Sun Microsystems, Oracle, and Econocom.
Subjects of interest Project and Service Management, Capital Markets, and Ironman Triathlons

Team: Prof. Ivo VALDIVIELSO - ivo.valdivielso@esade.edu
Associate Professor for the General Management & Strategy department at ESADE since the year 2017. Project coordinator at ESADE Alumni Social.
EMBA ESADE (Spain), and MSc & BSc Civil Engineering UPC (Spain).
CEO for Fundacio Oncolliga, a charity devoted to cancer support. Cofounder at TECFYS, a startup focused on technology subscription and circular economy. Experience in Construction Projects from 2004 to 2012. In 2012, Technical Director of a Construction company focused on new contracts in Latin America.
Subjects of Interest Sustainable Development, Social Consultancy, climbing, synthesizers, and music composition.

Group	Teacher	Department
Year 1	Pablo Vega de Llergo Cornish	Dirección General y Estrategia