PROJECT MANAGEMENT
Study Program:
UBMAF220A007-002, MSc (graduate) Academic Studies
Course Code:
ПРО220-0316
Lecturer:
Dr. Žarko Spasić, Professor
Course Status:
Elective
ECTS Credits:
6
Prerequisites for Course Attendance:
Defined by the Study Program Curriculum
AIMS:
Management and project design in professional teams. Documented technical systems design. Professional communication by means of project solutions. Project solutions presentation. Defining the budget and budget management. Project management using professional software. Dissemination and application of project results.
LEARNING OUTCOMES:
The student should be able to: understand the goal and task of the multidisciplinary project team, negotiate with research user and define the project task, successfully present project solutions, manage the project team, define the project budget and financial resources, apply project management software, ensure further application and dissemination of solutions.
THEORETICAL TEACHING (Syllabus):
Project tasks and goals. Systems and processes design. Projects in teaching and research processes. European research space. Knowledge-based Europe of the year 2010. Research priorities. Theories of network planning. Conceptions and procedures in project management. Risk analysis. Project-oriented teaching. Project-oriented enterprise. Project proposal and selection criteria. Project logical framework matrix. Project progress indicators. Project checkpoints. Work plan and work tasks. Project management and coordination. Responsibility and ethics in project design. Evaluation of research units and researchers. Project documentation. Project and budget contracting. Single and complementary project management. Allocation and project resources management.
PRACTICAL TEACHING (Syllabus):
Defining the project task. Constitution of the project team. University and industry project consortium. Synthesis of partial project solutions. Documentation format and culture of project documenting. Documentation and document e-exchange. Training for project management. Public presentation of students’ project solutions. Standard software for project management. Simultaneous project design and communication among project sub-teams. Project reports – partial and final. Monitoring the project accomplishment. Defense of the project.
LEARNING RESOURCES:
Spasić, Ž. Integrated quality system of digital university, FME, 2007 /In Serbian/; Spasić, Ž. Information integration of business functions, Textbook (In preparation) /In Serbian/; Spasić, Ž. et al. Faculty of Mechanical Engineering in Belgrade – Mission on the road to European integrations, FME, 2003 /In Serbian/; Faculty of Mechanical Engineering: Alumni Fund of the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering – αMEβ, Edited by Ž. Spasić et al. /In Serbian/; The First Alumni Congress, 2005, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering: Alumni Fund of the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering – αMEβ, Edited by Žarko Spasić et al. /In Serbian/; The Second Alumni Congresss, 2007 /In Serbian/.

Active teaching – number of teaching hours:
[4]; Lectures: [2]; Exercises: [1.47]; Other forms of teaching: [0.53]; Research work: [0];
Other – number of teaching hours:
[1]
Teaching methods:
Active teaching: Lecturing of new material: 20; Lecture explanations and examples: 10;
Practical teaching: Laboratory exercises: 8; Calculation tasks: 4; Seminar work: 6; Project design:10; Consulatations: 2;
Knowledge check: Calculation tasks assessment: 1; Laboratory report assessment: 1; Seminar work assessment: 2; Project assessment: 2; Colloquium assessment: 2; Test assessment: 2;
Assessment of knowledge
Pre-exam assignments (points)
Points
Final examination format Points
Feedback during course study
Laboratory exercises
Project
Seminar work
Calculation tasks
Test/colloquium
5
10
10
10
10
15
written
40