Project Management beyond planning and control
Project Management is a fundamental theme to understand and work in any business environments. Projects are the organizational way to make innovation happen and to realize any kind of custom solution or to change how an organization work. Project Management is the set of capabilities, skills and tools to properly work on projects. The course aims to define the concept of a project and to show how, in the management of a successful business, project management and process management must coexist and integrate. During the course the project is analyzed as a managerial tool for the management of change and innovation and its links with the company strategy are emphasized.
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This MOOC is part of the Introduction to Management Engineering series, which is designed to introduce prospect master students and people interested in managerial disciplines into the key fundamentals of Management Engineering. Through an analytical and engineering approach, the series provides basic concepts and language in the areas of Strategy, Economics, Financial Accounting, Organization, and Operations Management.
The series is the result of a collaborative design between METID https://www.metid.polimi.it/ , the service of Politecnico di Milano devoted to e-learning and e-collaboration, and the Study Course in Management Engineering.
Learn how to manage projects matching the technical and the organizational dimensions of projects.
| Provided By | Politecnico di Milano
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| Type of provider | HE Institution |
| Provided at | https://www.pok.polimi.it/ |
| Learning opportunity type | MOOC |
| Language | en |
| Home page | https://www.pok.polimi.it/courses?search_query=PM101 |
| Start date | 2022-01-06 |
| End date | 2022-05-15 |
| Duration | 5 |
| Workload in hours | 10 |
| Admission procedure | Open to all |
| Price details | You can access the course absolutely free of charge. |
| Assessments | To successfully complete this course, and henceforth receive the certificate of accomplishment, it is necessary to pass the quiz with 60%. |
| Type of credential | Certificate of participation |
| ISCEDF Code | 0410 - Business and administration not further defined |
| Education subject | 0410 Business and administration not further defined |
| Learning settings | non formal learning |
| Learning outcome | Project Management beyond planning and control – LO – Analyze Analyze conflicts and team dynamics when working on a project |
| Learning outcome type | Skill |
| Reusability level | Cross-sector skills and competences |
| Related skill | http://data.europa.eu/esco/skill/cb668e89-6ef5-4ff3-ab4a-506010e7e70b |
| Learning outcome | Project Management beyond planning and control – LO – Describe the differences Describe the differences between projects and processes |
| Learning outcome type | Skill |
| Reusability level | Transversal skills and competences |
| Related skill | http://data.europa.eu/esco/skill/7dd94ad3-13d6-43fe-8b94-51fcbf67ced9 |
| Learning outcome | Project Management beyond planning and control – LO – Describe the main Describe the main human and cultural dimensions when working on projects |
| Learning outcome type | Skill |
| Reusability level | Transversal skills and competences Cross-sector skills and competences |
| Related skill | http://data.europa.eu/esco/skill/75d8e5d9-bef3-418b-9011-01bff9f27207 http://data.europa.eu/esco/skill/0ee94af1-b445-4973-9c3f-459fab250342 |
| Learning outcome | Project Management beyond planning and control – LO – Identify different Identify different organizational strcutures when working on a project |
| Learning outcome type | Knowledge |
| Reusability level | Cross-sector skills and competences |
| Related skill | http://data.europa.eu/esco/skill/c4272323-cce6-4535-ac71-4f6841f4f89a |
| Learning outcome | Project Management beyond planning and control – LO – Identify the main Identify the main variables of a project in a business context |
| Learning outcome type | Skill |
| Related skill | http://data.europa.eu/esco/skill/S2.7.0 |
| Learning outcome | Project Management beyond planning and control – LO – Pick the best organizational Pick the best organizational structure for a project |
| Learning outcome type | Knowledge |
| Reusability level | Cross-sector skills and competences Sector specific skills and competences |
| Related skill | http://data.europa.eu/esco/skill/c4272323-cce6-4535-ac71-4f6841f4f89a http://data.europa.eu/esco/skill/7111b95d-0ce3-441a-9d92-4c75d05c4388 |
| Learning outcome | Project Management beyond planning and control – LO – Pick the best project Pick the best project management approach for different projects |
| Learning outcome type | Knowledge |
| Reusability level | Sector specific skills and competences |
| Related skill | http://data.europa.eu/esco/skill/7111b95d-0ce3-441a-9d92-4c75d05c4388 |
| Assessor type | artificial intelligence |
| Assessment format | automatic grading |
| Awarding opportunity | The Certificate of Accomplishment will be released to anyone who successfully completes the course by answering correctly to at least 60% of the questions by the end of the edition. You will be able to download the Certificate of Accomplishment directly on the website. Once you have successfully passed the course, you can request the Certificate of Accomplishment without waiting for the end of the edition. The Certificate of Accomplishment does not confer any academic credit, grade or degree. |
