Students are able to

• name and understand basic definitions and concepts of project management and sustainability in projects
• describe and correctly apply essential methods and instruments of managing projects
• make use of technical tools for project management
• plan, implement and evaluate projects independently

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The following topics/contents are covered in the course:

• sustainability in projects
• fundamentals of project management
• essential methods and instruments for planning and monitoring a project (e.g. sustainability plan, stakeholder analysis, time schedule, resource plan, risk analysis, resource and schedule monitoring, etc.)
• planning, implementation and evaluation of an interdisciplinary project as a team
• basic topics of digitalisation and technical tools for project management (e.g. Miro, etc.)
• reflection on project management

Gareis R.: Happy Projects! Project and programme management - Project portfolio management - Management of the project-oriented organization - Management in the ... Best Practices - Case Studies. Manz Verlag, 2005;
ISBN-10: 321408268X
Turner R.: Gower Handbook of Project Management. Taylor & Francis, 2014
Ibo R.: Sustainable Project Management: Sustainability Integration within Project Management. LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing, 2022
Developing a Sustainability Plan in a Project Proposal - proposalforNGOs (proposalsforngos.com)
https://www.apm.org.uk/resources/what-is-project-management/what-is-sustainability-in-project-management/
Fundamentals of project sustainability (pmi.org)

• Group work
• Lecture, discussion
• Role play
• Case study
• Experiment
• Project work

Immanent examination character:
Participation, project presentation, written seminar paper