Course detail

Project Management

FSI-GPN-K Acad. year: 2025/2026 Winter semester

The course "Introduction to Project Management" is built up on the basic knowledge of enterprise management economics. Through examples from industry, the students become acquainted with the latest methods of project management.

Language of instruction

Czech

Number of ECTS credits

4

Supervisor

doc. Dr. Ing. Daniel Prostredník, CSc.

Department

Institute of Production Machines, Systems and Robotics

Entry knowledge

The students are expected to be acquainted with the basics of economics.

Rules for evaluation and completion of the course

Course-unit credit is conditioned by 100% attendance at laboratory practicals and approved reports. Examination has a written and an oral part and tests student's knowledge and his/her ability to apply it in practice.
Seminars are compulsory, attendance is monitored. Absence can be compensated on agreement with the teacher.

Aims

The objective of the course is to convey the experiences with the latest practice in management of complex projects.
After completing the course, the students are able to systematically apply the methods of project management in order to accomplish the projects in due time with the planned outputs and costs.

The study programmes with the given course

Programme N-VSR-K: Production Machines, Systems and Robots, Master's, compulsory-optional

Programme N-KSB-K: Quality, Reliability and Safety, Master's, compulsory

Type of course unit

 

Guided consultation in combined form of studies

13 hours, compulsory

Syllabus

1. Project management, delimitation and context of the project
2. Project planning, project task setting
3. Analysis of the project environment
4. Plan of the project results
5. Procedure model
6. Plan of project milestones, plan of resources, plan of costs
7. Risk analysis in the project
8. Basic types of project analyses
9. Project documentation
10. Check-up and control processes within the project
11. Process of the project setting (from idea to project setting)
12. Process of project start (from project setting to project handbook)
13. Process of project finish

Guided consultation

26 hours, optionally

Syllabus

1. Case study I
2. Case study I
3. Case study I
4. Case study I
5. Case study II
6. Case study II
7. Case study II
8. Case study II
9. Case study III
10. Case study III
11. Case study III
12. Case study III
13. Semestral work handover, credit