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USEC0009 | Project Management | 2+0+0 | ECTS:4 | Year / Semester | Fall Semester | Level of Course | First Cycle | Status | Elective | Department | DEPARTMENT of BIOLOGY | Prerequisites and co-requisites | None | Mode of Delivery | | Contact Hours | 14 weeks - 2 hours of lectures per week | Lecturer | Prof. Dr. Atakan AKSOY | Co-Lecturer | university elective ( relevant lecturer ) | Language of instruction | Turkish | Professional practise ( internship ) | None | | The aim of the course: | - Conducting problem analysis; To provide students with knowledge in establishing the relationship between problems and goals
- To provide students with theoretical knowledge about project planning, preparation and management.
- Improving the planning and execution capacity of projects |
Learning Outcomes | CTPO | TOA | Upon successful completion of the course, the students will be able to : | | | LO - 1 : | They can perform problem analysis when necessary; can prepare the logical framework matrix. | 6,10 | 1, | LO - 2 : | They gain theoretical knowledge about project preparation and management. | 6,10 | 1, | LO - 3 : | They can prepare the project GANTT chart, network and calculate the required project duration. | 6,10 | 1, | CTPO : Contribution to programme outcomes, TOA :Type of assessment (1: written exam, 2: Oral exam, 3: Homework assignment, 4: Laboratory exercise/exam, 5: Seminar / presentation, 6: Term paper), LO : Learning Outcome | |
Using project management information is becoming increasingly important in institutions and businesses to use resources more effectively and efficiently. The course content includes information on the following topics that students may need in order to plan the right projects, manage them effectively and complete them to achieve the goals:
- Project concept, Project Initiation Context; Logical Framework Approach; problem tree
- Project, Program, Portfolio and Operation Management Relationship
- Features of the Project, Classification of Projects, Project constraints
- Project life cycle; Project Management Process Groups; Phases of the Project,
- Organization in Project Management
- Project Management Knowledge Areas
- Activity and Time Planning in Projects
- Critical Path Method |
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Course Syllabus | Week | Subject | Related Notes / Files | Week 1 | - What is the project? Operation and Project concepts; common and different aspects of the concepts
- Project Initiation Context: For what reasons do Companies, Institutions and Organizations initiate projects?
- Logical Framework Approach: Analysis phase - How to create a problem tree | | Week 2 | - Logical Framework Approach: Analysis phase - Stakeholder analysis
- Logical Framework Approach: Strategy analysis
- General criteria that can be used in strategy analysis | | Week 3 | - Characteristic features of the projects
- Project and change
- Some concepts that we may encounter regarding the project | | Week 4 | - Project, Program, Portfolio and Operation Management Relationship
- Features of the Project | | Week 5 | - Project examples
- Classification of Projects | | Week 6 | - Project constraints
- What is Project Management? What does it cover?
- What are the outcomes of successful project management? | | Week 7 | - Project life cycle
- Different project life cycle examples
- Project Management Process Groups: Initiation, Planning, Execution, Monitoring and Control, Closing | | Week 8 | - Functioning of project process groups in different projects
- Process interactions and activity intensities in project life cycle processes
- The nature of risk and cost of change as the project progresses | | Week 9 | Midterm | | Week 10 | - Phases of the Project, Different project phase structures
- Organization in Project Management: Basic concepts
- Organization in Project Management: Different project organizational structures (Functional, Staff, etc.) | | Week 11 | - Organization in Project Management: Different project organizational structures (Project type, Matrix, etc.)
- Project - Program - Portfolio structure
| | Week 12 | - Environmental Business Factors in Projects
- Enterprise Process Assets in Projects
- Project Management Knowledge Areas: General concepts and their relationships with Project Management Process Groups | | Week 13 | - Project Management Knowledge Areas: Integration Management, Scope Management, Time Management, Cost Management, Quality Management, Human Resources Management, Communication Management, Risk Management, Procurement Management, Stakeholder Management | | Week 14 | - Activity and Time Planning in Projects
- Project Network drawing
- GANTT Chart | | Week 15 | - Critical Path Method - CPM | | Week 16 | Final exam | | |
1 | ÇAKAR, Kemal. 2024, Proje Yönetimi Ders Notları, Trabzon | | |
1 | PMI (kollektif Yazarlı), 2016, Proje Yönetimi Bilgi Birikimi Kılavuzu (PMBOK Kılavuzu) 6. Baskı | | 2 | Wysocki, Robert K. 2019, Effective Project Management, 8th. ed., John Wiley & Sons,
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Method of Assessment | Type of assessment | Week No | Date | Duration (hours) | Weight (%) | Mid-term exam | 9. Hafta | 17.04.2024 | 60 dakika | 50 | End-of-term exam | 16.hafta | 05.06.2024 | 60 | 50 | |
Student Work Load and its Distribution | Type of work | Duration (hours pw) | No of weeks / Number of activity | Hours in total per term | Yüz yüze eğitim | 2 | 14 | 28 | Sınıf dışı çalışma | 5 | 14 | 70 | Arasınav için hazırlık | 10 | 1 | 10 | Arasınav | 1 | 1 | 1 | Uygulama | 0 | 1 | 0 | Dönem sonu sınavı için hazırlık | 10 | 1 | 10 | Dönem sonu sınavı | 1 | 1 | 1 | Total work load | | | 120 |
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