BAHÇEŞEHİR UNIVERSITY BİLGİ PAKETİ / DERS KATALOĞU
| ECONOMICS AND FINANCE | |||||
| Bachelor | TR-NQF-HE: Level 6 | QF-EHEA: First Cycle | EQF-LLL: Level 6 | ||
Course Introduction and Application Information
| Course Code | Course Name | Semester | Theoretical | Practical | Credit | ECTS |
| COP4431 | Abdi İbrahim Special Topics in Project Management | Fall | 3 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| This catalog is for information purposes. Course status is determined by the relevant department at the beginning of semester. |
Basic information
| Language of instruction: | English |
| Type of course: | Non-Departmental Elective |
| Course Level: | Bachelor’s Degree (First Cycle) |
| Mode of Delivery: | Face to face |
| Course Coordinator : | |
| Recommended Optional Program Components: | None |
| Course Objectives: | This course focuses on the Project Management (PM) proccesses and key PM knowledge areas. The students develop the ability to manage the progressive maturity model of a project life-cycle independently from any industry. |
Learning Outcomes
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The students who have succeeded in this course; The learner will be able to; 1. define different project management methodologies and techniques 2. justify if an idea is a commercial/ strategic opportunity and convert the idea into an official business case document 3. classify projects with multiple parameters and will be able to bring different approaches according to project categories 4. develop a commercial look on contracting processes 5. apply different risk management techniques 6. apply different communication, negotiation and conflict management techniques 7. criticise ideas and lessons learned from real project managers' experiences 8. define Agile Project Management Methodology |
Course Content
| This course on Project Management focuses on Project Management Methodologies, Idea Management, and Project Classification and Prioritization for finding the right PM Tools. Contracting, Risk Management, Project Communication, Schedule Optimization, and Agile/ Scrum Methodology are other topics covered. |
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
| Week | Subject | Related Preparation |
| 1) | Introduction to Project Management | |
| 2) | Project Management Methodologies | |
| 3) | Idea Management | |
| 4) | Project Classification and Prioritization | |
| 5) | Finding the right PM Tool | |
| 6) | Contracting | |
| 7) | Review of PM Concepts, MidTerm | |
| 8) | Risk Management | |
| 9) | Advanced Project Communication | |
| 10) | Time Schedule Optimization | |
| 11) | Failure Stories and Lessons Learned | |
| 12) | Applied Agile/ Scrum Methodology | |
| 13) | Student Project Presentations | |
| 14) | student Project Presentations |
Sources
| Course Notes / Textbooks: | The ISPE Good Practice Guide: Project Management for Pharmaceutical Industry. J. Angelastro, D. Barlow, J. H. Butler, N. C. Davies, S. Errico, R. Gunderlock, J. Honey, L. Hura, S. Kelly, D. Koncak, K. Lamson, P. Loxley, C. McCann, K. O’Donnell, J. Phelan, R. H. Scherzer, W. Shelden, G. Spanel, M. Stefanowicz, M. Theobald, I. Thorne, 2011. |
| References: | A Guide To The Project Management Body of Knowledge. PMI (Project Management Institute), 2013. Birleşik Standartlar Sözlüğü. PROJE YÖNETİM MESLEGİ İLKELERi TEKNİKLERİ VE ROTASI DERNEGİ (PMİ TR), 2009. |
Evaluation System
| Semester Requirements | Number of Activities | Level of Contribution |
| Project | 1 | % 30 |
| Midterms | 1 | % 30 |
| Final | 1 | % 40 |
| Total | % 100 | |
| PERCENTAGE OF SEMESTER WORK | % 30 | |
| PERCENTAGE OF FINAL WORK | % 70 | |
| Total | % 100 | |
ECTS / Workload Table
| Activities | Number of Activities | Duration (Hours) | Workload |
| Course Hours | 14 | 3 | 42 |
| Study Hours Out of Class | 14 | 3 | 42 |
| Project | 1 | 50 | 50 |
| Midterms | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| Final | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| Total Workload | 138 | ||
Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes
| No Effect | 1 Lowest | 2 Low | 3 Average | 4 High | 5 Highest |
| Program Outcomes | Level of Contribution | |
| 1) | Build up a body of knowledge in mathematics and statistics, to use them, to understand how the mechanism of economy –both at micro and macro levels – works. | 3 |
| 2) | Understand the common as well as distinctive characters of the markets, industries, market regulations and policies. | 2 |
| 3) | Develop an awareness of different approaches to the economic events and why and how those approaches have been formed through the Economic History and understand the differences among those approaches by noticing at what extent they could explain the economic events. | 1 |
| 4) | Analyze the interventions of politics to the economics and vice versa. | 3 |
| 5) | Apply the economic analysis to everyday economic problems and evaluate the policy proposals for those problems by comparing opposite approaches. | 2 |
| 6) | Understand current and new economic events and how the new approaches to the economics are formed and evaluating. | 2 |
| 7) | Develop the communicative skills in order to explain the specific economic issues/events written, spoken and graphical form. | 3 |
| 8) | Know how to formulate the economics problems and issues and define the solutions in a well-formed written form, which includes the hypothesis, literature, methodology and results / empirical evidence. | 2 |
| 9) | Demonstrate the quantitative and qualitative capabilities and provide evidence for the hypotheses and economic arguments. | 2 |
| 10) | Understand the information and changes related to the economy by using a foreign language and communicate with colleagues. | 3 |