Objectives of the lecture:

The participant recognices meaning, the principles and the most important methods of project management nowadays and is able to apply them later on, in its own responsibility area. Today, the successfully planning and implementation of projects is nearly impossible without appropriate tools. Thus one focus point will be laid on introducing MS-Project.

Method of instruction:

Lecture presentations, discussions, group work and final presentation.
Prerequisite for obtaining the certificate (Exam):

• Active attendance on bloc seminar.

• Establishment of a simulation example and presentation of results in a brief report (10 min.each student). The report documentation includes the PPT and the results of a unit paper.

Environment:

At that time the lecture will be offered in the 6th. term of the course Mechanical Engineering as a preliminary bloc seminar. The students have the possibility to work on practical unit tasks with means of MS-Project.