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Project Management - AM501003

Title:	Project Management
Form of teaching:	lecture+practicals
Guaranteed by:	Department of Economics and Management (837)
Faculty:	Central University Departments of UCT Prague
Actual:	from 2022 to 2024
Duration in semesters:	1
Semester:	winter
Points:	winter s.:6
E-Credits:	winter s.:6
Examination process:	winter s.:
Hours per week, examination:	winter s.:2/2, C+Ex [HT]
Capacity:	unknown / unknown (unknown)
Maximum number of enrolled students:	unlimited
Min. number of students:	unlimited
State of the course:	taught
Language:	English
Teaching methods:	full-time
Level:
Repeated enrollment:	- / - / - / 9
Note:	course can be enrolled in outside the study plan enabled for web enrollment

Guarantor:	Švecová Lenka doc. Ing. Ph.D.
Interchangeability :	M501003

Course completion requirements -

Credit/pass: continuous tests (min. 50%)

Exam/grade: team project incl. final presentation (weight 60%), learning activities (weight 25%) and course activities (weight 15%)

Last update: Švecová Lenka (09.09.2026)

Literature

Obligatory:

LONGMAN, Andrew; MULLINS, Jim. The Rational Project Manager: A Thinking Team’s Guide to Getting Work Done. : Hoboken: John Wiley & Sons., 2015, s. ISBN 978-0-471-73003-3.

Google Project Management Professional Certificate [online]. Dostupné z: https://www.coursera.org/professional-certificates/google-project-management

PMI Code of Ethics and Professional Conduct. [online]. Dostupné z: https://www.pmi.org/about/ethics/guidelines

Recommended:

PMI. Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK® Guide) – Eigh Edition. . : PMI, 2026, s. ISBN 978-1628258295..

PRINCE2. Managing Successful Projects with PRINCE2®. : PeopleCert, 2023, s. ISBN 978-9925-3446-0-4.

IPMA. Individual Competence Baseline for Project, Programme & Portfolio Management (IPMA ICB®), Version 4.0.. Curych: IPMA, 2025, s. ISBN 978-94-92338-00-6.

HORINE, G. Project Management Absolute Beginner's Guide. : Amazon, 2017, s. ISBN 0789750104.

PORTNY, S. E. Project Management for Dummies.. : Amazon, 2017, s. ISBN 9788126542574.

Last update: Švecová Lenka (08.09.2026)

Requirements to the exam

Credit/pass: continuous tests (min. 50%)

Exam/grade: team project incl. final presentation (weight 60%), learning activities (weight 25%) and course activities (weight 15%)

Last update: Švecová Lenka (09.09.2026)

Syllabus

1. Why project management?

2. PM basic terms. Lessons learned (how teams work). Team roles (Belbin, Team competency matrix)

3. Project initiation, project definition.

4. Scope planning.

5. Cost estimation. Building a budget.

6. Planning time and resources.

7. Risk management

8. Stakeholders. People in projects. Reporting. Communication.

9. Procurement

10. Project Implementation. Monitoring of the project.

11. Modifying the project. Project Closure.

12. Finance in projects.

13. Code of Ethics. Professionalism.

14. Other PM standards (PMBOK, PRINCE2, IPMA). Basics of Agile.

The course is held 100% in English.

Last update: Kačín Radovan (14.09.2023)

Teaching methods
	Activity	Credits	Hours
	Obhajoba individuálního projektu	0.1	2
	Účast na přednáškách	1	28
	Příprava na přednášky, semináře, laboratoře, exkurzi nebo praxi	1.4	40
	Práce na individuálním projektu	1.8	50
	Příprava na zkoušku a její absolvování	0.7	20
	Účast na seminářích	1	28
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