Presentations and seminars with industry experts. Individual
assignments on state-of-the-art, current challenges, and case
studies in engineering project, program and portfolio management
(resulting in academic article and Wiki article). Group assignments
on developing business cases for addressing critical challenges
related to the management of projects, programs and
portfolios.
Project, program and portfolio management skills are vital
throughout the lifecycle of engineering systems. This course will
introduce the students to the state-of-the-art in project, program
and portfolio management throughout contracting, design, operation
and divestment. The focus will be on complex socio-technical
engineering systems with long life cycles, such as energy
generation and distribution, transportation infrastructure,
construction systems, aerospace and defense systems, maritime
systems, IT systems or product/service systems. The objective of
the course is to enable students to apply system-oriented, advanced
project, program and portfolio management techniques in this highly
interdisciplinary context and prepare them for future leadership
roles in industry or government agencies.
Læringsmål:
En studerende, der fuldt ud har opfyldt kursets mål, vil kunne:
Identify and critical reflect upon key challenges in the
project, program and portfolio management of an engineering
system
Apply system-oriented methods to identify root causes of
challenges
Identify and prioritize best practices to address challenges
and improve project, program and portfolio performance
Develop business cases and successfully argue for
organizational change initiatives
Develop implementation plans for project, program and portfolio
management related changes
Explain and discuss the similarities and differences between
the management of projects, programs and portfolios
Understand the implications of interdisciplinary design
activities and business strategy and public policy on the
management of engineering systems
In writing promote, explain and argue for the understanding and
analysis of a challenge in an academic/wiki article and final
report (buisiness case)
Orally present and argue for the analysis of the challenge of
and proposal for a solution
Give constructive feedback upon the work of others
Find relevant and supplementary information from external
sources necessary to solve the tasks
Kursusindhold:
The course will address three major areas that create challenges
for project, program and portfolio management: 1. Complexity, with
a particular focus on the relationship of technical and
organizational complexity. 2. Uncertainty, with a focus on
identifying and mitigating key risks and uncertainties throughout
the long life cycles of engineering systems. And 3. Human behavior,
addressing the social and organizational intricacies caused by
public opinion formation as well as inner- and intra-organizational
factors.
The course will also address to major operational interfaces of
project and program management, first, to the interdisciplinary
design processes (e.g. systems engineering) and secondly, to
business strategy and public policy.
The course is built around three major activities: 1. Lectures and
seminars, 2. Individual assignment resulting in an academic paper
and wiki entry on current challenges and/or best practices.
Students will review their colleagues’ papers, and results will be
presented at a mini-conference. And 3. A group assignment in the
form of a business case for organizational change is presented in
class to a board of senior project and program managers from
industry.
Litteraturhenvisninger:
Kursuslitteratur aftales ved kursusstart
Bemærkninger:
Kurset er en videreudvikling af de tidligere kurser “42246
Projektledelse 2.0: Design, Innovation and Produktion” , “42246
Projektbaseret Produktion”, ”42095 Ledelseskoncepter og forandring”
og Industrielle produktionskoncepter i byggeriet
Mulighed for GRØN DYST deltagelse:
Kontakt underviseren for information om hvorvidt dette kursus giver
den studerende mulighed for at lave eller forberede et projekt som
kan deltage i DTUs studenterkonference om bæredygtighed,
klimateknologi og miljø (GRØN DYST). Se mere på http://www.groendyst.dtu.dk
