“Project management tools useful for thesis” course

Objectives:

> Acquire the fundamentals of project management

> Control the progress of the project

> Manage the project’s change management

Program:

I. The concept of project

• What is a project?
• Project cycle management

> Exercise: the 6 key points of a project

II. The project manager roles

• Actors and their roles in a project
• Managing without hierarchical power
• Setting objectives

> Put into practice: team-based problem solving

III. Planning the project and monitor its implementation

• Setting out the implementation schedule
• Establishing the critical path (PERT and Gantt)
• The Obeya method
• Dashboards and indicators
• Risk management (5M method, Ishikawa diagram, risk classification)

> Exercises: Definition of a PERT network (Program Evaluation and Review Technology) ; Classify project’s risks

IV. How to communicate in a project

• The rules of effective communication
• Project meetings

> Put into practice: Role-play on communication ; Leading a project launching meeting