Minor Organize your activity in project mode

Coordinated by: Emmanuel Le Roy
 

FORMAT

Classroom

LOCATION

Campus SophiaTech, Lucioles and online, depending on the sessions (see schedule below)

PREREQUISITES

No

CAPACITY

 12 students

ABOUT THIS MINOR

This course is also delivered in a "thematic school " format (see here)

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Summary

Learning outcomes

  • Students through the different workshops will learn all the basic skills of project management (defining the scope of the project, controlling budget and time, managing risks and communication along the project, learning from success and failure).
  • They will put them in practice by working on a project related to their major, or on a personal project.

Whether you want to send a Human being to Mars, to organize a memorable party with 200 people, or to finalize your thesis and defend it in front of a large audience, you will only succeed if you are well prepared
Project Management is the discipline that enable you to go from a dream to a concrete output and to prepare your plan to get there.

You will learn in this course:

  • How to formalize and idea in a project and make a first assessment about its feasibility
  • How to define the initial scope of your project with the budget and the time needed to make it happen
  • How to identify risks and how to manage them
  • How to control the quality along your project
  • How to manage people and monitor cost, time and scope along your project
  • Why communication is essential to the success of a project and how to do it properly
  • How to close your project properly while collecting information to make your next project even more successful

Contents:
  • Introduction to project management
  • The golden triangle of project management
  • Managing costs and schedules
  • Managing communication
  • Managing budget
  • Managing risks and quality
  • Managing uncertainty with agility
Lecturer
  • Emmanuel Le Roy, Project Management Coach, Consultant, PMP ©
Emmanuel Le Roy has been working as a Project Manager at Amadeus SAS since 1999. He is managing transversal projects involving teams located internationally.
Before that, he has been process coordinator for Airlines projects and he has been responsible for the management of commercial projects in Europe, Middle East and Africa.
He also trained people in Amadeus, Ecole des Mines, Edhec and Skema
Bibliography
Evaluation
  • Presence and oral participation along session (15% of the final grade)
  • Delivery of the project charter/ Management Plan - Submission deadline: 24/11/2023, 17h00 (55% of the final grade)
  • MCQ on project management practices - Date of the exam: 07/12/2023, @Campus SophiaTech Lucioles, room TD09 (30% of the final grade)

SCHEDULE FALL 2023 (updated Oct, 12)

Mind the evaluation time and modalities in the "Evaluation" tab below.

Date

Time slot

Course title

Location

​​12/10/2023​

9h00-12h00

Introduction to project management

Campus SophiaTech, Lucioles, room TD09

​​12/10/2023​

17h30-20h30

Project life cycle and golden triangle of project management

Online

​​19/10/2023​

17h30-20h30

Managing schedule and making a realistic plan 

Online

​​26/10/2023​

17h30-20h30

Managing risks and quality

Online

​​16/11/2023​

9h00-12h00

How to manage a project with Scrum methodology

Campus SophiaTech, Lucioles, room TD09 TD14

​​16/11/2023​

17h30-20h30

Managing the budget of your project

 Online

​​30/11/2023​

17h30-20h30

Managing communication

Online

​​07/12/2023​

9h00-12h00

Conclusion on project management - Final exam

Campus SophiaTech, Lucioles, room TD09 TD14