Thematic school / Organize your activity in project mode

Coordinated by: Emmanuel Le Roy, Project Management Coach, Consultant, PMP ©
 

FORMAT

Classroom

LOCATION

Campus SophiaTech

PREREQUISITES

No

CAPACITY

 14 students

ABOUT THIS THEMATIC SCHOOL

From January 13th to January 17th 2025

Video

This video is related to the minor "Organize your activity in project mode" which content is the same as the thematic school.
Summary

Learning outcomes

  • 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

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.
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.

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
  • Oral participation - 15% of the final grade
  • Delivery of the project charter/ Management Plan - Submission deadline on LMS: 15/01/2025, 18h00 - 50% of the final grade
  • MCQ on project management practices: 17/01/2025, 9h30, Campus SophiaTech Lucioles, room TD07 - 35% of the final grade

SCHEDULE 13/01/2025 > 17/01/2025

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

Date

Time slot

Course title

Location

13/01/2025

9h30-12h30

Introduction to project management

Campus SophiaTech, Lucioles, room TD07

14h00-17h00

Project life cycle and different types of projects

Campus SophiaTech, Lucioles, room TD07

14/01/2025

9h30-12h30

Managing costs and schedules (part 1)

Campus SophiaTech, Lucioles, room TD07

14h00-17h00

Managing costs and schedules (part 2)

Campus SophiaTech, Lucioles, room TD07

15/01/2025

9h30-12h30

Managing risks

Campus SophiaTech, Lucioles, room TD07

Afternoon Students can finalize their project charter on Wednesday afternoon 

16/01/2025

9h30-12h30

Managing a project in Agile (part 1)

Campus SophiaTech, Lucioles, room TD07

14h00-17h00

Managing a project in Agile (part 2)

Campus SophiaTech, Lucioles, room TD07

17/01/2025

9h30-12h30

Project closing – Final exam 

Campus SophiaTech, Lucioles, room TD07