Fit-for-Purpose Projectmanagement

More and more a contingency approach in project management is advocated in literature: rather than just applying basic project management theory for all projects (regardless specific project characteristics), project management should be tailored to suit a particular project.

This course will focus on this fit-for-purpose project management. Principles of project management taught in this minor will be treated using cases from project management practice in various industries and public environments.

The lectures are taught by staff that have a combined experience from industry and academia as well as by guest lecturers. In this course several open-ended cases will be treated, for which student teams will have to find specific solutions.

Apart from the size and the shape of the project, each project manager has a number of specific preferences for managing his project. The presenters will show what fit-for-purpose means to them in their specific project based on their own 10 do's and dont's for project management. Preferably the presenters will deliver best practices per phase, per company or per project type and it is up to the students to make their own balanced selection. The students will gather over the various lectures a set of best practices and by comparing and challenging the presenters will come up with a fit-for-purpose approach for their own project (same project as in the integration course, course 3, different assignment). In this way they deliver a set of minimum standards for future reference and are able to challenge future presenters on their experience.

Site visits are part of this course.