Project Competence and Management (5 cr)

Objective

Student
- is able to form a strategy and a vision for an organisation/company/work community with the help of a
project, as well as to develop activity based on the goals of a regional and national funding programme
- is able to plan, implement and assess a project process entity
- is familiar with regional, national and international project funding possibilities and is able to write a project funding application
- is able to draft a communication and writing plan for a project, and to utilise it in project communication
- is able to manage multi-discipline and multi-professional project organisations communally
- is able to critically assess project work from the viewpoint of working life and research, development and innovation development
- is able to stabilise, anchor and bridge the results and outputs of a project

Content

The current state, significance and status or regional, national and international project work
Company/organisation/work community strategy directing project work (customer understanding)
Project funding possibilities
Planning, implementation and assessment of project process (conceptualisation):
a) Project plan and application, funding application and decision
b) Multi-discipline project organisation
c) Project communication and writing plan
d) Project assessment plan
Remote management and project administration tools
Network management and communality
IPR rights and agreements
Assessment (results, outputs, effectiveness and indicators), closing a project
Stabilising the results and outputs of a project, anchoring and bridging (prototyping)

Teaching methods

TOTEUTUS:
Kaikille.

Opintojakso toteutuu nyt 4 kerran yhteistyössä Lapin amk:n opettaja Martti Ainosen kanssa. Opintojakso alkaa aloituswebinaarilla 29.4.2020 klo. 14-16, jossa yleisinfo opintojaksosta ja ohjeistus ennakkotehtävään ja hankeideaan. Toinen webinaari 3.6.2020 klo. 13-16, jossa käsitellään ennakkotehtävää ja ohjeistetaan hankesuunnitelman tekemiseen. Kolmas webinaari 26.8.2020 klo. 12-17, jossa käsitellään opiskelijoiden hankesuunnitelmia. Opintojakso päättyy 16.9.2020.

Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1)

Student
-aims at developing the organisation's/company's/work community's project activity in line with the objectives of the chosen funding programme
-is able to draft a project plan and funding application to support it, but does not master these issues on the whole
-is able compose communication, writing and assessment plans which describe the project
-is able to set up a project organization that supports the project
-aims at managing the project planning in a goal-oriented, systematic way
-is aware of the utization of the results and outputs of the project

Assessment criteria, good (3)

Student
-is able to develop the organisation's/company's/work community's project activity in line with the objectives of the chosen funding programme
-is able to write a project plan and funding application to support it
-is able to compose communication, writing and assessment plans to benefit the project
-is able to set up a project organization that somewhat utilizes the operators' diversity
-aims at managing the project planning in a goal-oriented, systematic and network-oriented way
-is able to plan the utization of the results and outputs of the project

Assessment criteria, excellent (5)

Student
-is able to develop the organisation's/company's/work community's project activity in line with the objectives of the chosen funding programme
-is able to write a feasible project plan and funding application to support it
-is able to compose innovative and realistic communication, writing and assessment plans to support the project
-is able to set up a project organization that utilizes the operators' diversity
-is able to manage the project planning in a goal-oriented, systematic and network-oriented way
-is able to plan the utization of the results and outputs of the project critically and widely