Project Management

Overview

Compentency: Breaking down a project into its basic elements and assessing its socio-economic effects

Module type: elective module

Semester: summer

Site: Kassel

Language: English

Workload: 75 hours course attendance; 50 hours self-study

Credits points: 5

Recommended qualifications: none

Courses

Learning Outcome

After the successful participation in the course International Project Management the students are able to:

  • break down a project into its basic elements
  • identify specific needs and targets of international projects
  • investigate success factors for executing RE projects, specifically in the development cooperation between Germany and Arab countries

Content

  • Defining the terms project and project management
  • Cases where project management is necessary and reasonable
  • Project objectives, - organisation, - execution
  • Exemplary international projects:
    • forms, specifics and success factors
    • preparation
    • team building

Details

  • Lecturer: Rao Aamir Ali Khan
  • Teaching method: lecture, seminar
  • SWS: 2
  • Credit points: 2
  • Examination: group presentations; assignments; written exam

Learning Outcome

After the successful participation in the course Project Management in Development Cooperation the students are able to:

  • use the key elements of project management cycle
  • elaborate a project proposal themselves (in a final workshop)

Content

  • Key elements of project cycle management (PCM) for using RE
  • Logical framework approach
  • Various analysis instruments like
    • situation analysis
    • stakeholder analysis
    • problem/objectives/risk analysis
    • monitoring and evaluation
    • indicator development

Details

  • Lecturer: Wolfgang Dewald
  • Teaching method: lecture, workshop
  • SWS: 2
  • Credit points: 2
  • Examination: group work results; written exam

Learning Outcome

After the successful participation in the course Energy and Society the students are able to:

  • understand the importance of environmental assessment studies
  • analyze critically socio-economic effects of RE projects, worldwide as well as regional

Content

  • Case studies of energy projects and their social, ecological and economical impacts, e.g. big waterpower projects, oil, gas, and coal exploration projects, wind energy
  • Case studies of energy projects which have been blocked
  • Analysis of environmental assessment studies
  • Study of international environmental standards

Details

  • Lecturer: Dieter Gawora
  • Teaching method: seminar
  • SWS: 1
  • Credit points: 1
  • Examination: presentation resp. report