Content

1. Project Management: Definition and basic characteristics of projects, project life cycle, project categorization. The case of the agri-food ecosystem.

2. Project management: Project life cycle, project categorization

3. Project management: Impact on management process, project organization, critical success factors of a project,

4. Project selection and evaluation: cost-benefit analysis, cost-effectiveness analysis,

5. Project selection and evaluation: multi-criteria project evaluation, characteristics and specificities of projects in the agri-food sector

6. Project planning: Definition, objectives, and constraints for project development, identifying activities, estimating duration and resources required to implement activities, constructing a project network,

7. Project planning: Human resource management and culture of collaboration and flexibility in project planning and implementation.

8. Project scheduling methods (Critical Path Method, Project Evaluation Review Technique),

9. Cost and Project Resources allocation: Cost Calculation, Cost - Project Time Ratio, Influence of external factors (climate crisis).

10. Cost and Project Resources allocation: Smoothing resource allocation, Program Management,

11. Risk management in project implementation. Vulnerability of the agri-food sector.

12. Project monitoring & evaluation: Project audit techniques. Case studies in the agri-food sector.

13. Modern trends and developments in project & program management

A combination of teaching and learning methods will be used, aiming at the active participation of the students and the practical application of the thematic units under examination; there will also be lectures using audiovisual media, discussions, and analyses of case studies on real business issues, experiential (group) activities, as well as projections of relevant videos.

The students will also undertake an individual or group project.

Furthermore, articles, audiovisual lecture materials, web links/addresses, useful information, case studies and exercises for further practice are posted in digital form on the AUA Open e-Class platform

Learning results

The aim of the course is to:

acquire knowledge of the basic principles of project and programme management, including methods of project selection and evaluation.
plan the implementation of a project in an optimal way, estimating the resources and duration required
monitor and manage projects, applying quality assurance and risk management procedures.

Upon successful completion of the course, the student will be able to:

Understand the basic principles of project management, methods of project selection and evaluation, techniques and methods of scheduling, cost-duration analysis, optimal allocation and smoothing of project resources, and methods of project control
Evaluate projects and programs
Optimized planning of project implementation
Monitor and manage a project

Implement project quality assurance and risk management proced

Bibliography

Suggested Bibliography in Greek Language:

• Βιβλίο [112699974]: Διοίκηση Έργων: Μια διοικητική προσέγγιση (2020) Jack R. Meredith / Samuel J. Mantel Jr. / Scott M. Shafer, ΕΚΔΟΣΕΙΣ ΠΡΟΠΟΜΠΟΣ Ι.Κ.Ε.

• Βιβλίο [121051712]: Ευέλικτες μέθοδοι διοίκησης και διαχείρισης έργων (2023), Φιτσιλής Παναγιώτης, ISBN: 9786185726737, Τύπος: Ηλεκτρονικό Βιβλίο, Διαθέτης (Εκδότης): ΚΑΛΛΙΠΟΣ Ανοικτές Ακαδημαϊκές Εκδόσεις

• Βιβλίο [112696467]: Project Management (IPMA®) (2022), Κωνσταντίνος Διρβάνης, Τριαντάφυλλος Κατσαρέλης, ISBN: 9789605314859, Διαθέτης (Εκδότης): ΔΙΑΥΛΟΣ Α.Ε. ΕΚΔΟΣΕΙΣ ΒΙΒΛΙΩΝ

• Βιβλίο [978-960-418-812-3]: ΚΛΙΜΑΤΙΚΗ ΑΛΛΑΓΗ, Πασχαλίδου Αναστασία

Suggested Bibliography in English Language (indicative):

• PMBOK (2021), A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK Guides), 7th ed., Project Management Institute.

• Kerzner H., (2013). Project Management: A Systems Approach to Planning, Scheduling, and Controlling, John Wiley & Sons: New York

Related academic Journals:

• International Journal of Managing Projects in Business

• International Journal of Project Management

• International Journal of Project Organisation and Management

• Project Management Journal

• Journal of Scheduling

Related internet sources:

• International The Project Management Institute: www.pmi.org

• The Project Management WWW: www.projectmanagement.com

• Project Management Forum: www.pmforum.org

Instructor's Note

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