ECTS credits ECTS credits: 3
ECTS Hours Rules/Memories Hours of tutorials: 3 Expository Class: 9 Interactive Classroom: 10 Total: 22
Use languages Spanish, Galician
Type: Ordinary subject Master’s Degree RD 1393/2007 - 822/2021
Departments: Plant Production and Engineering Projects
Areas: Engineering Projects
Center Higher Polytechnic Engineering School
Call: First Semester
Teaching: With teaching
Enrolment: Enrollable | 1st year (Yes)
- Understand the concept of scope in the context of project management, and become familiar with project scope management processes.
- Learn requirements gathering methodologies, work breakdown structure (WBS) development, and project deliverables definition.
- Deepen the relationship between scope definition, different knowledge areas, and its importance within the project lifecycle.
- Learn project stakeholder identification processes and the development of a stakeholder matrix.
- Understand the elements of stakeholder engagement in the project and learn methodologies for managing and controlling such engagement.
The contents referred for the subject are:
- Project and Product Scope.
- Scope Management Planning.
- Work Breakdown Structure (WBS).
- Stakeholder Management.
I. Introduction [1.5 h lectures + 1.5 h interactive]
General aspects: scope and scope management. Project and product scope.
Scope within the project lifecycle.
Relationship of scope with other processes and knowledge areas.
II. Scope definition [1.5 h lectures + 1.5 h interactive]
- Information needed for scope definition.
- Alternatives generation and decision making.
- Project scope statement.
III. Requirements, tasks, and deliverables [1.5 h lectures + 2 h interactive]
- Project requirements identification.
- Work Breakdown Structure.
- Deliverables management.
IV. Monitoring, verification, and control [1.5 h lectures + 1.5 h interactive]
- Verification and control and its relation to quality control.
- Verification procedures.
- Control procedures.
V. Identification and characterization of stakeholders [1.5 h lectures + 2 h interactive]
- Stakeholder typologies and stakeholder matrix.
- Power-interest matrix, prominence models, and networks.
VI. Stakeholder management [1.5 h lectures + 1.5 h interactive]
- Communication methods, interpersonal and management skills.
- Information management systems.
The following basic bibliography will be used in the course:
- PMI 2021. El estándar para la dirección de proyectos y guía de los fundamentos para la dirección de proyectos (guía del PMBOK®) -- Séptima edición. Project Management Institute, Pensilvania.
- PMI 2017. Guía de los fundamentos para la dirección de proyectos (guía del PMBOK®) -- Sexta edición. Project Management Institute, Pensilvania.
- AEIPRO 2009. NCB. Bases para la competencia en dirección de proyectos. Versión 3.1. Asociación Española de Ingeniería de Proyectos – International Project Management Association. Editorial UPV.
- Comisión Europea 2021. Metodología de gestión de proyectos PM²: guía 3.0.1. Oficina de Publicaciones de la Unión Europea, Dirección General de Servicios Digitales.
Students are also recommended to consult the following complementary bibliography:
- PMI 2017. Agile practice guide. Project Management Institute, Pennsylvania.
- PMI 2001. Practice standard for work breakdown structures. Project Management Institute, Pennsylvania.
- Kerzner, H. 2006. Project Management. A systems approach, scheduling and controlling. John Wiley & Sons, New Jersey.
- PMI 2011. Practice standard for project estimating. Project Management Institute, Pennsylvania.
- IPMA 2015. Individual Competence Baseline for Project, Programme and Portfolio Management. V.4.0. International Project Management Association (IPMA), Zurich, Switzerland.
- IPMA 2016. Project Excellence Baseline for achieving excellence in projects and programmes. V.1.0. International Project Management Association (IPMA), Zurich, Switzerland.
- IPMA 2016. Organisational Competence Baseline for developing competence in managing by projects. V.1.1. International Project Management Association (IPMA), Zurich, Switzerland.
- European Commission, 2021. PM²-Agile Guide 3.0.1. Luxembourg: Publications Office of the European Union
- European Commission, 2021. PM² Programme Management Guide. Luxembourg: Publications Office of the European Union
In this course, students will acquire a series of knowledge through specific content, as well as a series of skills and abilities, and will put into practice specific competencies of scope and stakeholder management in project management.
Regarding knowledge and content, the following will be addressed:
Con02 - Methodologies for project scope management.
Con03 - Methodologies for stakeholder management.
Regarding skills and abilities, the following will be addressed:
H/D03 - Lead and work effectively in interdisciplinary teams.
H/D04 - Ability to establish strategies to resolve project-related disagreements.
Regarding competencies, the following will be addressed:
Comp03 - Create the work breakdown structure and the organizational structure of the project.
Comp04 - Identification, involvement, management, and monitoring of stakeholders in the project.
The teaching methodology of the course will consist of face-to-face teaching through lectures in groups of 25 students (9 hours), using various presentation formats (PowerPoint, Prezi, etc.) as support elements. The lecture sessions will be complemented with interactive teaching (12 hours), using materials that allow students to simulate the preparation of necessary documentation in scope management (forms, checklists, etc.) as well as software for the development of specific techniques (mind maps, work breakdown structures, etc.).
Based on the established foundation in expository and interactive teaching, students will carry out tasks aimed at developing a portfolio, which will include elements from interactive practical sessions along with those developed by the students themselves in a non-presential manner. Students will have the support of tutorials for the development of the planned activities.
Specifically, the following will be used as educational activities:
- Lecture sessions (ES)
- Interactive sessions (IS)
- Small group tutorials (SGT)
- Individual tutorials (IT)
In addition, the following teaching methodologies will be used:
- Master classes and participatory lectures
- Seminars for the development of practical work
- Presentation of work
- Problem-solving. Preparation and presentation of course work
- Learning based on solving practical cases
- Portfolio
- Autonomous work and individual study by students
- Group work and cooperative learning
The use of the USC virtual platform, as well as the Microsoft Teams application, will streamline bidirectional flow of information between students and teachers, making teaching more agile and facilitating access to documentation by students.
Mixed with a written exam of objective, development, or oral questions, and submission of assignments and portfolio. At the end of the course, students will take a written test on the contents related to scope and stakeholders management, and will present a portfolio that includes the tasks, case studies, and exercises developed in the interactive sessions of the course. The student's grade is a weighted average, 50%-50%, between their performance in the two parts evaluated: exam and portfolio. A student will not pass the course if they do not obtain a minimum of 5 points out of 10 in each part.
For cases of fraudulent completion of exercises or tests, the provisions of the "Regulation for the evaluation of student academic performance and review of grades" will be applied.
To pass the course, students are required to attend 75% of the theoretical and practical classes. Non-compliance with attendance will require the student to complete an additional task proposed by the teacher to pass the course. Students who have been granted attendance dispensation must complete a specific additional task indicated by the teacher. These criteria are valid for the first and second opportunity and repeaters. Grades for practical work and exams will be kept only during the academic year.
The distribution of competencies in the evaluation will be:
Exam (50%): Assessed knowledge: Con02, Con03; assessed competencies Comp03, Comp04.
Portfolio (50%): Assessed skills: H/D03, H/D04; assessed competencies Comp03, Comp04.
Students will dedicate 51 hours to autonomous work and individual study, primarily focused on studying the theoretical elements of the course, reviewing the basic and recommended bibliography, and developing practical tasks and organizing them into a portfolio.
It is recommended to adapt to the programming of theoretical and practical content according to the course manuals for maximum benefit while taking the course. Likewise, course material will be made available to students for pre-study before expository sessions so they can better understand and assimilate the course concepts. Students are encouraged to actively participate in classes and use tutorials.
Emilio Rafael Diaz Varela
Coordinador/a- Department
- Plant Production and Engineering Projects
- Area
- Engineering Projects
- emilio.diaz [at] usc.es
- Category
- Professor: University Lecturer
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| 19:00-21:00 | Grupo /CLIS_01 | Spanish | Classroom 14 (Lecture room 4) |
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| 16:00-19:00 | Grupo /CLE_01 | Spanish | Classroom 14 (Lecture room 4) |
| 19:00-21:00 | Grupo /CLIS_01 | Spanish | Classroom 14 (Lecture room 4) |
| 10.18.2024 16:00-18:00 | Grupo /CLE_01 | Classroom 14 (Lecture room 4) |
| 06.17.2025 16:00-18:00 | Grupo /CLE_01 | Classroom 14 (Lecture room 4) |