Industrial Project Management

Subject: 2023/2024 - 2S

Programmes

Hours Effectively Taught

GI1

Aims, Skills and Learning Outcomes

Descriptive summary of the curricular unit

You will be taught the scientific principles of industrial project management needed to produce the goods and services provided by a manufacturing organization. Industrial project management in a manufacturing company will use its production and service resources to ensure the sustainability of the company's overall strategy. In a transforming process the use of Operations Planning and Control tools associated with the supply chain, information system and logistics, considering the basic principles of LEAN Manufacturing and the most suitable tools for Factory Layout, ensure a better understanding of the transforming systems and services used by organizations. will be taught the most current knowledge about the successful industrial project management of industrial and service organizations.

Learning objectives and expected outcomes

- Provide knowledge of Industrial Project Management that allows the identification of modern techniques and methods of solving production problems and the establishment of objectives compatible with the organization's strategy;
- Strengthen the scientific and technical mastery of short and medium term planning;
- Develop cognitive skills in LEAN Thinking, supply chain management and service management;
- Train students to rationalize the use of organizational resources.

Skills to develop

- Design industrial project management systems in integrated production processes
- Diagnose and solve industrial project management problems
- Identify the constraints of a production system
- Implement corrections in terms of industrial project management
- Apply knowledge in the optimization of existing production systems

Programme

1. Project Management Framework (GP)
1.1 Definitions, characteristics and importance of GP
1.2 Role of the project manager
1.3 GP organization and life cycle
1.4 GP knowledge areas and processes
2. Project initiation
2.1 Purpose, objectives and activities
2.2 The Opening Term or Project Charter
2.3 Identification of interested parties
2.4 Analysis Techniques
3. Project planning
3.1 The scope of the project: PBS and WBS
3.2 Identification of the critical path (CPM and PERT Methods)
3.3 Resource Management: Estimates and Gantt Chart
3.4 Quality, HR/Communication and Risk Management Planning
4. Project execution
4.1 Project execution management
4.2 Stakeholder and communication management
4.3 Continuous improvement methodologies
4.4 Agile/lean management techniques
5. Monitoring, control and closure
5.1 Project monitoring and control
5.2 Cost control (EVM) and quality
5.3 Resetting times, costs and resources
5.4 Analysis of commitments (tradeoff)
5.5 Closure of activities
5.6 Analysis of project results

Demonstration of the syllabus coherence with the curricular unit's learning objectives

The UC is structured in 9 integrated and fundamental themes in the Operations Management of companies and other organizations, starting with the identification of the components of the GO and its connection to the business strategy. It considers the structuring and guarantee instruments for the planning and control of operations, using the most recent methodologies of lean manufacturing, jit, kanban and kayzen. Organizational layout methods are worked on, with a view to implementing quality systems. A special study is made of the Supply Chain (Supply Chain Management) and its components as the core structure of the Value Chain of organizations and companies, without neglecting the issues of treatment of information systems and evaluation of operations management.

Main literature

Supplementary Bibliography

Learning Methods

Theoretical-practical classes will be used where concepts, methodologies and techniques of operations management, planning, supply chain management, performance evaluation of operations and implementation of the management information system will be presented and discussed. The concepts and techniques will be exemplified through problem solving and case analysis.
The teaching/learning methodology is based on the deepening of theoretical concepts, illustrated through the approach of practical cases on the various topics of Operations Management in the context of the classroom. Learning is consolidated through individual study and will be applied in the resolution and defense of practical cases. For this purpose, specific software programs available on the market and theoretical expositions using data show will be used. The preparation of oral presentation reports of the results obtained in a simulated context of company management meetings will also be encouraged.

Assessment Components

Avaliação distribuída com exame final

Assessment Components

Continuous Assessment

Written test I: 30%.
Written test II: 30%.
Group work: 40%
Submission through the e-learning platform (Turnitin Database)

Under the terms of the General Regulation:
a) The effective attendance of students in classes will be registered and, if the number of absences per student exceeds 30% of the total number of contact sessions foreseen for each curricular unit, it will be automatically transferred to the final assessment of the normal season;
b) A minimum mark of 7.5 points is required in the written tests and in the defined assessment elements;
c) In case the student misses or obtains a grade lower than 7.5 in the tests or assessment elements referred to in the previous number, he/she will automatically be transferred to the final assessment of the regular season;
d) If the student misses or obtains a mark of less than 7.5 in the second written test (taken on the same date as the final written test of the regular season) he/she may request registration for assessment in the appeal season;
e) All written academic work provided for assessment (reports, case studies, etc.) must be submitted in the Turnitin database, available on the ISAG E-Learning platform, with a similarity rate of up to 30% being acceptable.

Final Exam

Final Exam: 100%

Demonstration of the coherence between the teaching methodologies and the learning outcomes

The Coherence of the methodologies is guaranteed by a teaching process guided by the teacher that defines the strategies and techniques to be used, namely an approach adapted by the teacher that determines the use of information, guides the choice of resources to be used, All topics will be previously sent to students via the SIGARRA system.
Methods of collective teaching and group teaching will be used, in which the Exposition and Mixed Exposition of the subjects will be adopted with the presentation of case studies for debate and discussion in class.