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Teacher: Pekka Käyhkö
Teacher: Pekka Käyhkö
Type of course: [[:Category:Free choice studies|Free choice studies]], [[:Category:toolbox courses|toolbox courses]] in [[:Category:ICT|ICT]]


Code: TOO8LF001
Code: TOO8LF001
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* '''[[w:Project Management|Project Management]]''' is the process and activity of planning, organizing, motivating, and controlling resources, procedures and protocols to achieve specific goals in [[w:scientific|scientific]] or daily problems. ( Wikipedia )
* '''[[w:Project Management|Project Management]]''' is the process and activity of planning, organizing, motivating, and controlling resources, procedures and protocols to achieve specific goals in [[w:scientific|scientific]] or daily problems. ( Wikipedia )


* Usual project progression: Preparing -> Planning -> Implementing -> Closing ( Teacher's PPs )
* Usual project progression: '''Preparing -> Planning -> Implementing -> Closing''' ( Teacher's PPs )


* Preparation and planning is often the most crucial phase in a project ( Teacher's PPs )
* Preparation and planning is often the most crucial phase in a project ( Teacher's PPs )
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There are lot of competitors in the area of [[w:project management software|project management software]]. '''See [[w:Comparison of project management software|Wikipedia list of project management software]]'''.
There are lot of competitors in the area of [[w:project management software|project management software]]. '''See [[w:Comparison of project management software|Wikipedia list of project management software]]'''.
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Project Management in Multicultural Environment

Teacher: Pekka Käyhkö

Type of course: Free choice studies, toolbox courses in ICT

Code: TOO8LF001

Tools covered: w:Microsoft Project and using w:Microsoft Excel for project management purposes

Project Management in Multicultural Environment - Session 1

  • A project is a temporary endeavor designed to produce a unique product, service or result with a defined beginning and end (usually time-constrained, and often constrained by funding or deliverables), undertaken to meet unique goals and objectives, typically to bring about beneficial change or added value. ( Wikipedia on project management )
  • In contemporary business and science a project is defined as a collaborative enterprise, involving research or design, that is carefully planned to achieve a particular aim ( Wikipedia on projects )
  • Project Management is the process and activity of planning, organizing, motivating, and controlling resources, procedures and protocols to achieve specific goals in scientific or daily problems. ( Wikipedia )
  • Usual project progression: Preparing -> Planning -> Implementing -> Closing ( Teacher's PPs )
  • Preparation and planning is often the most crucial phase in a project ( Teacher's PPs )

Project management softwares

Microsoft Project is a project management software program, developed and sold by Microsoft, which is designed to assist a project manager in developing a plan, assigning resources to tasks, tracking progress, managing the budget, and analyzing workloads. ( Wikipedia )

There are lot of competitors in the area of project management software. See Wikipedia list of project management software.