MUPIC COURSE

The Module concerns about general project management concepts and practices, especially from product development project viewpoint. The module gives an overview of development project life-cycle and project phases. Special emphasize is given to the project management topics which are especially important from the viewpoint of the over all structure and content of the MuPIC-course. These topics are for example project communication, stakeholder management and requirements management in a product development project.

Literatute and reading materials for this Module include

• Artto K., Martinsuo M., Kujala J., 2011. Project business. Helsinki, Finland,
  http://pbgroup.aalto.fi/en/the_book_and_the_glossary/project_business_2011.pdf, (ISBN 978-952-92-8535-8)
• Heagney J. 2012. Fundamentals of Project Management - Fourth Edition, American Management Association.
• PMI: A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBoK), 5th Edition, 2013
• Snyder C., 2013. A User’s Manual to the PMBOK® Guide - Fifth Edition, John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
• Kerzner H. & Kerzner H. R., 2013. Project Management: A Systems Approach to Planning, Scheduling, and Controlling, 11th Edition, John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
• Cooper R. G., The Stage-Gate® System: A Road Map from Idea to Launch – An Intro & Summary, GEMBA Innovation.
  http://gemba.dk/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/The-Stage-Gate-System-A-Roadmap-From-Idea-to-Launch-An-Intro-Summary-GEMBA.pdf
  
• Turner, R. 2014. Gower Handbook of Project Management - 5th edition. Surrey, England. Routledge.
  
• Martinelli, Russ J. ; Rahschulte, Tim J. ; Waddell, James M. 2017. Projects Without Boundaries : Successfully Leading Teams and Managing Projects in a Virtual World. John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 
• Margaret R. Lee, 2014. Leading Virtual Project Teams : Adapting Leadership Theories and Communications Techniques to 21st Century Organizations. CRTC Press.