| 1. | Course Title | Projects Analysis | |||||||||||
| 2. | Code | 4ФЕИТ04014 | |||||||||||
| 3. | Study program | 5-PM | |||||||||||
| 4. | Organizer of the study program (unit, institute, department) | Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Information Technologies | |||||||||||
| 5. | Degree (first, second, third cycle) | Second cycle | |||||||||||
| 6. | Academic year/semester | I/1 | 7. | Number of ECTS credits | 6.00 | ||||||||
| 8. | Lecturer | Dr Atanas Iliev | |||||||||||
| 9. | Course Prerequisites | ||||||||||||
| 10. | Course Goals (acquired competencies):
Acquiring knowledge about methods and techniques for analyzing complex projects from the aspect of their basic parameters. Capacity to analyze project activities in the phase of initialization, planning, execution and closing of the project. The ability to use modern computer tools for business analysis and project monitoring. |
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| 11. | Course Syllabus:
Introduction, main goals and tasks of the project analysis. Technical, environmental and ethical aspects of the projects. Methodology, mathematical techniques and models of project analysis. Project management software tools. Project planning and control. SWOT and Pareto analyses. Analysis of the basic project parameters. Methods for projects schedule evaluation and control (CPM. PERT, PDM). Project costs analysis. Economical and financial aspects of the projects. Independent and mutually conditioned projects. Methods for projects evaluation and selection. Methods for analyzing the cost-effectiveness of the project as an investment (Pay Back Period, NPV, BCR, IRR). Project resources planning and scheduling. Real option analysis. Uncertainty and sensitivity in project analysis. Business scenario analysis. The work breakdown structure and project estimations. Prediction and trend analysis. Post project review and learning from the past projects. Analysis of the practical study cases. |
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| 12. | Learning methods:
Teaching supported by presentations, interactive lectures and analysis of real projects. Independent research, homework assignments and seminar work. |
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| 13. | Total number of course hours | 180 | |||||||||||
| 14. | Distribution of course hours | 3 + 3 | |||||||||||
| 15. | Forms of teaching | 15.1 | Lectures-theoretical teaching | 45 hours | |||||||||
| 15.2 | Exercises (laboratory, practice classes), seminars, teamwork | 45 hours | |||||||||||
| 16. | Other course activities | 16.1 | Projects, seminar papers | 30 hours | |||||||||
| 16.2 | Individual tasks | 30 hours | |||||||||||
| 16.3 | Homework and self-learning | 30 hours | |||||||||||
| 17. | Grading | ||||||||||||
| 17.1 | Exams | 20 points | |||||||||||
| 17.2 | Seminar work/project (presentation: written and oral) | 40 points | |||||||||||
| 17.3. | Activity and participation | 10 points | |||||||||||
| 17.4. | Final exam | 30 points | |||||||||||
| 18. | Grading criteria (points) | up to 50 points | 5 (five) (F) | ||||||||||
| from 51 to 60 points | 6 (six) (E) | ||||||||||||
| from 61 to 70 points | 7 (seven) (D) | ||||||||||||
| from 71 to 80 points | 8 (eight) (C) | ||||||||||||
| from 81 to 90 points | 9 (nine) (B) | ||||||||||||
| from 91 to 100 points | 10 (ten) (A) | ||||||||||||
| 19. | Conditions for acquiring teacher’s signature and for taking final exam | Completion of the homeworks exercises and project assignments | |||||||||||
| 20. | Forms of assessment |
Final written and/or oral exam on the whole teaching material (duration 2 hours) and presentation of the seminar works. It is not allowed to use books, scripts, manuscripts or notes of any kind, mobile phone, tablet or any other electronic device during the exam. |
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| 21. | Language | Macedonian and English | |||||||||||
| 22. | Method of monitoring of teaching quality | Internal evaluations and surveys | |||||||||||
| 23. | Literature | ||||||||||||
| 23.1. | Required Literature | ||||||||||||
| No. | Author | Title | Publisher | Year | |||||||||
| 1. | Harold Kerzner | Project management – A system approach for Planing, Schedulling and Controlling 13th Edition | John Wiley& Sons, Inc | 2022 | |||||||||
| 2. | Chan S. Park | Fundamentals of Engineering Economics | Pearson Int. Edition | 2012 | |||||||||
| 3. | Atanas Iliev | Selected Lectures from Project Analysis | FEIIT – Skopje | 2021 | |||||||||
| 23.2. | Additional Literature | ||||||||||||
| No. | Author | Title | Publisher | Year | |||||||||
| 1. | ohn A. White, Kellie S. Grasman, Kenneth E. Case, Kim LaScola Needy, David B. Pratt | Fundamentals of Engineering Economic Analysis | John Wiley& Sons, Inc. | 2020 | |||||||||
| 2. | John Goodpasture | Quantitative Methods in Project Management | J. Ross Publishing | 2004 | |||||||||
| 3. | Selected papers | IEEE Transaction on Engineering Management & Engineering Management Review | IEEE Press | 2022 | |||||||||
