Study Guide

Objective

The students will be able to
- Know the process of developing and managing projects
- write a project plan, implement the project and assess the project implementation
- Know the project cycle management
- use networks and partnerships in professional practice
- know different national and international funding instruments

Content

Contents
- Project development and planning
- Project plan, project implementation and assessment
- Project cycle management and evaluation
- Networking and partnership working
- Funding instruments

Teaching methods

- Contact teaching: lectures, workshops and seminars.
- Written assignments during contact teaching and distance learning days.
- The key content of PMI is to plan, implement and evaluate a small scale project in teams. The projects will be conducted in collaboration with a working life partner or a Diak's project.
- The main written assignments are a project plan and a project report.
- Seminar presentations of the project's results in the end of the course.
- The project can be part of the thesis work if it is agreed on in advance with the teachers.

Location and time

- Helsinki campus and online (Zoom)
- Spring semester during time period 17.01.2022 - 22.04.2022

Materials

- Basu, R. (2013). Managing quality in projects. Burlington, VT: Routledge.
- Dobson, M. S. (2015). Successful project management : How to complete projects on time, on budget, and on target. Place of publication not identified]: AMA Self-Study.
- Hyttinen, Kirsi 2017. Project Management Handbook. Laurea Publications 2017. Laurea University of Applied Sciences.
- Lock, Dennis 2013. Naked Project Management: The Bare Facts. Farnham, Gower.
- Martin, Vivien 2010. Managing Projects in Health and Social Care. London, Routledge.
- Olson, David. Core Concepts of Project Management, Business Expert Press, 2020.
- Posner, Keith, and Mike Applegarth. Project Management, Management Pocketbooks, 2019.
- Spolander, Gary & Martin , Linda 2012. Successful project management in social work and social care: managing resources, assessing risks and measuring outcomes. London, Jessica Kingsley.
- Suarez-Balcazar, Y., & Harper, G. (2004). Empowerment and participatory evaluation of community interventions : Multiple benefits. Florence: Routledge.
- Vanzant, Stern,, Terra. Lean and Agile Project Management : How to Make Any Project Better, Faster, and More Cost Effective, Second Edition, Productivity Press, 2020.

Other relevant literature and lecture material will be available during the course.

Completion alternatives

- An alternative way of completing the study module is only possible upon specific circumstances/criteria (i.e. sickness etc.). Personal reasons such as travel and work are not considered as acceptable criteria.
- Absence from contact teaching will be compensating with written assignments and exams.

- Students cannot conduct PMI individually because project management are conducted in teams in working life.
- PMI course contains the process of planning, implementing and evaluating a small scale project.
- An alternative way to complete the PMI course needs to be agreed in advance with the responsible teacher and the Study Guidance Councellor latest on 12th January 2022.

Employer connections

- The projects are implemented in collaboration with a working life partner or a Diak's project.

Exam schedules

- General exam days in Helsinki campus.
- Exams are agreed with teachers.

International connections

- There can be an international work life partner if it is agreed with the responsible teacher.

Student workload

Total credits are 9 credits, 1 ECTS equals with 26,6 hours of students' work.

Step 1: planning of the project and assignments (3 cr = 80 hrs)
Step 2: implementation of the project and assignments (4 cr = 106 hrs)
Step 3: evaluation of the project and assignments (2 cr = 53 hrs)

Total: 239 hours of a student's work load.

Content scheduling

- The PMI teaching will be offered according to the schedule in Mydiak in Tuudo.
- Onlinesessions in Zoom are offered to support students' project planning and implementation during distance learning days.
- Written assignments will be completed mainly during distance learning days.
- Students will work in teams in planning, implementing and evaluating the projects during distance learning days.

Assessment methods and criteria

- The assessment of PMI is 1-5 or to be resubmitted.
- If assignments are submitted after the deadline, the grade will be lowered one grade. More information from Diak's Degree Regulation:
https://www.diak.fi/en/general-information-for-students/study-related-regulations/degree-regulations/
- More detailed information of assessment of different assignments and presentations will be given in orientation lecture and in Diakle platform.

Evaluation scale

0-5