Project Management in the Public Sector

The purpose of studying this subject is to enable students to master the methodological concept of project management in the public sector, i.e. to master the basic techniques of preparation, analysis, evaluation and execution of the project in the public sector. The main objective of the project management in the public sector is to achieve the defined technical performance and quality of the project with the least cost and the shortest time, and if that is not possible, the goal of management is to reduce cost and time overruns to the minimum.

After completing the program, students will be able to explain the concept of project management, to carry out social and commercial evaluation of the justification of projects in the public sector, and to understand the management of key processes, resources, quality, human resources and project risks. In addition, students will be able to prepare economic parts of feasibility studies (justification) of the public sector projects, to apply the methods of project risk management by life cycle phases of the project in the public sector. They will be able to independently or in a team participate in the implementation of project activities according to the principles of the project cycle, including the control and audit of implemented project activities in the public sector.

Projects and project management; Methods and techniques of project management; Planning and budgeting for projects in the public sector; Investment criteria for the evaluation of projects in the public sector; Analysis of the sources of financing of projects (budget funds, international institutions, debt securities, public-private partnership); Project organization and management of human resources in the public sector; Managing the quality of the project (costs, time, goals); Managing contracting in the public sector; Managing processes in public sector projects; Managing project risks; Control and audit of public projects.

The methodology of work with students is based on lectures and exercises. Lectures theoretically analyze problems, while the exercises in interactive teaching with students analyze concrete projects and cases from practice.

Colloquium I (0-20 points); Colloquium II (0-20 points); Final exam (0-50 points); Attendance (2point); Class activities (seminar papers, discussions, case studies) (0-8 points)

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