ROLAND GAREIS Management of the project-oriented Company ® Research Project: pm education mature

ROLAND GAREIS Management of the project-oriented Company ® Project Objectives Analysis and benchmarking of project management education programs of about 7 universities performed Knowledge transfer between cooperating universities achieved Further development of the model „pm education mature“ achieved Relationships between PMUni cooperation partners strengthened Context Project: Analysis of PM education programs in Austria (2003) Establishment PMUni (2007)

ROLAND GAREIS Management of the project-oriented Company ® Work Break-down Structure

ROLAND GAREIS Management of the project-oriented Company ® Project Score Card ( )

ROLAND GAREIS Management of the project-oriented Company ® Cooperation Partners

ROLAND GAREIS Management of the project-oriented Company ® Research Process Joint development of the maturity model „pm education mature“ and respective questionnaire Implementation of a pilot with 3 pm education programs –Special subject „Project Management“ –Master program "Industrial Management„ –Master of Science in "Economics and Business Administration“ Adjustment of maturity model and questionnaire Start of the main analysis of all pm education programs –Internal view (head of program, lecturers, administrators) –External view (graduates)

ROLAND GAREIS Management of the project-oriented Company ® Participating Programs Title of ProgramProgram type University Certificate program "International Project Management" Explicit PM program Vienna University of Economics and Business Administration WU - Certificate Master program "Project & Programme Management & Business Development" Explicit PM program ESC LilleESC – Master Postgraduate Diploma Program "Project Management" Explicit PM program Corvinus UniversityCorvinus - Diploma Economy and Management of Enterprise Part of general program University of Economics BratislavaEuba – Master Master of Management programPart of general program BI Norwegian School of ManagementBI – Master Master program "Industrial Management" Part of general program Slovakian Technological University Bratislava STU – Master Master in „Economics and Business Administration Part of general program University of Southern DenmarkUSD – Master Special subject "Project Management" Part of general program Vienna University of Economics and Business Administration WU – Special subject

ROLAND GAREIS Management of the project-oriented Company ® Analysis Process Self-analysis –3-5 lecturers carry out the self-analysis Analysis by graduates –3-5 graduates carry out the analysis from a client perspective Evaluation of data by PMG –Providing raw data (spiderwebs, benchmarking charts) Analysis per partners –A template will be provided by the PMG. Partners can further interpret the results. Performance of a benchmarking workshop –Benchmarking of the maturities of the analysed education programs by partners Preparation of a benchmarking report by PMG

ROLAND GAREIS Management of the project-oriented Company ® pm education mature (5 questions) (7 questions) (11 questions) (2 questions) (5 questions) (2 questions)

ROLAND GAREIS Management of the project-oriented Company ® Structure of the Education Program A 1.3. Didactic methods Theoretical inputs eSupported self-study Group work Case studies Guest lecturers from the industry Training on the project Variety of literature used such as: (Text book, scientific articles, other articles, notes etc.) Variety of didactic methods applied such as: (Role plays, self assessments, project simulations, process simulations) 1=never, 2=seldom, 3=sometimes, 4=often, 5=always

ROLAND GAREIS Management of the project-oriented Company ® Content: Project Management B 1.1. Definitions of projects and project management Project definitions and project types Project management process(es) Different project management approaches[1][1] Management of small projects vs. projects Project management in different sectors 1=not covered, 2=briefly mentioned, 3=covered, 4=comprehensively covered, 5=very comprehensively covered

ROLAND GAREIS Management of the project-oriented Company ® Content: Programme Management, Project Portfolio Management, etc. C 1.5. Organisational design of the project-oriented company PM Office Project Portfolio Group / Project Portfolio Steering Committee Specific strategy of the project-oriented company (“Management by projects”) Specific culture of the project-oriented company (e.g. empowerment, process orientation, teamwork, etc.) Specific infrastructure of the project-oriented company[1][1] 1=not covered, 2=briefly mentioned, 3=covered, 4=comprehensively covered, 5=very comprehensively covered

ROLAND GAREIS Management of the project-oriented Company ® Content: Social Competences D 1.2. Application of social competences Presentation methods Moderation methods Conflict management methods Management of emotions Teambuilding methods Negotiation methods Diversity management Self-understanding of the project manager 1=not applied, 2=seldom applied, 3=sometimes applied, 4=often applied, 5=very often applied

ROLAND GAREIS Management of the project-oriented Company ® Competences of Graduates G 1.1. Project management knowledge of the graduates after the pm education program Projects and project management Programme and programme management Assurance of the management quality in projects or programmes Project portfolio management Organisational design of the project-oriented company Personnel management in the project-oriented company Process management in the project-oriented company Knowledge of methods for social competences 1=very little, 2=little, 3=average, 4=much, 5=very much

ROLAND GAREIS Management of the project-oriented Company ® Overall Results

ROLAND GAREIS Management of the project-oriented Company ® Submitted Questionnaires Title of ProgramLecturersGraduates WU - Certificate39 ESC – Master33 Corvinus - Diploma33 Euba – Master70 BI – Master13 STU – Master24 USD – Master22 WU – Special subject718

ROLAND GAREIS Management of the project-oriented Company ® Further PM Education Programs University of Applied Sciences BFI Vienna University of Limerick University of Zilina University of Miskolc University of Pannonia

ROLAND GAREIS Management of the project-oriented Company ® STU - Master Industrial Management

ROLAND GAREIS Management of the project-oriented Company ® BI - Master of Management

ROLAND GAREIS Management of the project-oriented Company ® USD - Master Economics & Business Admin

ROLAND GAREIS Management of the project-oriented Company ® Euba - Economy and Management of Enterprise

ROLAND GAREIS Management of the project-oriented Company ® WU - Special Subject Project Management

ROLAND GAREIS Management of the project-oriented Company ® Corvinus - Postgraduate Diploma Project Management

ROLAND GAREIS Management of the project-oriented Company ® WU - Certificate Program International Project Management

ROLAND GAREIS Management of the project-oriented Company ® ESC - Master Project & Programm Management & Business Development

ROLAND GAREIS Management of the project-oriented Company ® Overall results: Lecturers

ROLAND GAREIS Management of the project-oriented Company ® Overall results: Graduates

ROLAND GAREIS Management of the project-oriented Company ® Detailed Results

ROLAND GAREIS Management of the project-oriented Company ® 1.structure of the education program lectureres

ROLAND GAREIS Management of the project-oriented Company ® 1.structure of the education program graduates

ROLAND GAREIS Management of the project-oriented Company ® 2. content: project management lecturers

ROLAND GAREIS Management of the project-oriented Company ® 2. content: project management graduates

ROLAND GAREIS Management of the project-oriented Company ® 3. content: programm management, project portfolio management, management of the project- oriented company – I lectureres

ROLAND GAREIS Management of the project-oriented Company ® 3. content: programm management, etc. – II lecturers

ROLAND GAREIS Management of the project-oriented Company ® 3. content: programm management, project portfolio management, management of the project- oriented company – I graduates

ROLAND GAREIS Management of the project-oriented Company ® 3. content: programm management, etc. – II graduates

ROLAND GAREIS Management of the project-oriented Company ® 4. content: social competences lecturers

ROLAND GAREIS Management of the project-oriented Company ® 4. content: social competences graduates

ROLAND GAREIS Management of the project-oriented Company ® 5. pm research lecturers

ROLAND GAREIS Management of the project-oriented Company ® 5. pm research graduates

ROLAND GAREIS Management of the project-oriented Company ® 6. pm marketing and services lecturers

ROLAND GAREIS Management of the project-oriented Company ® 6. pm marketing and services graduates

ROLAND GAREIS Management of the project-oriented Company ® 7. competences of graduates lecturers

ROLAND GAREIS Management of the project-oriented Company ® 7. competences of graduates graduates

ROLAND GAREIS Management of the project-oriented Company ® Example: Lowest Level of Detail for A 1

ROLAND GAREIS Management of the project-oriented Company ® Example: Lowest Level of Detail for A 2

ROLAND GAREIS Management of the project-oriented Company ® Interpretation Explicit PM programs have more courses and regarding hours, therefore a higher overall maturity ratio Lecturers evaluated much more critically than graduates Differences in perception, e.g. in the dimension pm marketing and services Spider graphs –For most programs quite homogenous –Some spikes e.g. in content: social competences Content: programme management, project portfolio management and management of the project-oriented company almost in every program taught explicitly

ROLAND GAREIS Management of the project-oriented Company ® Next steps… WP 1.4.3: Providing template and data –PMG will send out raw data (spider graphs, benchmarking chart) PMG will develop template of analysis and structure of benchmarking report WP 1.4.4: Analysis per partners –pm education programs can analyse raw data in more detail WP 1.5.4: Analysis of further pm education programs –Additional pm education programs can send questionnaires until 15th June 2008 (if interested to be included in the benchmarking report) WP 1.5.5: Evaluation of further pm education programs –PMG will send out raw data (spider graphs, benchmarking chart) –pm education programs can analyse raw data in more detail

ROLAND GAREIS Management of the project-oriented Company ® Next steps WP 1.5.6: preparing draft benchmarking report –PMG will prepare draft benchmarking report WP 1.5.7: Completing benchmarking report –PMG will finalise benchmarking report –Benchmarking report will be sent out to all participating pm education programs WP 1.5.8: Presentation of results –????

ROLAND GAREIS Management of the project-oriented Company ® Planning Post-Project Phase Communication and publication of results to outside world ??? Marketing of the maturity model pm education mature –Where? How ? –Only including results of pm education programs which want to have their results published Using the model and IT tool for the integration of new PMUni partners –New PMUni partners shall analyse their programs applying existing questionnaire and maturity model –Short presentation of results to other PMUni partners at the next meeting

ROLAND GAREIS Management of the project-oriented Company ® Happy Projects! Roland Gareis