Doktor Oecon, Førsteamanuensis Norwegian School of Management BI Anne Live Vaagaasar Doktor Oecon, Førsteamanuensis Norwegian School of Management BI The maturity test - Master of Management in Project Management at Norwegian School of Management BI

The project management group at BI Personnel: Professor Erling S. Andersen (head of department) Professor Jonas Sôderlund Associate Professor Jan Evensmo Associate Professor Jan-Terje Karlsen Associate Professor Anne Live Vaagaasar Doctoral Scholar Therse Dille Fauske Adjunct professor Ralf Müller Professor Emeritus Svein-Arne Jessen Program Manager, administration of Master of Management in Project Management Åse Toska Sevalrud

Some of the programs in PM at BI Master of Management, 180 - 200 graduates a year 5 bachelor programs: 3 ”regular” project management courses, 30 credits, 250 graduates one bachelor level course in project management for administration students at– 350 graduates one bachelor course in management of IT-projects for information technology students (bachelor) 150 graduates, 8 modules Project Management at master of science level – in English, 50 graduates Doctoral course in collaboration with Umeå University and Linköping University in Sweden, 10 students In addition tailor made company specific programs, and programs in Lituania and China

The Master of Management program Prerequisites: bachelor degree or equivalent and 4 years work experience Is practice focused but research based, requires a certain level of practical experience from previous project work It is our aim that participants through the course: know the requirements projects makes of companies learn the preconditions for a successful project and avoid the common errors related to establishing and implementing projects learn the techniques for planning, organising and following up projects learn social competences for project management get motivated for project work and management get a broad understanding of how the company may use projects in their strategic thinking

The Master of Management program Throughout the course, the participants follow and evaluate an ongoing project The program is conducted through six course modules, a total of 150 lecturing hours Course outline: 1st course module - The project's foundation 2nd course module - Project planning 3rd course module - Project organisation 4th course module - Project control and project learning 5th course module - Project leadership and team work 6th course module - The project-oriented enterprise Evaluation: The students are evaluated through a term paper, counting for 18 credit hours and an individual written exam, counting for 12 credit hours.

Master of Management program

Interpretation Spider graph: Homogenous on marketing, research and competences differences in perceptions of lecturers and graduates with regard to project management, program management and social competences The students think we are better – than the lectures think The dimensions: Content: covering project management extensively, broad perspective and social competences Highly research based, must hold a Phd to teach. Use recent research and students participate in research Analyzes of reality – theory and practice hand in hand Weaknesses: limited variety in didactic methods and limited focus on marketing

A 2. Lecturers 3,33 4,33 Project management competences of lecturers 5 Didactic competences of lecturers 4 Quality of case studies used 1 3 Support by the lecturers Qualification of lecturers communicated Example

Part B: Content: project management 3,10 3,39 B 1. Definitions of projects and project management 4,20 4,00 Project definitions and project types 5 4 Project management process (es) Different project management approaches Management of small projects v. projects 3 Project management in different sectors Example

C 5. Organisational design of the project-oriented company 4,00 4,80 PM Office 5 Project Portfolio Group / Project Portfolio Steering Committee 4 Specific strategy of the project-oriented company ("Management by projects") 3 Specific culture of the project-oriented company (e.g. empowerment, process orientation, teamwork, etc.) Specific infrastructure of the project-oriented company Example