1. Education and research at University of Southern Denmark Pernille Eskerod

2. Project Management Unit Honorary professor Erling S. Andersen (BI, Norway) Associate professor Pernille Eskerod Associate professor Anna Lund Jepsen Associate professor Bodil Stilling Blichfeldt Associate professor Knud Stokholm Associate professor ??? Research fellow and external lecturer Eva Riis Ph.D. student Ali Mosavi Ph.D. student Lisbeth Brøde Research intern (Fall 2008) Tìmea Monori (Corvnius University of Budapest) A number of external lecturers and research assistants

3. PM Education YearCourses Total number of students 2004Graduate: Business Part-time: Business28 2005Graduate: Economics, Public Health, Science Part-time: Business 2006Graduate: Business, Economics, Public Health, Science, Tourism, Humanities Part-time: Business 2007Undergraduate: Environmental Planning, Sport Graduate: Business, Economics, Public Health, Science, Tourism, Humanities, Environmental Planning Part-time: Health app. 235

4. Professional Master in Project Management starts September 2008 MBA-level, but no general mgmt. courses 2 years parttime mainly taught in Danish, but international oriented fee: app. 20.000 Euros pre-requirement: 5 ECTS PM course up to 40 students (20 applicants so far) developed together with Danish companies and public organizations

6. Contents 1. Semestre Project Management in an Organisational Perspective Financial Understanding & Uncertainty Management The Advanced Toolbox 2. Semestre Managing the Project Team & Stakeholder Management Change Mgmt., Programme Mgmt. & Portfolio Mgmt. Managing the Project-oriented Organization 3. Semestre Elective 1 Elective 2 5-days Winter University at WU, Vienna 4. Semestre Master dissertation

7. Trainers Professor Erling S. Andersen, BI Norwegian School of Management Professor Roland Gareis, University of Economics and Business Administration, Vienna Business and Professor David Partington, Cranfield University, UK Associate professor Pernille Eskerod Associate professor within Law External lecturer Eva Riis External lecturer Jens Laugesen (Nordea bank) Ph.D. student Ali Mosavi a number of guest lectures from the industries and….

8. Current Research Projects 1.Understanding the Value of Project Management (2006-2008) –PMI-financed –lead by Janice Thomas and Mark Mullaly, Canada –about 35 international researchers –app. 60 case studies worldwide, 5 from DK –presentation at the PMI Research Conference in Warsaw in July 2008

9. 2. Project Stakeholder Management (2006-2008) –longitudinal case study in a Danish hospital –studying a project manager implementing an electronical documentation system. He is young, inexperienced within PM, with no formal authority, and not educated as a medical doctor… Further, the hospital did not really want the system in the beginning…! –presentation at Happy Projects this Thursday

10. 3. The Certified Project Manager –to determine the characteristics of certified project managers –by analysing quantitative and qualitative data from the Danish database of certified project managers and conducting interviews –presentation (hopefully!) at IPMA World Congress in Rome in November 2008

11. 4. Implementing Project Portfolio Management (2008-2011) –to understand aims, strategies, and challenges related to implementing project portfolio management in a company –literature study, case studies, and expert interviews –first presentation at IPMA World Congress in Rome in November 2008

12. 5. Managing Research Projects (will be launched in 2008) –to understand aims, strategies, and challenges related to managing research projects –literature study, case studies, surveys, and expert interviews –workshop in Esbjerg, Denmark, Tuesday December 9 2008 (you are all very welcome!)

13. Cooperation Potentials We offer a permanent senior researcher position (tenure) within PM. Deadline for application: June 23 2008. Junior researchers may also apply. We would like to invite students as well as researchers to visit our university for a shorter or longer visit. We would like cooperation about common applications for EU fundings or other funding possibilities.

14. Pernille Eskerod pernille@sam.sdu.dk www.sam.sdu.dk/ansat/pernille www.sdu.dk/sam/projektledelse www.sdu.dk/masterprojektledelse