1. Practical University Education in Project Management for a New Business and Economic Environment
Prof. Dr. Vangel Fustik Faculty for Electrical Engineering and IT

2. Headlines Introduction Engineering Education Engineering Educators
Today’s Engineering Workforce and Needs
Curriculum Needs and Project Management Trends
Introducing PM course at FEIT-UKIM Skopje
Conclusion

3. INTRODUCTION
Insight in the current efforts of the universities for a practical knowledge in the project environment
The education should follow the changes in the business of new millennia and its’ orientation towards projects with various types, sizes and categories.
This challenge needs creative and unique approach

4. …INTRODUCTION
Projects take a more crucial role in organizations - project management discipline is leadership competence.
The number of needed engineering jobs has increased and engineering positions are more varied
Greater job mobility has reduced on-the-job training periods

5. ENGINEERING EDUCATION
Especially engineering education is faced with challenges
A need for new approach in organizing the companies, running a business and working
Top two skills desired from new hires are project management and business process management.
The need for ICT management positions with project management skills grew faster.

6. …ENGINEERING EDUCATION
Projects - important efforts for organization’ s goals
Project management discipline has become a leadership competence
There could be hardly found managers who just “do their job” especially in engineering environment
Project success has become an important factor in any manager’s performance evaluation.

7. ENGINEERING EDUCATORS
Engineering educators are been challenged to look at their curricula and retool coursework to incorporate non-traditional information and subject matter
Students’ need for theory understanding to enable engineering problem solving remains a top priority, but today’s graduates could not enter the workforce only with technical skills

8. Today’s Engineering Workforce and Needs
Engineering specialities have become varied and diverse, and therefore industry is demanding new “rounded” engineers whose initial skills stretches beyond technical competency having supporting work skills
In industry workforce need there is a totally different philosophy for education the young professionals.
The Needs of the parties are linked - Student Needs, Industry Needs and Curriculum Needs

9. Students Needs
Strong theory foundation, engaging real-world application work, creativity/problem solving skills, critical work skills, project management knowledge, risk management awarenes analysis

10. Industry Needs
Technical competency, understanding the business context, communication skills (written, verbal, presentation, negotiation), leadership and teamwork skills, enthusiasm and personal drive (a sense of a mission), intuitiveness, integrity, other supporting work skills

11. Curriculum Needs
Theory, lab work and practical examples, more intense hands-on applications work using industry-based scenarios and problems, opportunities to develop basic yet critical supporting work skills, knowledge in project and risk management and professional ethics

12. Curriculum Needs and Project management trends
Graduates may initially be hired primarily for their technical skills
Long-term career success is dependent on non-technical skills
These skills should be integrated throughout the curriculum
The students should receive a full view of real world of engineering
The professors in engineering should seeking ways to introduce more workplace related experience and to incorporate “supporting work skills” (communication skills, project planning and execution, project manager leadership, risk assessment, time management, decision making and ethics)
Curriculum has to follow the underway trends in project management
To deliver the knowledge and skills that will prepare the engineers for engineering and project management profession in a dynamic project and economic environment

13. Selected modern trends in project management
Agile will gain more popularity in ICT and other engineeing projects and will continue to be accepted in wide range of industry projects
Risk management will be an incredibly popular topic for project managers to be learnt and applied
PMP certification will become more popular, some innovative changes are expected to follow

14. Selected modern trends in project management …
The Need and project requirements – not organizational chart will create project team.
Remote teams will become normal
The rise of BYOD (“Bring Your Own Device”) will cause project management software for more ticketing options
Emotional intelligence will be most desired skill for new project managers
Trend that is trickling in from the business community - The Internet of Things (IoT) and Artificial Intelligence (AI) are going to affect most small businesses in 2018.

15. Emotional intelligence
Emotional intelligence will be most desired skill for new project managers, in general EI include three skills:
Emotional awareness, including the ability to identify your own emotions and those of others;
The ability to control and harness emotions and apply them to tasks like thinking and problems solving;
The ability to manage emotions, (including your own emotions), and the ability to cheer up or calm down another person

16. Artificial Intelligence (AI)
Artificial intelligence is slowly making its way into project management tools,
For example an options such as: Aurora, Clarizen, ClickUp, Forecast, and Rescoper
These tools are using AI to automate many existing project management tasks, including matching talent to tasks, reducing calculations for level for effort, providing a hub for knowledge management, and creating reports with untiring objectivity

17. Introducing/creating PM curriculum

18. PMI sponsored - Discussions for Project management curriculum development, Brussels, 7.6.2018
Prof. Vijay Kanabar (Boston University),
Prof. Vangel Fustik (UKIM) and
Prof. Rodney Turner (University of Lille,France)

19. Introducing Project management at FEEIT-UKIM Skopje
The early days… 1999
Management with the basic Project management…2004 (elective course)
Project management… 2006 (Power engineering)
Project management…2008 (master studies – great success)
Project management 2016 (Power engineering)
Project management and Ethics …2016 (elective for all STUDY PROGRAMMES)

20. Master studies in Project management FEIT-UKIM

21. Master studies in Project management FEIT-UKIM

22. Master studies in Project management FEIT-UKIM

23. Project Management (undergraduate studies)(
Course title: Project Management
Code: 3ФЕИТ04З019
Number of credits (ECTS): 6
Weekly number of classes:
Prerequisite for enrollment of the subject: None
Course Goals (acquired competencies): Organized and scientific approach in learning projects and practical skills for planning, organizing, leading and controlling. The students will be trained for project selection and their technical and economical evaluation.
Total available number of classes: 180
Course Syllabus: Defining the project as undertaking. General features and characteristics of the projects. Project management. Project management phases. The project need and the project mission. Project parameters. Project planning. Business plan. Project organization and project teams. Project manager. Leading and controlling the project. Economic project issues. Technical project issues. Project portfolio. Project management of the real projects. Learning from projects.

24. Master studies in Project management
Core subjects
Project management
Project analysis
Risk management
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26. Conclusion
Introducing project management curricula, to meet the needs of the students and industry, is a challenging mission.
The efforts both University and Industry working together – should be towards a PRACTICAL USEFUL KNOWLEDGE and for a common engineering education in project management to ensure that our graduates and master degree students have all of the tools they need to succeed!
The Engineering universities in their curriculum have to be up-front in the following, understanding and applying new trends in project management. !