3 ECTS credits
90 h study time

Offer 1 with catalog number 4018526FNR for all students in the 1st semester at a (F) Master - specialised level.

Semester
1st semester
Enrollment based on exam contract
Impossible
Grading method
Grading (scale from 0 to 20)
Can retake in second session
Yes
Taught in
Dutch
Faculty
Faculty of Sciences and Bioengineering Sciences
Department
Geography
Educational team
Jan Parys (course titular)
Activities and contact hours

21 contact hours Lecture
27 contact hours Independent or External Form of Study
Course Content

Introduction to project- and  processmanagement

- History of projectmanagement

- what is projectmanagment?

- The management of strategic and complex projects

- International perspective

- guide, produce and  control

- phases of projectmanagement

- tasks of the projectmanager

- instruments and techniques of projectmanagement

- Towards processmanagement

 

 

Towards spatial management

- Public perspective:
- Independence as a general tendens
- The government doesn’t exist
- New structures on Flanders and local level
- Rules (principles of good governance, legislation on public tenders
- Private perspective
- Efficiency and ways of management
- Discussion on different kinds of real estate
- Discussion on classical real estate players
- Tasks of a project developer
- Program management : from start to monitoring the results

- how to speed up processes in relation tot investments : a governmental initiative

 

Discussion on individual project analyses

Paper : analyses of a strategic project:

     -analyses of the case

     -description of the project/process

     -lessons learned

Course material
Handbook (Required) : Inzet, opzet, voorzet stadsprojecten in Vlaanderen, L. Boudry Tom Coppens, BIB, 9789044119787, 2006
Digital course material (Recommended) : www.thuisindestad.be en www.vrp.be
Additional info

Questions and interaction during class is welcomed and encouraged.

Learning Outcomes

Objectives

Increase capacity to analyse how urban- and spatial projects are realized in practice (will be tested by a paper that deals with project analysis).

Grading

The final grade is composed based on the following categories:
Oral Exam determines 40% of the final mark.
Other Exam determines 60% of the final mark.

Within the Oral Exam category, the following assignments need to be completed:

  • Mondeling with a relative weight of 40 which comprises 40% of the final mark.

    Note: Examenmoment juni, augustus en september

Within the Other Exam category, the following assignments need to be completed:

  • Permanente evaluatie with a relative weight of 60 which comprises 60% of the final mark.

    Note: Buiten de examenweken

Additional info regarding evaluation

None

Allowed unsatisfactory mark
The supplementary Teaching and Examination Regulations of your faculty stipulate whether an allowed unsatisfactory mark for this programme unit is permitted.

Academic context

This offer is part of the following study plans:
Master of Urban Design and Spatial Planning: Standaard traject (only offered in Dutch)