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Business Strategy and Agility

COURSE MANUAL

  1.      GENERAL

COURSE CODE

 Y102

SEMESTER:

1st

COURSE:

Business Strategy and Agility

ECTS:

8

COURSE HOURS (PER 

WEEK):  

2

COURSE LANGUAGE:

GREEK

 

  1.            PURPOSE

Strategic project management is a modern trend in project management, according to which project teams need to know how to manage business specificities in their projects, as well as to support business strategy and sustainability, in addition to ensuring the formal success of a project in terms of time, cost, and quality.The purpose of the course is to develop students' skills to critically evaluate concepts of project management strategy, as well as to harmonize the projects implemented by an organization in achieving its strategy. An organization or business must be able to choose where to focus its resources, as well as to identify the goals it wants to achieve. Therefore, in the context of the course concepts such as

  • project strategy,
  • business strategy,
  • prioritization and portfolio and project management (3P), emphasizing the project selection method, so that they are successful and sustainable,
  • projects and entrepreneurship

In addition, students are introduced to understanding the relationship between 3P and operational management.

 

 

  1.      INDICATIVE CONTENT

The course aims to cover the following areas:

•   Project strategy

•   Corporate strategy and entrepreneurship

•   Portfolio and program management, including decision-making methods

•   Concepts between 3P and business strategy: how strategy translates into projects and projects

•   Success and failure of projects and programs

•   Business strategy and project management standards

 

 

  1.      LEARNING OBJECTIVES

Upon completion of the course students can:

 

  • Analyze the business environment, strategic requirements, and corporate goals.
  • Distinguish the concepts of corporate project management, portfolio, and program of a company / organization.
  • Evaluate the characteristics of corporate project, portfolio and program management and explain how change takes place within the corporate environment.
  • Analyze the success of a project or program and explain their failure.
  • Prioritize the selection of a project that will be implemented or claimed by a company / organization.
  • Use strategic planning tools in relation to project, program, and portfolio management.
  • Learn to evaluate the maturity of organizations in project management
  • Understand the role and function of the Project Management Office within the organization
  • Identify good corporate practices