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B6348 - PRINCIPLES OF PROJECT MANAGEMENT

Academic Year 2025/2026

                
                        Docente:
                        Riccardo Amato
                    
                        Credits:
                        3
                    
                        SSD:
                        ING-IND/35
                    
                        Language:
                        English
                    
                        Teaching Mode:
                        In-person learning (entirely or partially)
                        
                            Campus:
                            Ravenna
                        
                            Corso:
                            Second cycle degree programme (LM) in
                            Offshore Engineering for Energy Transition (cod. 6056)

                                Also valid for
                                
                                    Second cycle degree programme (LM) in
                                    
                                        Offshore Engineering for Energy Transition (cod. 6056)
                                    
                                    Course Timetable
                                
from Mar 03, 2026 to May 26, 2026

Learning outcomes

During the course, the students will be introduced to the fundamentals of project management in the specific framework of the offshore industry. The students learn about the activities required to effectively manage large-scale offshore projects for the oil and gas sector and within the energy transition context.

Course contents

Learning Objectives
By the end of the course, students will be able to:

Understand offshore project complexity and lifecycle
Define scope and develop WBS
Plan schedules and identify critical paths
Analyze cost drivers and project economics
Identify and manage offshore risks
Monitor performance using KPI and reporting tools
Understand governance and stakeholder management
Apply integrated project management principles

Course Structure

Nature of Offshore Projects (complexity, lifecycle, stakeholders)
Initiation & Governance (bid phase, charter, Go/No-Go)
Scope & WBS (deliverables, work packages, interfaces)
Schedule & Critical Path (CPM, weather, marine spread)
Budget & Cost Control (CAPEX/OPEX, EVM, cash flow)
Risk Management (risk identification, mitigation)
Monitoring & KPI (progress, dashboards, reporting)
Leadership & Integration (decision-making, case study)

Readings/Bibliography

Lecture slides and notes

A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK® Guide) – Project Management Institute

Guida ai temi ed ai processi di project management – Franco Angeli

Guida alle conoscenze di gestione progetti – ISIPM / Franco Angeli

Project Management: A Systems Approach – Harold Kerzner

Project Management – Marco Sampietro

The Fast Forward MBA in Project Management – Eric Verzuh

Managing Successful Projects with PRINCE2 – AXELOS

Agile Practice Guide – Project Management Institute

Agile Project Management with Scrum – Ken Schwaber

Teaching methods

The course content will be entirely covered by the lectures. The course includes some laboratory sessions, which will cover the practical aspects of the lectures. The instructors will tutor the students.

Assessment methods

Group project presentation, written multiple-choice exam, participation.

Teaching tools

The teaching tools are projector and whiteboard.

The course includes some laboratory sessions in which examples and problems are solved and analyzed.

Office hours

See the website of Riccardo Amato