This course provides a comprehensive and in-depth introduction to construction project management. It takes a closer look at the organization and delivery of a construction project from the project owner's perspective. Selected project management topics are taught and applied in teamwork within the framework of four practical case studies. At the end of the semester, the results are presented in a role-play (sales pitch to a project owner).

Qualification objective:

Students will acquire fundamental and in-depth knowledge and skills in project management in the construction and real estate industry. They will learn the necessary competencies for successful project management in accordance with the ICB4 standard of the International Project Management Association (IPMA) in the areas of context, methods, personality, and social skills. They can transfer and apply selected content (especially project goals and needs assessment, project execution strategies and award procedures, schedule management, cost management, and quality management) and project management methods to specific construction projects within the framework of a project setup. In addition, they are familiar with the job description of a project manager/project controller in the German construction and real estate industry and their corresponding tasks in a construction project. Furthermore, students will be able to work together effectively in teams in the context of project work and effectively present and showcase jointly developed content as a group (to a potential client/project owner). 

Recommended reading:

• AHRENS, Hannsjörg; BASTIAN, Klemens; MUCHOWSKI, Lucian (Hrsg.) (2021): Handbuch Projektsteuerung - Baumanagement: Ein praxisorientierter Leitfaden mit zahlreichen Hilfsmitteln und Arbeitsunterlagen, 6. Auflage, Fraunhofer IRB Verlag, Stuttgart
• FEWINGS, Peter; HENJEWELE, Christian (2019): Construction Project Management – An Integrated Approach, 3. Auflage, Routledge, New York (USA)
• GPM Deutsche Gesellschaft für Projektmanagement e. V. (Hrsg.) (2017): Individual Competence Baseline für Projektmanagement (Version 4.0), 1. Auflage, GPM Deutsche Gesellschaft für Projektmanagement e. V., Nürnberg
• HAGHSHENO, Shervin; JOHN, Paul Christian (2024): Bauherrnseitige Projektmanagement-Dienstleistungen in Deutschland, Forschungsbericht, DVP – Deutscher Verband für Projektmanagement in der Bau- und Immobilienwirtschaft e. V.
• HUEMANN, Martina; TURNER, J. Rodney (Hrsg.) (2024): The Handbook of Project Management, 6. Auflage, Routledge, New York (USA)
• KOCHENDÖRFER, Bernd; LIEBCHEN, Jens H.; VIERING, Markus G. (2021): Bau-Projekt-Management: Grundlagen und Vorgehensweisen, 5. Auflage, Springer Vieweg, Wiesbaden
• SCHULZ, Markus (2020): Projektmanagement: Zielgerichtet. Effizient. Klar., 2. Auflage, UVK Verlag, Tübingen