An Active Learning Approach to Core Project Management Competencies

摘要

The Engineering Management Body of Knowledge (EMBOK) establishes required competencies for engineering managers, practicing engineers, and educators. As stated in the EMBOK, practitioners utilize their "professional judgment, experience, and discretion" to determine appropriate practices to situations. Provided within this paper is a comprehensive pedagogical approach utilizing active learning modules for instructors to teach currently demanded project management core competencies. In order to create the pedagogy, the Kolb Learning Cycle and the Felder-Soloman Index of Learning Styles are used as foundational theories. The structure and methodology include technical objectives and development of soft skills required for effective project management. The approach considers project management capability maturity models from Kerzner's and the International Institute for Learning. Their model is adapted to analyze core competencies presented by the pedagogy, and is directed at the shop floor level for manufacturing operations. This paper defines a core set of project management competencies determined through extensive field work providing customized project management training classes for engineering staff members from diverse manufacturing industries. The core competencies are mapped to the Project Management Institute's Body of Knowledge (PMBOK) and the EMBOK to establish relevancy for the defined undergraduate project management course.