Environmental Project

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In small groups, all students work on a project with environmental relevance. The students choose either a project with a primarily technical focus (environmental technology) or with an environmental-economic focus (environmental economics).

•     Creativity techniques for brainstorming
•     Agile and conventional methods of project management
•     Methods of assessing ecological consequences in processes for product development and project management
•     Methods of presentation and communication

The course imparts specialist and methodological skills (F/M) with regard to project-oriented work. The students are familiar with the challenge:

•     to select and apply creativity methods for brainstorming on a concrete environmental task
•     to select and apply conventional and agile project management methods in a reflective manner with regard to a concrete task
•     to work through work packages according to a project plan, ensuring a balanced and appropriate distribution of work in a small group
•     resolve conflict situations (time and content) constructively and effectively
•     to document the results of their work, to prepare them in accordance with scientific formal criteria and to present them to a jury.

The joint discussion within the framework of project work also promotes social and communicative skills (S/K) and self-competence (S) to a high degree.

•     Independent project work (learning by doing) in teams
•     Team and individual coaching (methodological and professional impulses)
•     Exchange between projects (presentations, team feedback)

The grade is made up of an evaluation of the group and an assessment of the performance of the individuals.

• Assessment of individual participation (20 %)
• Evaluation of project work as a team according to a catalogue of criteria, especially self- and team organisation, division of work, time management and conflict resolution (30 %)
• Evaluation of the results of the project work according to a catalogue of criteria, in particular quality of the results achieved, documentation, project report as well as presentation and communication of the work results as a team (50 %)

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• Bessant, John R. (2009): Innovation: creativity, culture, concepts, process, implementation. London: Dorling Kindersley
•  Gloger, Boris; Margetich, Jürgen (2018): The Scrum principle: building and shaping agile organisations. 2nd, updated and extended edition. Stuttgart: Schäffer-Poeschel publishing house
•  Meyer, Helga; Reher, Heinz-Josef (2016): Project management: from definition through project planning to successful completion. Wiesbaden: Jumper Gabler
•  Patzak, Gerold; Rattay, Günter (2014): Project management: projects, project portfolios, programmes and project-oriented companies. 6th, substantially extended and updated edition

Presence event with compulsory attendance