Below is a list of academic courses I have developed and implemented in the field of higher and continuous education as a researcher and a practitioner.
Open Source Project Management & Business Development
DESCRIPTION OF THE COURSE:
Course of choice for “Big Data Analysis” Master’s programme students of the Faculty of Applied Mathematics & Informatics at TU Sofia.
AIMS AND OBJECTIVES OF THE COURSE:
The aim of the course is for students to learn and be able to apply the basic methods and mechanisms by which the project manager is able to:
• Define the specific goal of the individual project and the resulting strategy for its implementation;
• Know how to present and justify the project, as well as to motivate the team for its implementation;
• Plan in time and allocate the work for the implementation of the open project;
• Select and plan the shared resources (human, financial, material, equipment, etc.) and optimize their use in the project;
• Control and update “on the go” the implementation of the open project.
DESCRIPTION OF THE COURSE:
The course introduces students to the main business models, management methods and mechanisms, knowledge of which is a prerequisite for successful IT project management and in particular – open source project management in communities and organizations, operating in the field of IT production and services, with strong focus on R&D and the implementation of technological, product and management innovations.
In addition to the introductory topics in the field of project and operations management, the curriculum is comprised of IT-specific topics such as Agile Project Management, Scrum, Extreme Programming, Lean Project Management, Community Management and other topics, which all have application in open source development studies (and beyond).
PREREQUISITES:
Fundamental knowledge in the area of information technology and management sciences: Software Engineering, Operations Management, Project Management.
TEACHING METHODS:
Lectures, using slides, case studies, seminar work, incl. work in teams, course work description preparation and defense.
METHOD OF ASSESSMENT:
One one-hour assessment at the end of semester (60%), seminar work (15%), and a course work – a one off assignment (25%).
INSTRUCTION LANGUAGE:
Bulgarian, English
BIBLIOGRAPHY:
АНДРЕЕВ, О. (2006). Мениджмънт на проекти, Софттрейд; BREWER, J & DITTMAN K. (2018). Methods of IT Project Management, Purdue University Press, 3rd ed.; Kerzner, H. (2017), Project Management: A Systems Approach to Planning, Scheduling, and Controlling, Wiley Publisher, 12 th ed.; Larson, E. & Gray C. (2020). Project Management: The Managerial Process, Irwin/ McGraw – Hill, 8th ed.; Project Management Institute, USA, (2017). A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOKâ Guide), 6th Edition; SCHIEF, M. (2014). Business Models in the Software Industry, Springer Gabbler; SCHWALBE, K. (2018), Information Technology Project Management, Wiley Publisher, 9th ed.; WYSOCKI, R. (2019). Effective Project Management: Traditional, Agile, Extreme, Hybrid. Wiley Publisher, 8th ed.; Bach, H., GALKINA, J, at al. (2015). Building Successful Partner Channels In The Software Industry, TBK Publishing; VERZUH E. (2015). The Fast Forward MBA in Project Management, John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 5th ed..
Business Partnership and Stakeholder Management
DESCRIPTION OF THE COURSE:
Course of choice for “Senior Management” Master’s programme students of the Faculty of Management at TU Sofia.
AIMS AND OBJECTIVES OF THE COURSE:
At the end of the course the students are expected to be able to apply the stakeholder management methodology for planning and management of the stakeholders, to have sufficient knowledge on solving practical business and engineering problems in technological, public-private and corporate context, as well as to analyze and validate the results.
DESCRIPTION OF THE COURSE:
The goals, tasks, mechanisms and methodological bases of the stakeholders’ theory and the management of the relations with them during the execution of business projects, programs and strategies are being studied; scientifically-based local, national and international approaches are derived. Attention is paid to new, non-traditional critical success factors influencing internal- and inter-group / organizational relations, as well as the choice of effective socio-economic indicators and long-term priorities in the transition to business development models, based on shared knowledge and resources. The institutional aspects of such a transition are tracked, in addition to the corporate and technological ones.
PREREQUISITES:
Fundamental knowledge in the area of humanitarian and management sciences: Philosophy of Economics, Sociology, Management, Public Governance, Project Management.
TEACHING METHODS:
Lectures, using slides, case studies, seminar work, incl. work in teams, course work description preparation and defense.
METHOD OF ASSESSMENT:
One one-hour assessment at the end of semester (50%), seminar work (25%), and a course work – a one off assignment (25%).
INSTRUCTION LANGUAGE:
Bulgarian, English
BIBLIOGRAPHY:
1. Freeman, E. (1984). Strategic management: A stakeholder approach. Boston: Harper Collins; 2. Freeman, E. et al. (2010). Stakeholder Theory. The State of the Art. Cambridge University; 3. Daskalov, H. (2014). Stakeholder Management in Higher Education, Science and Innovation Projects, Programmes and Strategies. Sofia: Military Publishing House; 4. Andreev, О. (2006). Project Management. Sofia: Softrade; 5. Arabadzhiisky, N. (2012). Strategic Governance in the Public Sector. NBU.
In addition to the above courses, I have acted as an assistant lecturer in undergraduate courses in the field of industrial management and operations at the Faculty of Management at the Technical University of Sofia (https://cssb.moodlecloud.com/), as well as as an assistant / moderator at the Sofia Business School (http://sbs-bg.org/) annual master classes.
Hristian @ Daskalov.info 