Creativity and innovation in project work

Teacher: Jens Skou Olsen

Introduction

– dynamic process management from dream to reality

Developing and making projects often represent both complicated and turbulent team processes: Which ideas should we prioritize? How do we gain access to our project teams’ yet untapped potential? When should we remain open to new ideas and when should we home in and get the project done?

This course is a practical and hands-on joint workspace focusing on our creative and innovative project practice informed by the nature and potential of the project work format. We will examine our practice and develop new understandings of our dreams and plans as a path to more innovative and more efficiently run projects. We will focus on the most recent project theory and we will test them with regard to both our current projects and the projects we dream about realizing.

PREREQUISITES

None

LEARNING OUTCOME

By the end of the module, the student will:

– Have examined and strengthened her personal project work practice

– Have a solid understanding of the social dynamics of individual-group relational project work

CONTENT

We work with the following areas:

– Testing of different project workflows

– Project theory, methodology and methods

– Development of the students’ own project practice

TEACHING AND WORKING METHODS

– Group Instruction

– Practical assignments, field studies, supervision and feedback

– Presentations in class

GROUP FORMATION

Normally 5-8 students per class.

ASSESSMENT

At the conclusion the teacher will assess your qualifications on the basis of active, subject specific participation in the course. The assessment awarded is Approved/Not approved.

Assessment criteria: Active, subject specific participation in the development work on the course.

REFERENCES

None