Project management - Ansatt
Project management at OsloMet
What is project management?
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What is a project?
We distinguish between line organisation tasks and project tasks.
Line organisation tasks are recurring tasks that can be solved by a permanent team, with a low degree of uncertainty and within the normal line management.
Projects are larger tasks or measures of a limited scope, that are carried out once to achieve a specified objective within an agreed time and resources framework and with a higher degree of uncertainty. A project also normally requires a temporary interdisciplinary team.
We use projects to be able to handle uncertainty and complexity and to achieve the set objectives. This enables management to follow up the work through a project manager and through governance tools that are not used for line organisation tasks.
(In this context, we do not mean research projects; see the separate research project guide).
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What is portfolio-managed and large-scale projects?
Portfolio-managed and large-scale projects, i.e. projects that affect OsloMet in a manner that requires cross-cutting coordination and management or projects that are large-scale in terms of scope, duration or complexity. OsloMet’s project model for these projects is based on the Norwegian Digitalisation Agency’s Prosjektveiviseren. You will find an overview of ongoing, portfolio-managed projects in Prosjektportalen (project portal) (sharepoint.com).
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What is a small-scale project?
Small-scale projects that do not require any external resources and that only have a limited impact on the organisation.
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Courses in project management and project tools
The courses below are available via the OsloMet Academy (Norwegian Digitalisation Agency’s Virksomhetsplattformen). Log in with Feide before using the links below.
- Finn Veien – et e-læringskurs basert på Prosjektveiviseren (virksomhetsplattformen.difi.no, in Norwegian) .
- En innføring i prosjektledelse ved OsloMet (virksomhetsplattformen.difi.no, in Norwegian).
- Microsoft Teams i prosjekter (virksomhetsplattformen.difi.no, in Norwegian).
- Microsoft Planner til oppgavestyring i prosjekter (virksomhetsplattformen.difi.no, in Norwegian).
- Managing large-scale and portfolio-managed projects at OsloMet (under preparation)
- OsloMet Prosjektportal – tips and tricks (as needed)
OsloMet has a further education programme in project management (in Norwegian):
- Prosjektledelse 1 – Styring mot verdiskapende prosjekter (oslomet.no)
- Prosjektledelse 2 – Prosjektledelse, teamarbeid og smidighet (oslomet.no)
OsloMet also has a framework agreement with Metier (see the agreement catalogue) for training in management of projects and programmes.
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Project office
The project office is organised under the IT Department and is a support function for project implementation at OsloMet. The project office can help with:
- project management
- providing one-on-one guidance to project managers
- courses and training in project methodology and tools
If you would like assistance from the project office, contact us by email.
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Project manager forum
The project manager forum is a forum for all project managers and people who are interested in projects at OsloMet. It is coordinated by the project office.
The purpose of the project manager forum is to:
- contribute to professionalising project work at OsloMet
- offer a network where project managers can discuss project work, exchange experience and support each other
The forum meets once a month. We bring in representatives of important parties at OsloMet that the projects must typically cooperate with and have discussions about relevant topics.
Here are some examples of topics from 2020:
- Testing – Why must a project manager think about testing and what is a test plan?
- Communication - How to involve the Department of External Relations and Communications in the communication work. How can the department contribute?
- Prosci – brief introduction to the Prosci change management methodology.
- Benefits realisation and planning – theory and a practical example at OsloMet.
- How should the projects collaborate in the best possible manner with the information, discussion and negotiation meeting (IDF) and the working environment committee (AMU)?
- What is design and why do we need it in development projects?
In addition, the forum has a special team in Teams for sharing project-related information, such as free webinars. Would you like to participate? Contact The project office by email.
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Contact us?
Wondering about something?
- Contact The project office by email.
- Come join our team/network ("Prosjektlederforum") on Teams (ask to be a member).