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Managing Development Projects, IPR010 2009 LP1

About you

1. What is your total working experience of product (and service) development projects?

Working as a project member
63 svarande

None»		36		57%
1 - 3 months»		11		17%
4 - 6 months»		4		6%
7 - 12 months»		3		4%
More than a year»		9		14%
No answer»		0

Genomsnitt: 2.01

Working as a project manager / project leader
57 svarande

None»		45		78%
1 - 3 months»		6		10%
4 - 6 months»		1		1%
7 - 12 months»		3		5%
More than a year»		2		3%
No answer»		0

Genomsnitt: 1.43

2. Who was your Research Project supervisor?

Tom Hordern (groups RPA1-RPA4)»		19		30%
Jennie Björk (groups RPB1-RPB4)»		23		36%
Jan Wickenberg (groups RPC1-RPC4)»		21		33%

Genomsnitt: 2.03

3. Who was your Literature Seminar chairperson?

Tom Hordern (Alfa and Delta)»		23		36%
Jennie Björk (Bravo and Echo)»		22		34%
Jan Wickenberg (Charlie and Foxtrot)»		18		28%

Genomsnitt: 1.92

About the course

4. The course book (Cleland) and the 14 articles

- The book was easy to read and the articles interesting. Definitly i would have paid to get all the articles together as a "little book".»
- The Book was a bit too basic in order to actually provide me with some interestings aspects.»
- The book is a bit repeting which may depend on all the different authors.»
- The course book was sometimes a little too basic.»
- I think the nukber of articles was not enough to be able to answer questions, neither in the exame or the project. More articles should have been presented but not set as cumpolsery reading.»
- Instead of the course book, maybe more articles! Course books is often a lot of text without addressing any interesting than basic facts»
- Didnt have time to read.»
- I do print the articles, and think it is better to read them like that. But would maybe buy the compendium anyway.»
- Some chapters were highly irrelevant I felt, thus it would be helpful to choose the most relevant parts of the book to read since it was a lot of pages to read and I hadn"t the time to read them all. »
- Considering, the fact that I only referred to the book twice during my Take-home and the research project work. I think that it was fairly expesive referrences.»
- Good articles!»
- I did not have time to read the book»
- The Cleland-book, helped me to get deeper understanding about tje subject. I liked it alot. It was very easy to read.»
- There is alot of material to read, I don´,t think we even have enough time to read both courses material and projects, even if all lectures are good.»
- The book was available from the library as an e-book, if you known about it should be very valuable information for the students. If not, you know now. »
- It would be great to have also an online version of the book»
- I should be mandatory in all courses to provide all the articles in a printed compendium. Can YOU CALCULATE the man hours needed for 60-70 people to print those damned articles! We are well over 60 hours here and then I haven"t taken into sccount the congestion that occurs at the printers --> ad several more hours to that. Now we have not yet come to the time needed to put staples and arrange all the articles in an ordner! This does not mean that I do not appreciate pdf-articles. They are good because you can quik search them for content and keywords. »
- "I would have paid 120SEK for a printed compendium of the 14 articles" - DEFINITELY! It would have been worth the money!»
- I think it would be very good if you print these articles and hand them in the class. So students who attend the class have the opportunity to have them for free.»

The course book (Cleland) addresses the basics of project management in a good way
62 svarande

I totally agree»		8		14%
I agree to some extent»		34		59%
I neither agree nor disagree»		13		22%
I disagree to some extent»		2		3%
I totally disagree»		0		0%
No answer»		5

Genomsnitt: 2.15

The use of this multi-authored course book has helped me understand that there are different styles, definitions, and arguments of what is good project management
63 svarande

I totally agree»		7		12%
I agree to some extent»		31		54%
I neither agree nor disagree»		13		22%
I disagree to some extent»		6		10%
I totally disagree»		0		0%
No answer»		6

Genomsnitt: 2.31

The course book is too expensive
63 svarande

I totally agree»		25		40%
I agree to some extent»		15		24%
I neither agree nor disagree»		13		21%
I disagree to some extent»		7		11%
I totally disagree»		1		1%
No answer»		2

Genomsnitt: 2.08

The 14 articles provided important reading relevant to project management
63 svarande

I totally agree»		24		39%
I agree to some extent»		28		45%
I neither agree nor disagree»		7		11%
I disagree to some extent»		1		1%
I totally disagree»		1		1%
No answer»		2

Genomsnitt: 1.8

I would have paid 120SEK for a printed compendium of the 14 articles
63 svarande

I totally agree»		30		48%
I agree to some extent»		4		6%
I neither agree nor disagree»		9		14%
I disagree to some extent»		7		11%
I totally disagree»		12		19%
No answer»		1

Genomsnitt: 2.46

5. The Home Exam

Matrisfråga

- Co-writing has been very good tool due to the sharing of knowledge and discussion of different ideas.»
- The homeexam was good and interesting and made it possible to have a reflective thought throughout the exam. »
- The home exam was a little too much focused on the FFE.»
- The first two questions touched the same topics, would have been more intresting with more seperated questions.»
- The last question was a bit vague but still interesting. A preparatory Writing Skill class I think might be a good idea, since all the students are from such different backgrounds and accustomed to different writing-standards»
- Questions of the type "discuss" can perhaps be a little bit hard to grade.»
- Please be VERY!!!! Careful when formulating the questions. Unskilled question formulation wasted over 1 day for me significanlty impacting the result on both this AND the other home exam. This is NOT acceptable! Specifically I certainly hope that the person writing question one does NOT correct my exam as the person evidently cannot understand the concepts he/she use him/herself.»
- You divide the questions of the home exam, leadning to that you know more about the questions that you have written in the first place. But regarding these questions you learn much from discussion with someone else. The result gets better.»
- Just examples of how good home exam writing vs bad home exam writing would have been nice to see»
- The format of the exam was nice. But the quetions were horrible constructed, especially the first one! If it is the Fuzzy front end, state that, and if not, do not say the early phases of a stage gate model. How should we be able to know what you mean.»
- I did not do the best choise of co-writer»
- The co-writing home exam was a good experience, I definitely think that I have learned more by doing this than if I have did it by myself.»
- It was more of discussions between other of my classmates regarding the questions that I answered rather than with my co-writer. Writing one and one should maybe increase the understanding, for me at least, on all questions but on the other hand should the answer not be as good as I was now when we could use more energy on one-two question rather than three. Another thing is also that the total workload for the exam period if writing alone on everything should be too high. Just above 90 hours did I spent in total on the exams. »
- The second question is not really suitable, becuase it is hard to know if We understood the questions right and how to answer since don"t have any results yet.»
- There was a complete question that I did not work on (his question), and there was a complete question that my co-writer did not work on (mine). Finally, both seem to have lost something that we could have learnt, but instead we increased the probability for a higher grade. (what is the aim at last??) »

The questions in the Home Exam were relevant
63 svarande

I totally agree»		27		43%
I agree to some extent»		32		51%
I neither agree nor disagree»		2		3%
I disagree to some extent»		1		1%
I totally disagree»		0		0%
No answer»		1

Genomsnitt: 1.62

The instructions given on how to write the Home Exam clarified what was required of me
63 svarande

I totally agree»		27		43%
I agree to some extent»		25		40%
I neither agree nor disagree»		6		9%
I disagree to some extent»		3		4%
I totally disagree»		1		1%
No answer»		1

Genomsnitt: 1.8

A preparatory Writing Skill class would have greatly increased my ability to write the Home Exam
63 svarande

I totally agree»		11		18%
I agree to some extent»		15		24%
I neither agree nor disagree»		14		22%
I disagree to some extent»		13		21%
I totally disagree»		8		13%
No answer»		2

Genomsnitt: 2.86

A preparatory Library Services/Information Retrieval class would have greatly increased my ability to write the Home Exam
63 svarande

I totally agree»		8		12%
I agree to some extent»		8		12%
I neither agree nor disagree»		20		32%
I disagree to some extent»		6		9%
I totally disagree»		20		32%
No answer»		1

Genomsnitt: 3.35

My work of writing the Home Exam increased my understanding of the different topics
63 svarande

I totally agree»		27		43%
I agree to some extent»		22		35%
I neither agree nor disagree»		9		14%
I disagree to some extent»		4		6%
I totally disagree»		0		0%
No answer»		1

Genomsnitt: 1.83

(If you co-wrote) Co-writing with another student enhanced my understanding of the different topics
61 svarande

I totally agree»		32		55%
I agree to some extent»		14		24%
I neither agree nor disagree»		4		6%
I disagree to some extent»		7		12%
I totally disagree»		1		1%
No answer»		3

Genomsnitt: 1.81

(If you co-wrote) I believe co-writing with another student made me get a better scoring on the Home Exam
61 svarande

I totally agree»		26		46%
I agree to some extent»		10		17%
I neither agree nor disagree»		13		23%
I disagree to some extent»		6		10%
I totally disagree»		1		1%
No answer»		5

Genomsnitt: 2.03

6. The Research Project

- The research project was nice, but MANY times after supervision frustation was the MAIN feeling! things become more confused !!»
- I would have preferred to have the presentations earlier, in order to use the feedback to improve the project. »
- I think we can give our last reports after research project presentations, because after getting feedback from other students can be useful for making last changes in our report.»
- The presentations should be held earlier so that there was a change to improve the report before hand-in.»
- the problem with the presentation and opposition is that it s after the project has been finalized. What can be goods with this is part from moving it to before the last date, is if the host encourage to make the changes for the benefit of looking better to the company.»
- It was good to have this research project as it kind of was a first project with people from other countries. As the differences was great, I learned a lot.»
- Had some trubble with one guy in the group, who dropped the course 4 weeks after the project work begun..»
- Perhaps the project presentation can be valued for 5 points of the total research project? Would increase the motivation to give a good presentation on the basis of all the members earlier skills.»
- DONT MAKE RANDOM GROUPS! Incompetent student fuck up my grades and learning, swedish or not makes no difference.»
- Regarding presentation skills, it would be good if the supervisor could give direct response to the presentation style (like Magnus Holmén did in the other course).»
- I felt it would be better to have a project where can try and work as a project manager. Use the microsoft project, plan a small project. Smaller groups and maybe 3 small projects with only pass-fail. The project in its current form doesn"t provide the old I-students with anything more I feel. »
- Too short time frame to have the chance to make anything useful out of such an open ended research question.»
- The supervisions were not so good because the supervisors were not allowed to give us any help. They only told us what we already new, for example that our purpose were not good, but we did not get the help we needed. We spent a lot of time reformulating the purpose when we could have learnt about project management instead...»
- About frustration with other students: Swedish people do not seem to have a tendency to make a constructive plan in the beginning. They rather just start and try to change the whole thing (in this case the report) whenever they realized it did not work out (Funfact, it often starts with: "Yes. BUT don"t you think..." <-- Trigger for rewriting). In that sense it was a bit frustrating not to succeed in implementing a bit more structure into the working group. It is a chapter in intercultural awareness. About supervision during presentations: Jennie did not give any feedback on presentation skills. In my opinion many students perceived it as very positive when Magnus Holmen did it in the economics of innovations course presentations.»
- Hard to do this short research work at a company since they didn"t really provide us with "all" information.»
- As mentioned, I would like to have the presentations before the final delivering of the project. In this way we can have the feedback and the opposition of our project and the opportunity to make some corrections before the final handing.»
- It was not that our supervisor was bad, but I do think that the work instructions could much better from the administration. “,I cannot tell you what to write.”, and that might be fair but thanks to the lack of clear and helpful instructions in how to improve our purpose, did we ended up spending most of our time in rewriting the purpose. I know you argue that we need to practices to write in a scientific way to prepare for the master thesis, and that is maybe good in a way, but I do not think that the focus on a course in MDP should be on that. I took this course to learn about project management. Another thing is also in the first meeting we had so did we have a purpose with us, or at least an idea of what to write about and then we did not get the feedback that we received later on that the subject are hard to cover. I.e. that it was very broad and a lot to write about. Some feedback on how we preformed during the presentation, should be very good to improve our presentations skills.»
- The supervision of the project was great in terms of enhancing the work in the group but constantly frustrate all the members and confuse the orientation of it (leading to a worst result in my humble opinion)»
- Also the peer grading for the project should be re-evaluated, I didn"t have any problems, but I heard some people had problems, perhaps it was because of cultural differences, by that I mean Swedes don´,t understand international students, they think we are like them, but we are not, we have a lot of different cultural backgrounds, as international students we come here open minded, but the swedes treats us like we already know how they work in sweden, and we have no idea. maybe it will be good for swedes to have a little chat or presentation before the program starts about the cultural differences they will encounter when they start their master program in order to be open minded and remind that we come from a very different situation.»
- I would like to have som kind of guide for project memeber evalution and feedback given directly at the project work beginning. This could serve as a good foundation for intial discussion before project start with the group .e.g. ambitions,way of working... And let all groups hand in a small document on this one to hinder leapfrogging of this important step. »
- Our supervisor Jan gave us good ideas and I got a new level of thinking, but he was confusing for our report. In other words I lerned a lot but I think we could get better grade if he just supported our thoughts»
- Two important things: 1. Divide the results of this survey in two groups, suedes and international students. You will have a pretty good feedback from this results. 2. Do not let, in the future, groups who already have worked togheter before, do it completly random or let them make their own groups. »

I would have preferred a fully theoretical course, and not have to investigate a real-world project
63 svarande

I totally agree»		3		4%
I agree to some extent»		4		6%
I neither agree nor disagree»		7		11%
I disagree to some extent»		11		17%
I totally disagree»		38		60%
No answer»		0

Genomsnitt: 4.22

Cooperating with the other students in my Project Work group was frustrating to me
63 svarande

I totally agree»		7		11%
I agree to some extent»		21		33%
I neither agree nor disagree»		8		12%
I disagree to some extent»		12		19%
I totally disagree»		14		22%
No answer»		1

Genomsnitt: 3.08

Cooperating with the other students in my Project Work group has helped me better understand the social dynamics of work groups without formal leadership
63 svarande

I totally agree»		24		38%
I agree to some extent»		24		38%
I neither agree nor disagree»		11		17%
I disagree to some extent»		2		3%
I totally disagree»		2		3%
No answer»		0

Genomsnitt: 1.95

Our supervision meetings helped us making a better Project Report
63 svarande

I totally agree»		15		23%
I agree to some extent»		23		36%
I neither agree nor disagree»		8		12%
I disagree to some extent»		10		15%
I totally disagree»		7		11%
No answer»		0

Genomsnitt: 2.53

Our supervision meetings helped us learn about the practice of project management
63 svarande

I totally agree»		4		6%
I agree to some extent»		16		26%
I neither agree nor disagree»		16		26%
I disagree to some extent»		15		24%
I totally disagree»		10		16%
No answer»		2

Genomsnitt: 3.18

Our supervision meetings helped us learn about the practice of social science
62 svarande

I totally agree»		4		6%
I agree to some extent»		13		21%
I neither agree nor disagree»		20		33%
I disagree to some extent»		15		25%
I totally disagree»		8		13%
No answer»		2

Genomsnitt: 3.16

The Project presentations contributed to my learning of presentation skills
62 svarande

I totally agree»		11		20%
I agree to some extent»		21		39%
I neither agree nor disagree»		15		28%
I disagree to some extent»		4		7%
I totally disagree»		2		3%
No answer»		9

Genomsnitt: 2.33

The Project presentations contributed to my learning of the practice of project management
63 svarande

I totally agree»		4		6%
I agree to some extent»		27		45%
I neither agree nor disagree»		18		30%
I disagree to some extent»		8		13%
I totally disagree»		2		3%
No answer»		4

Genomsnitt: 2.61

The supervisor hosted the Project presentations in a good way
63 svarande

I totally agree»		31		50%
I agree to some extent»		23		37%
I neither agree nor disagree»		6		9%
I disagree to some extent»		0		0%
I totally disagree»		2		3%
No answer»		1

Genomsnitt: 1.69

7. The Lectures

Matrisfråga

- Really enjoy the different topics during the class and the structure of the course!!!»
- Most of the lectures were good, however, I never understood the Volvo lecture, except that we need to sell our product.»
- Nice with many guest lecturers. I liked Jan"s illustrative examples.»
- i have used the short cut story through the whole seven weeks. YCC will be important to me because it really opened up my eyes when it comes to behaviour. I partly used this lecture to study the how the class reacted and was very scared by the results-e.g. the clear difference in how many men that left the room compared to the women. It is also interesting to reflect on the climate that was left after the break-much nicer. The bad thing is of course that the presentation was for 45 years old women..»
- I think that the lecture with MS Project can be swaped out, although Lars did a good presentation I think Jan did a good job with integrating a reflective approach throughout the course and this I think was one of the most important things. »
- I dont remember the classes. It is too long time ago. I would have liked a more close integration of ms project in the course. maybe some sort of "Lab" and mandantory inclusion in the projectwork.»
- Jan W, Maria E and Dave W lectures is crucial to understand the course. Most of the other ones are good, but not crucial in the same way I think.»
- Next year drop the IMPA presentation, please. It would be enough just to mention it exists. I did not feel I learned so much at the lecture with Ilya, or I did not get the message.»
- I don’,t find really value added the IPMA presentation, it was more like a marketing presentation of the certification, perhaps the topic can be included softly in other lecture just to mention the existence of organizations that certifies you as PM. I really like and find very practical Wenell presentation, the dynamic of the lectures was very good, making examples of the models clarify how we should use the tools and the overall of the PM. I have learned what is a good presentation with Jan’,s lectures, the sequence, examples, movies, content, histories, it helps to capture the message of the lecture, I can say that he takes time to improve continuously his lectures. »
- Most of the lectures were very good, however more of practice project management tools should be very useful, for examples as Dave did with network analysis etcetera. »
- I think that both presentations Estimating Project Work and Your Concept Car were a waste of time. The only thing I learned was that some people have a very different opinion regarding the use of a car, specially women (I want to see the engine and hear how it roars!).»

Course Introduction - Content
63 svarande

I totally agree»		24		42%
I agree to some extent»		22		38%
I neither agree nor disagree»		9		15%
I disagree to some extent»		1		1%
I totally disagree»		1		1%
No answer»		6

Genomsnitt: 1.82

Course Introduction - Presentation (Jan W)
63 svarande

I totally agree»		38		66%
I agree to some extent»		14		24%
I neither agree nor disagree»		4		7%
I disagree to some extent»		1		1%
I totally disagree»		0		0%
No answer»		6

Genomsnitt: 1.43

Working with MS Project - Content
63 svarande

I totally agree»		3		5%
I agree to some extent»		13		21%
I neither agree nor disagree»		21		35%
I disagree to some extent»		15		25%
I totally disagree»		8		13%
No answer»		3

Genomsnitt: 3.2

Working with MS Project - Presentation (Lars Hallin)
63 svarande

I totally agree»		5		8%
I agree to some extent»		16		26%
I neither agree nor disagree»		24		40%
I disagree to some extent»		9		15%
I totally disagree»		6		10%
No answer»		3

Genomsnitt: 2.91

Guest Lecture: IPMA - Content
63 svarande

I totally agree»		3		5%
I agree to some extent»		15		25%
I neither agree nor disagree»		14		24%
I disagree to some extent»		13		22%
I totally disagree»		13		22%
No answer»		5

Genomsnitt: 3.31

Guest Lecture: IPMA - Presentation (Beatrice Silow)
63 svarande

I totally agree»		5		8%
I agree to some extent»		20		34%
I neither agree nor disagree»		19		32%
I disagree to some extent»		10		17%
I totally disagree»		4		6%
No answer»		5

Genomsnitt: 2.79

Guest Lecture: Borderlands - Content
63 svarande

I totally agree»		8		15%
I agree to some extent»		28		52%
I neither agree nor disagree»		16		30%
I disagree to some extent»		0		0%
I totally disagree»		1		1%
No answer»		10

Genomsnitt: 2.2

Guest Lecture: Borderlands - Presentation (Robert Bartmar)
63 svarande

I totally agree»		16		30%
I agree to some extent»		23		43%
I neither agree nor disagree»		14		26%
I disagree to some extent»		0		0%
I totally disagree»		0		0%
No answer»		10

Genomsnitt: 1.96

Introduction to Research Project work - Content
62 svarande

I totally agree»		14		24%
I agree to some extent»		26		45%
I neither agree nor disagree»		15		26%
I disagree to some extent»		2		3%
I totally disagree»		0		0%
No answer»		5

Genomsnitt: 2.08

Introduction to Research Project work - Presentation (Jan W)
63 svarande

I totally agree»		20		34%
I agree to some extent»		28		48%
I neither agree nor disagree»		9		15%
I disagree to some extent»		1		1%
I totally disagree»		0		0%
No answer»		5

Genomsnitt: 1.84

Movie: Pentagon Wars - Content
63 svarande

I totally agree»		41		69%
I agree to some extent»		13		22%
I neither agree nor disagree»		5		8%
I disagree to some extent»		0		0%
I totally disagree»		0		0%
No answer»		4

Genomsnitt: 1.38

The Early Project Phases - Content
63 svarande

I totally agree»		31		52%
I agree to some extent»		24		40%
I neither agree nor disagree»		4		6%
I disagree to some extent»		0		0%
I totally disagree»		0		0%
No answer»		4

Genomsnitt: 1.54

The Early Project Phases - Presentation (Maria Elmquist)
63 svarande

I totally agree»		32		54%
I agree to some extent»		20		33%
I neither agree nor disagree»		6		10%
I disagree to some extent»		1		1%
I totally disagree»		0		0%
No answer»		4

Genomsnitt: 1.59

Customer Involvement - Content
62 svarande

I totally agree»		24		42%
I agree to some extent»		27		47%
I neither agree nor disagree»		6		10%
I disagree to some extent»		0		0%
I totally disagree»		0		0%
No answer»		5

Genomsnitt: 1.68

Customer Involvement - Presentation (Maria Elmquist)
62 svarande

I totally agree»		29		50%
I agree to some extent»		20		35%
I neither agree nor disagree»		6		10%
I disagree to some extent»		2		3%
I totally disagree»		0		0%
No answer»		5

Genomsnitt: 1.66

Guest Lecture: Your Concept Car - Content
62 svarande

I totally agree»		10		17%
I agree to some extent»		18		31%
I neither agree nor disagree»		13		22%
I disagree to some extent»		11		18%
I totally disagree»		6		10%
No answer»		4

Genomsnitt: 2.74

Guest Lecture: Your Concept Car - Presentation (Tatiana Butovitsch Temm)
63 svarande

I totally agree»		12		20%
I agree to some extent»		19		31%
I neither agree nor disagree»		14		23%
I disagree to some extent»		11		18%
I totally disagree»		4		6%
No answer»		3

Genomsnitt: 2.6

Project Management I & II - Content
62 svarande

I totally agree»		44		74%
I agree to some extent»		12		20%
I neither agree nor disagree»		2		3%
I disagree to some extent»		1		1%
I totally disagree»		0		0%
No answer»		3

Genomsnitt: 1.32

Project Management I & II - Presentation (Dave Williamson)
63 svarande

I totally agree»		47		78%
I agree to some extent»		10		16%
I neither agree nor disagree»		3		5%
I disagree to some extent»		0		0%
I totally disagree»		0		0%
No answer»		3

Genomsnitt: 1.26

Leadership & Power I & II - Content
63 svarande

I totally agree»		26		47%
I agree to some extent»		24		43%
I neither agree nor disagree»		4		7%
I disagree to some extent»		1		1%
I totally disagree»		0		0%
No answer»		8

Genomsnitt: 1.63

Leadership & Power I & II - Presentation (Jan W)
63 svarande

I totally agree»		31		56%
I agree to some extent»		21		38%
I neither agree nor disagree»		2		3%
I disagree to some extent»		1		1%
I totally disagree»		0		0%
No answer»		8

Genomsnitt: 1.5

Estimating Project Work - Content
62 svarande

I totally agree»		13		23%
I agree to some extent»		22		40%
I neither agree nor disagree»		15		27%
I disagree to some extent»		3		5%
I totally disagree»		2		3%
No answer»		7

Genomsnitt: 2.25

Estimating Project Work - Presentation (Ana Magazinius)
63 svarande

I totally agree»		10		17%
I agree to some extent»		26		45%
I neither agree nor disagree»		14		24%
I disagree to some extent»		7		12%
I totally disagree»		0		0%
No answer»		6

Genomsnitt: 2.31

The Shadow System - Content
63 svarande

I totally agree»		28		51%
I agree to some extent»		21		38%
I neither agree nor disagree»		4		7%
I disagree to some extent»		1		1%
I totally disagree»		0		0%
No answer»		9

Genomsnitt: 1.59

The Shadow System - Presentation (Jan W)
63 svarande

I totally agree»		29		53%
I agree to some extent»		20		37%
I neither agree nor disagree»		4		7%
I disagree to some extent»		1		1%
I totally disagree»		0		0%
No answer»		9

Genomsnitt: 1.57

Guest Lecture: Project Evaluation - Content
62 svarande

I totally agree»		10		21%
I agree to some extent»		26		56%
I neither agree nor disagree»		7		15%
I disagree to some extent»		2		4%
I totally disagree»		1		2%
No answer»		16

Genomsnitt: 2.08

Guest Lecture: Project Evaluation - Presentation (Mikael Palmblad)
62 svarande

I totally agree»		7		15%
I agree to some extent»		26		57%
I neither agree nor disagree»		11		24%
I disagree to some extent»		1		2%
I totally disagree»		0		0%
No answer»		17

Genomsnitt: 2.13

Guest Lecture: The Methods Coach - Content
63 svarande

I totally agree»		12		23%
I agree to some extent»		19		37%
I neither agree nor disagree»		16		31%
I disagree to some extent»		4		7%
I totally disagree»		0		0%
No answer»		12

Genomsnitt: 2.23

Guest Lecture: The Methods Coach - Presentation (Eva Hådding)
62 svarande

I totally agree»		11		21%
I agree to some extent»		21		40%
I neither agree nor disagree»		19		36%
I disagree to some extent»		1		1%
I totally disagree»		0		0%
No answer»		10

Genomsnitt: 2.19

Guest Lecture: Feature Leadership - Content
63 svarande

I totally agree»		8		15%
I agree to some extent»		15		29%
I neither agree nor disagree»		18		35%
I disagree to some extent»		8		15%
I totally disagree»		2		3%
No answer»		12

Genomsnitt: 2.62

Guest Lecture: Feature Leadership - Presentation (Ilya Kulinich)
63 svarande

I totally agree»		6		11%
I agree to some extent»		15		28%
I neither agree nor disagree»		21		39%
I disagree to some extent»		8		15%
I totally disagree»		3		5%
No answer»		10

Genomsnitt: 2.75

Closing Lecture - Content
63 svarande

I totally agree»		23		38%
I agree to some extent»		20		33%
I neither agree nor disagree»		9		15%
I disagree to some extent»		6		10%
I totally disagree»		1		1%
No answer»		4

Genomsnitt: 2.01

Closing Lecture - Presentation (Jan W)
62 svarande

I totally agree»		28		47%
I agree to some extent»		21		35%
I neither agree nor disagree»		8		13%
I disagree to some extent»		2		3%
I totally disagree»		0		0%
No answer»		3

Genomsnitt: 1.72

8. The Pre-readings and the Literature Seminar

- Literature seminar should exist once a week or once every 2 weeks, it should not be mandatory but would be nice to have a place where students can share understandings of articls.»
- I would have liked to litterature seminars regarding two areas, I think I, as well as others would have learned a lot more. »
- There should be more literature seminars. There is of course no time to discuss all the obligatory readings, but 3 literature seminars would fit.»
- I think, these literature seminars can be given begining of the course or do these activity peridicly in whole course.»
- Very good, but it should be held earlier though so you realize how you should read and reflect on articles.»
- Very good concept that should have been used earlier. Perhaps it would have been good with one early and one late seminar on different topics.»
- If the seminar would be hold in week two, articles would be read and discussed in another way among us students. »
- Have the literature seminar earlier in the course, because it helpes you to start reflect of what you read in a better way. »
- Have the litterature seminar earlier in the course»
- It can even be suggested that this seminar is put earlier»
- Tom was very skilled! cred to him!»
- Earlier I have not been quite fond of literature seminars but this time I really learnt something.I think Tom lead the literature seminar in an excellent way. It was good that he sometimes directed questions, since this made it easier to enter the discussion. He brought up interesting subjects to discuss. »
- we should have more of these!»
- I would suggest that the literature seminar should be in w.3 or w.4 so an better understanding is reach earlier in the course»
- Put the literature sem. earlier in the course!»
- I felt more that you needed to perform rather than a possibility to discuss, with the signs and everything.»
- I would have liked to have more litterature seminars and also earlier in the course. It was a very good way of making sure you read the articles and also a good practise of talking in a group. It was intresting to hear what other people made of the articles.»
- I like the literature seminar, it encourage us to be more critic, I think this is a good excersece to have it two times during the course.»
- More of this, for all of the articles! Earlier in the period, why not the second week or so? Good way to start to read and reflect. »
- Tom was sometimes a little bit too dominant and lecturing sometimes more than allowing us to discuss. But in overall i handed it well »
- Very good! I really liked the seminar and it felt that all other student did so as well! I fully understood the articles after this seminar.»
- 1. It would be better if students could have more and better information about this seminar (available on the student portal or similar) 2. It would be good as well, to have it in the begining of the course or in the middle, and not in the end. My humble opinion. »

The mandatory hand-in helped me better prepare for the seminar
63 svarande

I totally agree»		47		74%
I agree to some extent»		13		20%
I neither agree nor disagree»		2		3%
I disagree to some extent»		1		1%
I totally disagree»		0		0%
No answer»		0

Genomsnitt: 1.31

Each of the three articles made sense to me before the seminar
63 svarande

I totally agree»		9		14%
I agree to some extent»		34		54%
I neither agree nor disagree»		10		16%
I disagree to some extent»		8		12%
I totally disagree»		1		1%
No answer»		1

Genomsnitt: 2.32

Each of the three articles made sense to me after the seminar
63 svarande

I totally agree»		29		46%
I agree to some extent»		25		39%
I neither agree nor disagree»		6		9%
I disagree to some extent»		2		3%
I totally disagree»		1		1%
No answer»		0

Genomsnitt: 1.74

The Literature Seminar was a good opportunity to practice group discussion and group reflection
63 svarande

I totally agree»		42		67%
I agree to some extent»		17		27%
I neither agree nor disagree»		2		3%
I disagree to some extent»		1		1%
I totally disagree»		0		0%
No answer»		1

Genomsnitt: 1.38

I felt shy or feared to speak during the Literature Seminar
63 svarande

I totally agree»		7		11%
I agree to some extent»		11		17%
I neither agree nor disagree»		6		9%
I disagree to some extent»		7		11%
I totally disagree»		32		50%
No answer»		0

Genomsnitt: 3.73

The Literature Seminar is an arena where students learn that they are allowed to think
63 svarande

I totally agree»		33		54%
I agree to some extent»		20		32%
I neither agree nor disagree»		2		3%
I disagree to some extent»		5		8%
I totally disagree»		1		1%
No answer»		2

Genomsnitt: 1.7

The chairperson had a great way of leading his/her Literature Seminar
63 svarande

I totally agree»		31		49%
I agree to some extent»		20		31%
I neither agree nor disagree»		10		15%
I disagree to some extent»		1		1%
I totally disagree»		1		1%
No answer»		0

Genomsnitt: 1.74

9. Round-up questions

- Really hope to earn a little more money!! ,)»
- Yes I think that the academic writing style can actually reduce the sharing of knowlegde to some extent »
- I think the report writing took too much time since we did not get much help with it. We could have learnt much more about project management. It would have been better if the supervisors could help us more.»
- I"m still confused about the objective of the course. If with the course you wanted to make of us better Project Managers, the course was definetly too theorical. However, it seems to me a perfect course if you pretend to instruct researchers.»
- I am not used to the academic writing style, as well as many of the other international students. I had to learn "on the exam" how to write it. I do not know if it reduces the sharing of knowledge, but I do agree to academic writing limits your own development of the answer when writing it, maybe it may happen when you are not used to it, so I speak for my self.»

The academic writing style is too complex and thus, ironically, reduces the sharing of knowledge
63 svarande

I totally agree»		9		14%
I agree to some extent»		21		34%
I neither agree nor disagree»		11		18%
I disagree to some extent»		12		19%
I totally disagree»		8		13%
No answer»		2

Genomsnitt: 2.81

The practice of project management is close to perfection, and there is no need for further research
63 svarande

I totally agree»		0		0%
I agree to some extent»		3		4%
I neither agree nor disagree»		11		18%
I disagree to some extent»		18		29%
I totally disagree»		29		47%
No answer»		2

Genomsnitt: 4.19

After having studied this course, I believe I will have a better understanding, experience a little less frustration and earn a little more money in my future working life
63 svarande

I totally agree»		25		40%
I agree to some extent»		26		41%
I neither agree nor disagree»		11		17%
I disagree to some extent»		0		0%
I totally disagree»		0		0%
No answer»		1

Genomsnitt: 1.77

Your own effort (Chalmers standard questions)

10. How many hours per week did you spend on this course?

63 svarande

At most 15 hours/week»		2		3%
Around 20 hours/week»		14		22%
Around 25 hours/week»		22		34%
Around 30 hours/week»		17		26%
At least 35 hours/week»		8		12%

Genomsnitt: 3.23

- More hours in the end of the course when finalizing report and writing the home exam. But 20 hours is probably some average if spread over the whole course.» (Around 20 hours/week)
- Between 25 and 30 h/w» (Around 25 hours/week)
- the project took a lot of time effort, same with all the reading» (At least 35 hours/week)

11. How large part of the teaching offered did you attend?

63 svarande

0%»		0		0%
25%»		1		1%
50%»		1		1%
75%»		23		36%
100%»		38		60%

Genomsnitt: 4.55

- I missed some lectures because of the project supervision and deliveries.» (75%)
- not all due to interviews in project» (100%)
- only missed a couple of lectures» (100%)
- I never missed one single class.» (100%)

Teaching and course administration (Chalmers standard questions)

12. To what extent has the teaching been of help for your learning?

Small extent»		1		1%
Some extent»		18		28%
Large extent»		30		47%
Great extent»		14		22%

Genomsnitt: 2.9

- Actually I think the reading of the articles and the work with the home-exam and project report have provided the most learning.» (Some extent)
- some good lecturers» (Some extent)
- Jan has great retorical skills! anyhow, the message of what he is trying to say sometimes tend to get lost somewhere on the way....» (Large extent)

13. To what extent has the the course literature and other material been of help for your learning?

Small extent»		3		4%
Some extent»		18		28%
Large extent»		35		55%
Great extent»		7		11%

Genomsnitt: 2.73

- I would say that the lectures have been of bigger importance, the book helped the least with learning.» (Some extent)
- Would have preferred to discuss the literature chapter by chapter instead than just reading them.» (Some extent)
- The lectures has been more help than the literature..» (Some extent)
- The project forced us to find a and read lot of extra articles realated to our project theme.(Read proably articles) Resulting that I didn´,t unfortunately did not have time to read as much of the course literature that I wished. » (Some extent)
- I think the book could be better, but articles are good to make you reflect.» (Large extent)

14. How well did the course administration, web page, handouts etc work?

Very badly»		0		0%
Rather badly»		1		1%
Rather well»		23		36%
Very well»		39		61%

Genomsnitt: 3.6

- Generally it would be nice to have an option to simply download all files, at least folder-wise, at once or as an archive.» (Rather well)

Study climate (Chalmers standard questions)

15. How were the opportunities for asking questions and getting help?

Very poor»		0		0%
Rather poor»		2		3%
Rather good»		15		24%
Very good»		39		62%
I did not seek help»		6		9%

Genomsnitt: 3.79

- No problem at all to ask the questions, very friendly climate, however very few answers.» (Rather poor)
- The supervisor was very hard to get any help from in the beginning, when we needed her the most almost.» (Rather good)
- It was not good for the project as mentioned above. We could book supervisions easily but did not feel we got much out of it.» (Rather good)
- Tom was very helpful with the project work, and devoted much time for our group.» (Very good)
- Thanks Tom, you did a great job supervising us!» (Very good)

16. How was the course workload?

Too low»		0		0%
Low»		0		0%
Adequate»		22		34%
High»		37		58%
Too high»		4		6%

Genomsnitt: 3.71

- This class together with Economics of Innovation might not be the best combination, both requires a lot of reading that a normal person (even if we read 24/7) can"t keep up with. In the end, I felt that it was unstrategic that I read the book, I should have put a lot more effort at the articles. On the other hand, if you are teaching out trade-offs, the amount of reading is sufficient to fully understand trade-off.» (High)
- for first period,starting period, it is too much for me that two courses both have prpject,articles,ake home exam,course book and 8 hours lectures everyweek.» (High)
- High workload because of the project work.» (High)
- Depends on project work effort and what grade you aim for.» (High)
- Especially in the end of the project and home exam. I did not have time to read the book.» (High)
- To high to have time for all the reading, otherwise okay. » (High)
- Please put litterature seminar or litterature quizz or similar in the BEGINNING of the course end of 3rd/ 4th week and coordinate DEADLINES with Magnus Holmens course. To maximize learning and minmizing stress for us i.e. the student syndrom is always there. » (High)
- High, but not too hígh. This study period was demanding but in a good way.» (High)
- Even though I think it was a bit high, this is a master program so it supposed to be high. It is OK.» (High)
- Reflecting now on that I must have put at least 35h a weak, of course that is too much when you have another course. Us students on this program are used to strive aginst perfection and a research work can be worked on for a long time. Therefore it is very good to have a page limit. » (Too high)

Summarizing questions (Chalmers standard questions)

17. What is your general impression of the course?

Poor»		1		1%
Fair»		1		1%
Adequate»		10		15%
Good»		38		60%
Excellent»		13		20%

Genomsnitt: 3.96

- Disappointed in the project, thus only adequate. Change project in to something in my earlier suggestion. I was kind of tired of doing the project which is something the old I-students anyway have done sooooooo many times. » (Adequate)
- Good, excellent-if some things are changed.» (Good)
- 9412175399» (Good)
- Started out in an excellent manner, but drop the further the course did go one. I do not know if the subjects to discuss ended or if it was the frustration with the lack of directives from our supervisor in the project. » (Good)

18. What should definitely be preserved to next year?

19. What should definitely be changed to next year?

20. Additional comments