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Project Management TEK365 2012-2013 LP1

This is part B of the Course Evaluation Questionnaire

About you

1. What is your general impression of the course?

Worst course ever»		1		2%
Fair»		0		0%
Adequate»		2		5%
Good»		13		33%
Excellent»		17		43%
Best course ever»		6		15%
No answer»		1

Genomsnitt: 4.61

- Interesting lectures but too much time spent on cases. Could reduce them to 3 instead of 4.» (Adequate)
- It"s a interesting course that should be splitted into 2 courses due to the extreme amount of information and concepts. If it had been in two courses I would probably say "Best course ever" instead of just good.» (Good)
- Really felt like I have learnt a lot in this course. Thought that the first case was a bit strange otherwise an ever higher rank.» (Excellent)
- My first management course ever, feel so different with my other geeky course. More fun and creative.» (Excellent)
- Really good and interesting course. » (Excellent)
- Some of the case questions was fuzzy, it was hard to know what the examiner wanted us to find/learn. Espacially the home exam. Jan continuously mention the fact that this course have to much material and that he can"t do anything about it. It"s not reasonable to have a content for a 15hp course in half the time, even if you think it"s neccasary. Much of the heavy workload are due to the the many examination types and the high speed through the whole course.» (Excellent)
- Fantastic course, I"ve been telling friends that it"s the best course I"ve ever taken.» (Best course ever)
- Interesting course with good lecturers » (Best course ever)
- Some parts were "best course ever", and other parts "worst ever".» (No answer)

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

Working as a project member
40 svarande

None»		11		28%
1 - 3 months»		8		20%
4 - 6 months»		8		20%
7 - 12 months»		2		5%
More than a year»		10		25%
No answer»		1

Genomsnitt: 2.79

Working as a project manager / project leader
38 svarande

None»		26		70%
1 - 3 months»		4		10%
4 - 6 months»		2		5%
7 - 12 months»		2		5%
More than a year»		3		8%
No answer»		1

Genomsnitt: 1.7

3. Where did you receive your Bachelor degree?

D&IT at Chalmers»		24		61%
Elsewhere at Chalmers»		3		7%
A Swedish university other than Chalmers»		1		2%
A European university elsewhere than in Sweden»		3		7%
A non-European university»		8		20%
No answer»		1

Genomsnitt: 2.17

About the course

4. Reading the Maylor textbook

I had a printed copy of my own»		23		57%
I shared a printed copy with other students»		0		0%
I read the book on-line»		16		40%
I printed the book from on-line»		0		0%
I did not read it»		1		2%
No answer/Other»		0

Genomsnitt: 1.9

- Om nom Maylor.» (I had a printed copy of my own)
- Well, rather borrowed an older student"s book.» (I had a printed copy of my own)
- I borrowed it from a previous course member through the whole course» (I had a printed copy of my own)
- The e-book is so hard to read and needs to be downloaded every 7 days which is really annoying.» (I read the book on-line)
- 3rd edition» (I read the book on-line)
- I own the book, but didn"t have time to read it since there was to much group work to do during the course.» (I did not read it)

5. This helped me understand the Basics of Project Management

- PM Basics lectures were a little hard without reading book beforehand, because Lars was going through the chapters in a very high pace. I would have preferred him to talk more outside scope of the book, as I got an impression that he has a lot to share, but can not do that because he is compelled to cover the book instead. I would have understood material in Maylor book without lectures, and rather listened to more real-life examples during PM basics classes.»
- Maylor provided the basic understanding, Lars was an excellent lecturer who provided more context and specifics. Did not read other people"s notes or refer to the slides.»
- Lars did an excellent job on pointing out the important stuff in the Maylor book.»
- The books contained all information but is hard to remember the content of an whole book.»
- What would have helped more is practical exercise. You can"t learn stuff by just reading. That knowledge will soon be lost.»
- Looked at the lecture slides and read the matching relevant chapter in the book when needed»
- I didn"t learn the basics of project management because the focus of the course was not on the basics. No time for basics.»
- I can"t remember any lecture hand-outs.. »
- Too few lessons on the Maylor book. It is just to stressed and doesnt give enough »
- Good lectures, but why so few topics from the slides on the exam? The previous exam had all the topics presented in the slides of the lectures... »
- Lars did an excellent job with presenting the content of the text-book!»
- The exam questions for the home exam was to specific.»
- The lectures were performed very quickly..impossible to follow.»
- Felt like a big misuse of resources having Lars reading out loud from Maylor for us. He is a good lecturer and his talents could have been used better. Let him have the PM Basic course, and let him choose what to teach us. We don"t want him to tell us what"s in the book, we want him to tell us what"s NOT in the book.»

Reading the text-book (Maylor)
40 svarande

I totally agree»		12		30%
I agree to some extent»		23		58%
I neither agree nor disagree»		3		7%
I disagree to some extent»		1		2%
I totally disagree»		0		0%
No answer»		1

Genomsnitt: 1.82

Reading the lecture hand-outs
40 svarande

I totally agree»		5		13%
I agree to some extent»		22		61%
I neither agree nor disagree»		7		19%
I disagree to some extent»		1		2%
I totally disagree»		1		2%
No answer»		4

Genomsnitt: 2.19

Reading Cliff notes (written by other students)
40 svarande

I totally agree»		1		4%
I agree to some extent»		5		20%
I neither agree nor disagree»		8		33%
I disagree to some extent»		3		12%
I totally disagree»		7		29%
No answer»		16

Genomsnitt: 3.41

Attending the PM Basics lectures
40 svarande

I totally agree»		13		34%
I agree to some extent»		17		44%
I neither agree nor disagree»		5		13%
I disagree to some extent»		2		5%
I totally disagree»		1		2%
No answer»		2

Genomsnitt: 1.97

Lars presentation style during the lectures
40 svarande

I totally agree»		11		31%
I agree to some extent»		20		57%
I neither agree nor disagree»		1		2%
I disagree to some extent»		1		2%
I totally disagree»		2		5%
No answer»		5

Genomsnitt: 1.94

6. The Pre-readings

- I did learn reflective writing style (at least tried to), but as there was no personal feedback on any of pre-readings, it was hard to tell, whether I was on the right way.»
- I put a fair bit of effort in, but should probably have put in more. Some texts were highly elucidating, others I got less from. I"m already a reflective kind of guy, so the pre-readings did not teach me anything new on that account. I did, to my discredit, invest more time in the mandatory texts.»
- The pre-readings was a good exercise in reflective writing but it"s far from the first time I have used it. »
- Due to the heavy workload this period, I didn"t have time left to read most of the non-mandatory texts. »
- When no feedback were given I lowered my efforts on the last ones. I would like more follow up on the pre-readings on a lecture»
- I did not read the non-mandatory texts to save time»
- Less time was invested in the non-mandatory pre-readings due to a really high work load.»
- Already knew the reflective style.»

I put lots of effort in the preparatory work
40 svarande

I totally agree»		10		25%
I agree to some extent»		18		45%
I neither agree nor disagree»		6		15%
I disagree to some extent»		5		12%
I totally disagree»		1		2%
No answer»		0

Genomsnitt: 2.22

The preparatory work made me learn much about project management
40 svarande

I totally agree»		7		17%
I agree to some extent»		17		42%
I neither agree nor disagree»		9		22%
I disagree to some extent»		6		15%
I totally disagree»		1		2%
No answer»		0

Genomsnitt: 2.42

The preparatory work made me learn the reflective writing style (required for the Research Report and the Home Exam)
40 svarande

I totally agree»		8		20%
I agree to some extent»		11		28%
I neither agree nor disagree»		7		17%
I disagree to some extent»		10		25%
I totally disagree»		3		7%
No answer»		1

Genomsnitt: 2.71

I invested less effort in the preparatory work for the texts that were not mandatory hand-ins
40 svarande

I totally agree»		19		47%
I agree to some extent»		12		30%
I neither agree nor disagree»		3		7%
I disagree to some extent»		3		7%
I totally disagree»		3		7%
No answer»		0

Genomsnitt: 1.97

7. The Lectures

Matrisfråga

- Watching Pentagon Wars was an excellent way of describing scope problems. I was rather impressed by effectiveness of this "lecture", I think I told everyone I know about it.»
- Jan"s lectures were all very, very good. Ana"s guest lecture could use a little more spice. I felt that I didn"t learn anything, but that might be because i come from the IT programme where we"ve been told almost everything she lectured about during our three years, and what the IT programme hadn"t told me, the pre-readings did. The lecture wasn"t bad per se, but it doesn"t measure up to the other lectures in the course.»
- Jan is one of the most interesting teachers I have ever heard lecturing. Even if the lectures sometimes are 4 hours they do not feel long and you are constantly interested in what he has to say. He gets you very interested in what he has to say. However, I would prefer if the 15 minutes breaks were kept because he showed a tendency of wanting to skip them.»
- Jan is an excellent lecturer and the use of personal anecdotes makes it easy to remember the different concepts. My one complaint would be that the readability of some of the slides was not that good (eg. dark text on dark background). »
- Overall very interesting topics.»
- I think that most people in the class agree that Jan is a great lecturer.»
- Interesting lectures»
- Sorry, I don"t remember course introduction lecture, but since I don"t remember it as bad, it has to have been good. The closing lecture was nice, but I didn"t really learn anything new. »
- Very good and interesting lectures. »
- Jan"s pedagogic style is by far the best with this course.»

Course Introduction (Jan)
40 svarande

I totally agree»		18		48%
I agree to some extent»		16		43%
I neither agree nor disagree»		2		5%
I disagree to some extent»		1		2%
I totally disagree»		0		0%
No answer/I did not attend»		3

Genomsnitt: 1.62

Movie: Pentagon Wars (Jan)
40 svarande

I totally agree»		11		44%
I agree to some extent»		9		36%
I neither agree nor disagree»		5		20%
I disagree to some extent»		0		0%
I totally disagree»		0		0%
No answer/I did not attend»		15

Genomsnitt: 1.76

Power & Leadership for Project Managers (Jan)
40 svarande

I totally agree»		25		65%
I agree to some extent»		10		26%
I neither agree nor disagree»		2		5%
I disagree to some extent»		0		0%
I totally disagree»		1		2%
No answer/I did not attend»		2

Genomsnitt: 1.47

Managing the Shadows of the Organization (Jan)
40 svarande

I totally agree»		24		64%
I agree to some extent»		10		27%
I neither agree nor disagree»		2		5%
I disagree to some extent»		1		2%
I totally disagree»		0		0%
No answer/I did not attend»		3

Genomsnitt: 1.45

Managing the Estimation Error (Ana Magazinius)
39 svarande

I totally agree»		8		22%
I agree to some extent»		13		36%
I neither agree nor disagree»		8		22%
I disagree to some extent»		7		19%
I totally disagree»		0		0%
No answer/I did not attend»		3

Genomsnitt: 2.38

The Closing Lecture (Jan)
40 svarande

I totally agree»		15		41%
I agree to some extent»		15		41%
I neither agree nor disagree»		2		5%
I disagree to some extent»		3		8%
I totally disagree»		1		2%
No answer/I did not attend»		4

Genomsnitt: 1.88

8. The Organizing Case (Per Svensson)

- In my opinion, case seminar was carried out in rather inefficient manner. I think we have spent around 20 minutes on gathering summaries for solutions proposed by every group in their essays, while they all said basically the same thing. Sometimes it was hard to answer Per"s questions, as it felt like he has an answer he is looking for, but he did not rephrased the question or hinted in any way so as to lead us to the right path. I also don"t think that appointing a person to answer the question was efficient, given that we all have spent a lot of time on the case and we were of course able to report on content of our essays. It just added pressure and I don"t think that I learned much.»
- Excellent case text & assignment. Per is a highly knowledgable lecturer but is not as engaging or thought-provoking as Jan, or as efficient as lars. Seminar was a bit underwhelming, cannot really put my finger on why. Still learnt from it but was expecting more.»
- Per no doubt has a huge amount of experience and wisdom when it comes to project management, but I feel he lacked the "skärpa" in his lecturing and seminar chairing.»
- Felt stressed and hurried, and the case seminar didn"t not help me at all in learning.»
- I"m sorry, but I could hardly understand Mr Svensson"s points.»
- Pers lectures and presenting style in english is unclear and too slow (sorry)»
- It was a little bit slow and in retrospect I wish there had been room for more discussions in small groups.»
- It is hard to understand Per at the lectures and seminars. Its apparent that the language is the problem since he is very competent, which is really shown when he can express himself in swedish. »
- Interesting topic but no good structure on the lecture or the seminar, to bad... »
- Per is a very knowledgable person, but english isn"t his strong suit. I would rather have Jan on this case.»
- This first case was harder to do than the others, since it was hard to know what the examinor wanted withot practise. Per seems to know a lot about the subject, but he had problem to deliver it to the students.»
- I would have liked to se some categorization or organizing of the problems that the students came up with. Some problems seemed to be secondary or even tertiary but this was not discussed.»
- Per should have managed the discussion better. There was too much talk about completely irrelevant topics. Per could not formulate questions so that people would understand. I felt that the seminar was a waste of my precious time.»
- Seminar was a fiasco. No discussion, felt like a waste of time.»

The assignment was relevant
40 svarande

I totally agree»		16		42%
I agree to some extent»		19		50%
I neither agree nor disagree»		1		2%
I disagree to some extent»		2		5%
I totally disagree»		0		0%
No answer»		2

Genomsnitt: 1.71

The case lecture content was relevant
40 svarande

I totally agree»		8		21%
I agree to some extent»		17		45%
I neither agree nor disagree»		7		18%
I disagree to some extent»		2		5%
I totally disagree»		3		8%
No answer»		3

Genomsnitt: 2.32

The case lecture was well presented
40 svarande

I totally agree»		3		8%
I agree to some extent»		8		22%
I neither agree nor disagree»		6		16%
I disagree to some extent»		11		30%
I totally disagree»		8		22%
No answer»		4

Genomsnitt: 3.36

The case seminar was relevant
39 svarande

I totally agree»		6		16%
I agree to some extent»		9		24%
I neither agree nor disagree»		12		32%
I disagree to some extent»		7		18%
I totally disagree»		3		8%
No answer»		2

Genomsnitt: 2.78

The case seminar was chaired in a good way
40 svarande

I totally agree»		6		15%
I agree to some extent»		8		21%
I neither agree nor disagree»		4		10%
I disagree to some extent»		11		28%
I totally disagree»		9		23%
No answer»		2

Genomsnitt: 3.23

9. The Planning Case (Per Svensson & Lars Hallin)

- We did not get any lecture regarding planning itself, only introduction to MS Project, which was quite helpful for the case. However, we would have been able to figure out how to use ourselves. I liked that we got the chance to see plans proposed by other groups during seminar, as approaches they used were rather different from the one of my case group.»
- Excellent case text & assignment. Per is a highly knowledgable lecturer but is not as engaging or thought-provoking as Jan, or as efficient as lars. Seminar was a bit underwhelming, cannot really put my finger on why. Still learnt from it but was expecting more.»
- It was very fun that there was a practical part in this case involving MS project. Since there are so much reading in this course, this was a nice way to complement the learning.»
- We should"ve had 2 weeks for the MS Project project.»
- The MS project part was a little bit of. It would have been better to put together some sort of tutorial of MS project and skip the lecture about it. And the part with MS project in the seminar was interesting considering that some group had done totally different than us, but I also think that we could have discussed the solutions without putting the MS project on the projector.»
- Same as previous comment. »
- Same as the previous. »
- Per is a very knowledgable person, but english isn"t his strong suit. I would rather have Jan on this case. I think that microsoft project is a good tool, but that the focus is a bit heavy on it during this assignment. This may create a bit of wrong focus.»
- The playing around in Microsoft Project was unnecessary, it just took a lot of time and I felt . We did not know which of the precondition for the planning we could changed. The case seminar conclusion was a good learning. but I would rather have a discussion among the student, instead of presentation of a few plannings.»
- Problems with keeping on topic. Problems with understand what Per wanted. Lars Hallin"s discussion about selected plans were disappointing. He did not moderate the discussion but rather let a student ramble on about how great his effort had been (mind you: HIS effort, he was quite rude to his own group). I learned pretty much nothing from this seminar. Big disappointment.»
- Seminar was a fiasco. No discussion, felt like a waste of time. The MS Project part felt very ambiguous. There must be a better way to teach planning...?»

The assignment was relevant
40 svarande

I totally agree»		18		46%
I agree to some extent»		18		46%
I neither agree nor disagree»		3		7%
I disagree to some extent»		0		0%
I totally disagree»		0		0%
No answer»		1

Genomsnitt: 1.61

The case lecture content was relevant
40 svarande

I totally agree»		13		33%
I agree to some extent»		17		43%
I neither agree nor disagree»		5		12%
I disagree to some extent»		1		2%
I totally disagree»		3		7%
No answer»		1

Genomsnitt: 2.07

The case lecture was well presented
40 svarande

I totally agree»		9		23%
I agree to some extent»		15		38%
I neither agree nor disagree»		5		12%
I disagree to some extent»		7		17%
I totally disagree»		3		7%
No answer»		1

Genomsnitt: 2.48

The case seminar was relevant
40 svarande

I totally agree»		9		23%
I agree to some extent»		16		42%
I neither agree nor disagree»		5		13%
I disagree to some extent»		6		15%
I totally disagree»		2		5%
No answer»		2

Genomsnitt: 2.36

The case seminar was chaired in a good way
40 svarande

I totally agree»		8		21%
I agree to some extent»		13		34%
I neither agree nor disagree»		6		15%
I disagree to some extent»		6		15%
I totally disagree»		5		13%
No answer»		2

Genomsnitt: 2.65

10. The Contracting Case (Arni Halldorsson & Jan Wickenberg)

- Other case group, with which we were discussing the case, took a very similar approach in their report, so we were more concentrated on composing answers to deliver the assignment in front of the class afterwards. »
- Could not attend case lecture. The rest was excellent, though the third question was terribly hard to answer without looking to outside material, and even then my group was highly uncertain whether we were tackling the right thing (we researched how things went down between the BA and the BAA). It was really good, but a little more guidance for the students would have been nice.»
- The case was very interesting. However, I do not like when Jan is making the students choose to take time from the seminar 15 min. break in order to discuss the questions and prepare presentations. This often results in that they choose to prepare more for the presentation of the question and individual students may lack the courage of saying that they want to take a break because of peer pressure. »
- I didn"t like the lecture that much, I think Jan would"ve done a better job there. The seminar was great.»
- Very good! A really interesting contrast in regard to the previous two. Well organized and good seminar. »
- Arni did a great job presenting the problems with contracting»
- The case lecture had great information, but the time planning was lousy. Jan always seems to have a manuscript for his whole lecture, from the presentations to the student answer on his question. It is really satisfying! »
- I was disappointed that Arni could not plan his lecture and had to resort to shorter breaks and running over time. Don"t get me wrong. I"m totally here to learn. And I totally want to hear what lecturers have to say. But this is a very heavy study period, and students have to be given the opportunity to manage their own time. This means that lecturers should respect lecture schedules. »
- Much improvement from the previous seminars. Was interesting to test the learning methods Jan proposed. Not so much discussion regarding the case though, which was a pity.»

The assignment was relevant
40 svarande

I totally agree»		22		55%
I agree to some extent»		12		30%
I neither agree nor disagree»		4		10%
I disagree to some extent»		2		5%
I totally disagree»		0		0%
No answer»		0

Genomsnitt: 1.65

The case lecture content was relevant
40 svarande

I totally agree»		16		42%
I agree to some extent»		17		44%
I neither agree nor disagree»		5		13%
I disagree to some extent»		0		0%
I totally disagree»		0		0%
No answer»		2

Genomsnitt: 1.71

The case lecture was well presented
40 svarande

I totally agree»		14		35%
I agree to some extent»		18		46%
I neither agree nor disagree»		4		10%
I disagree to some extent»		3		7%
I totally disagree»		0		0%
No answer»		1

Genomsnitt: 1.89

The case seminar was relevant
40 svarande

I totally agree»		23		58%
I agree to some extent»		13		33%
I neither agree nor disagree»		3		7%
I disagree to some extent»		0		0%
I totally disagree»		0		0%
No answer»		1

Genomsnitt: 1.48

The case seminar was chaired in a good way
40 svarande

I totally agree»		23		57%
I agree to some extent»		12		30%
I neither agree nor disagree»		5		12%
I disagree to some extent»		0		0%
I totally disagree»		0		0%
No answer»		0

Genomsnitt: 1.55

11. The Learning Case (Jan Wickenberg)

- The case seminar was the best out of four. I liked how it was broken down into different mini-assignments, I think it is more effective rather than discussing one big issue for a very long time. The was a lot of communication involved with other students, so I got to look at things from different perspectives. I would not have changed anything in this seminar.»
- I learnt a lot here, but Case 4 was tricky as it was hard to determine how much to write about NASA and how much to write about other stuff. Furthermore. I had a hard time understanding what was wanted in the case essay and balancing reporting from the text and our own conclusions - it was hard to "dare" to go into analysis and own conclusions. Perhaps I"m not so good at reflective text after all. »
- Same comments as question number 10.»
- The best thing about this was the thing that Jan did at the end, forcing people to think for themselves. I did appreciate this very much and I probably learned as much during this seminar as I did the whole week that I worked with the assignment. Good job Jan.»
- This was the best case, but too much reading material!»
- Jan is the best!»
- I really liked this one. Very interesting content. »
- Same as case 3»
- Learned a ton. Very good.»
- Also interesting to test new techniques. More discussion regarding the case this time, which was good.»

The assignment was relevant
40 svarande

I totally agree»		30		75%
I agree to some extent»		6		15%
I neither agree nor disagree»		1		2%
I disagree to some extent»		3		7%
I totally disagree»		0		0%
No answer»		0

Genomsnitt: 1.42

The case lecture content was relevant
40 svarande

I totally agree»		26		65%
I agree to some extent»		10		25%
I neither agree nor disagree»		3		7%
I disagree to some extent»		1		2%
I totally disagree»		0		0%
No answer»		0

Genomsnitt: 1.47

The case lecture was well presented
40 svarande

I totally agree»		26		65%
I agree to some extent»		10		25%
I neither agree nor disagree»		3		7%
I disagree to some extent»		1		2%
I totally disagree»		0		0%
No answer»		0

Genomsnitt: 1.47

The case seminar was relevant
40 svarande

I totally agree»		25		62%
I agree to some extent»		11		27%
I neither agree nor disagree»		1		2%
I disagree to some extent»		3		7%
I totally disagree»		0		0%
No answer»		0

Genomsnitt: 1.55

The case seminar was chaired in a good way
40 svarande

I totally agree»		28		70%
I agree to some extent»		7		17%
I neither agree nor disagree»		4		10%
I disagree to some extent»		1		2%
I totally disagree»		0		0%
No answer»		0

Genomsnitt: 1.45

12. The course administration

- Maybe it is due to the fact that I"ve been studying in Sweden only for 1,5 months now, but at this moment I feel like Ping Pong and Study Portal have different purposes, so I can not answer this question. I remember having troubles with finding way to PIMs from my phone.»
- Worked well in general. Not happy that we often got case grades and feedback so late, I understand that it"s a lot of work and the logistics are difficult, but when you"re asking much of your students we should be able to ask much in return as well. Not having the case grades in time meant that we could not analyze whether what we"d done in the previous case was good or bad - we lacked the feedback for intra-course learning. »
- The PingPong homepage was the best I have seen so far. It was well organized and the schedule was very helpful. One of the pre-readings was not available on the homepage which was a bit confusing. »
- I never used Study Portal so I cannot give my opinion concerning the last question»
- Thanks for the weekly e-mail!»
- Do we only have to choose between ping pong OR student portal? IF that is the case then ping pong. At least it mostly down during last fifteen minutes to deadline, not a whole weekend in the exam week (as the student portal is right now).»
- I use Ping Pong and the study portal for different things and as such I cannot compare them. Ping Pong I use to get a course"s homepage. The student portal I use for all administrative things and to navigate to each course homepage.»
- I actually find Ping-Pong easy to work with, but it seems harder for the administrators.»
- Ping Pong and the Study Portal - truly Scylla and Charybdis, pest och kolera, caught between a rock and a hard place. Two dimensions of suck.»
- Good use of Ping Pong. Ping Pong has some flaws, but I think it works "good enough" for us as students.»

Having the course schedule as an iCalendar subscription file was useful to me
40 svarande

I totally agree»		30		88%
I agree to some extent»		2		5%
I neither agree nor disagree»		1		2%
I disagree to some extent»		0		0%
I totally disagree»		1		2%
No answer/I did not use it»		6

Genomsnitt: 1.23

The on-line web schedule was useful to me
40 svarande

I totally agree»		23		63%
I agree to some extent»		8		22%
I neither agree nor disagree»		1		2%
I disagree to some extent»		4		11%
I totally disagree»		0		0%
No answer/I did not use it»		4

Genomsnitt: 1.61

The weekly e-mail was useful to me
38 svarande

I totally agree»		29		76%
I agree to some extent»		5		13%
I neither agree nor disagree»		2		5%
I disagree to some extent»		0		0%
I totally disagree»		2		5%
No answer/I did not use it»		0

Genomsnitt: 1.44

The News section was kept relevant at all times
40 svarande

I totally agree»		15		40%
I agree to some extent»		10		27%
I neither agree nor disagree»		8		21%
I disagree to some extent»		2		5%
I totally disagree»		2		5%
No answer/I did not use it»		3

Genomsnitt: 2.08

The Course PM was relevant
40 svarande

I totally agree»		16		43%
I agree to some extent»		12		32%
I neither agree nor disagree»		7		18%
I disagree to some extent»		2		5%
I totally disagree»		0		0%
No answer/I did not use it»		3

Genomsnitt: 1.86

The hand-out section was kept relevant
40 svarande

I totally agree»		27		67%
I agree to some extent»		11		27%
I neither agree nor disagree»		2		5%
I disagree to some extent»		0		0%
I totally disagree»		0		0%
No answer/I did not use it»		0

Genomsnitt: 1.37

The Ping Pong user interface makes it easy to get what I am looking for
40 svarande

I totally agree»		8		20%
I agree to some extent»		14		35%
I neither agree nor disagree»		10		25%
I disagree to some extent»		8		20%
I totally disagree»		0		0%
No answer/I did not use it»		0

Genomsnitt: 2.45

I prefer Ping Pong to the Study Portal
40 svarande

I totally agree»		16		43%
I agree to some extent»		12		32%
I neither agree nor disagree»		6		16%
I disagree to some extent»		2		5%
I totally disagree»		1		2%
No answer/I did not use it»		3

Genomsnitt: 1.91

13. The Course Location

40 svarande

I would have preferred Johanneberg»		20		51%
Either place would have been fine by me»		7		17%
I preferred it were it was, at Lindholmen»		12		30%
No answer»		1

Genomsnitt: 1.79

- Lindholmen is a bit to fragmented with the different buildings, lack of space to conduct group activities and such. » (I would have preferred Johanneberg)
- I live quite close to Lindholmen so it wasn"t a big problem to go there but overall I would have prefered to take the course at Johanneberg since that is where the rest of my courses are held. » (I would have preferred Johanneberg)
- Since all my other courses were held at Johanneberg, so it"s easier for me to have it at Johanneberg.» (I would have preferred Johanneberg)
- I have taken all my courses so far at Johannberg, I live at Johanneberg. I hate Västtrafik. (But I really like Jupiter 317, can"t we move that room to Johanneberg?)» (I would have preferred Johanneberg)
- closer to home» (I would have preferred Johanneberg)
- I prefer to have as many lectures on Johanneberg as possible. This is because the vast majority of my guild ("IT-sektionen") and its activities (study events, etc) are located there. Ever since I started on Lindholmen, I"ve had to struggle to find a possibility to meet friends from the bachelor level or from other master programs and I"ve felt disconnected from my guild. Because of this I have felt less comfortable and at home as I"ve been able to on Johanneberg, and this is something I sadly don"t think will change during my years at the master. I should probably add that I live quite close to the Johanneberg campus and this means that I wouldn"t have to spend any extra time on travel during a day if one lecture would be at Lindholmen, and the next on Johanneberg.» (I would have preferred Johanneberg)
- Does not matter to me. » (Either place would have been fine by me)
- As my other course were at lindholmen, lindholmen is preferred » (Either place would have been fine by me)
- I preferred Lindholmen as my programme is there, had I not been attending the MPSOF master I would have preferred Johanneberg as it is closer to my home and the » (I preferred it were it was, at Lindholmen)
- Lindholmen is a nicer campus, and it helps that all SE courses are held there. The only reason people would prefer Johanneberg is because they live closer to it.» (I preferred it were it was, at Lindholmen)
- Since I had the other course there too.» (I preferred it were it was, at Lindholmen)
- Johanneberg is old and scruffy. Lindholmen feels more "forward". I like feeling modern.» (I preferred it were it was, at Lindholmen)
- Completely depends on parallel courses» (No answer)

14. The odd questions

- Hey, Huygens! Light-as-wave, IIRC, which should sort the refraction. I think. The Argyris-Buchanan continuum is tricky. I agree with both. I"d rather live in an Argyris world, but I"ll do what I have to do against Buchanan practitioners. The question is whether I"ll use Buchanan tactics against the unprepared to further my own career or my own causes. I don"t know. And yes, the course delivered.»
- Hopefully I will also be able to facilitate knowledge sharing a bit better.»
- I think I will still be as frustrated with people accepting that politics and hidden agendas exists and that we need to play along with them.»
- I honestly does not understand why refraction of light occurs, even after readin his explanation»
- Buchanan, was, by far, the worst text I"ve ever read in my entire life. Not because of the ideas, or the message of the text, but because it was basically unreadable. Don"t make anyone read this, ever again, if that is possible.»
- Please, don"t make anyone read Buchanan anymore. The guy writes like a robot.»
- I think I will adopt both business styles, but in different parts of my life, starting of the buchanan way»
- As said, Buchanan"s got a point, but you don"t have to be a badass because of that. »
- I"m really interested in the politics within organisations, so ofcourse buchanan rules! I think that this course combined with experience will make me understand om a little bit better, be a little bit less frustrated, and make a little more money.»
- Each of the two middle question have two unrelated statements in them, you can"t agree with just one of them.»

Huygens theorem explains the refraction of light
39 svarande

I totally agree»		3		9%
I agree to some extent»		5		16%
I neither agree nor disagree»		11		35%
I disagree to some extent»		6		19%
I totally disagree»		6		19%
No answer»		8

Genomsnitt: 3.22

Dave Buchanan rules! I would rather eat a can of worms than be a Argyris softie!
40 svarande

I totally agree»		5		14%
I agree to some extent»		9		26%
I neither agree nor disagree»		8		23%
I disagree to some extent»		7		20%
I totally disagree»		5		14%
No answer»		6

Genomsnitt: 2.94

Chris Argyris rules! The world is a darker place because of Buchanan bandits!
40 svarande

I totally agree»		3		9%
I agree to some extent»		11		33%
I neither agree nor disagree»		8		24%
I disagree to some extent»		7		21%
I totally disagree»		4		12%
No answer»		7

Genomsnitt: 2.93

In the future, after taking this course, I will understand a little bit better, be a little bit less frustrated, and make a little more money
40 svarande

I totally agree»		19		52%
I agree to some extent»		12		33%
I neither agree nor disagree»		3		8%
I disagree to some extent»		2		5%
I totally disagree»		0		0%
No answer»		4

Genomsnitt: 1.66

Chalmers standard questions

15. How was the course workload?

Too low»		0		0%
Low»		0		0%
Adequate»		4		10%
High»		20		50%
Too high»		16		40%
No answer»		0

Genomsnitt: 4.3

- Workload was rather high, I can say that it affected the other course I am taking. However, nothing that was presented during the course I can regard as irrelevant. » (High)
- The workload was very high, but I learnt a lot, so I"m OK with it. Had there been a similar workload but lesser quality course I would have been complaining massively here. Having to learn PM basics in two weeks is rather punishing, and I spent more than 25 hours per week per case (not counting lectures and reading), but I understand that we need the PM basics to better understand the cases, so forcing that knowledge through in two weeks is rather painful as a student, but forgiven that the cases were really, really informative and excellent learning opportunites.» (High)
- This workload is what I expected when I applied to Chalmers. It"s a lot of work, but I think every course should have this amount of work.» (High)
- There"s a lot of reading to do.» (High)
- Student from D are not use to reading so much text..also master students are waaay too lazy and have lousy english skills, this made working in groups difficult and the workload uneven» (High)
- Would have been perfect if it weren"t for the other course... :)» (High)
- Much to do, wake-up call for Master... » (High)
- It was close to the level of too high, although I never measured my time spent, so I cannot tell if it exceeded 25 hours a week.» (High)
- Cases took a lot of time. Mostly because most of us are inexperienced in working/thinking the way that is needed to solve these cases.» (High)
- Too high workload, but at least it was all relevant.» (Too high)
- . Or if we have I have no idea of where I should complain. If the course now has so much content that needs to be adressed and the teacher decides to include it all, the students cant do anything about it. They are left to handle it as best they can. Some fail, some pass it. But they all suffer from a huge workload. There has to be some protection against this because this is a very serious issue. It can directly cause students to drop off or even harm their mental health. I have suffered from a lot of stress (anxiety and insomnia as a result) from this course and had to contact studenthälsan to address this matter. I am really courious of how you view the workload of this course and what your plan is to fix it because it is your responsibility. This is an issue that is _very_ important to be solved. You are more then welcome to share with me your thoughts or how this matter is going to be addressed in the future (mail: grunden.johan@gmail.com). I do not think it is fair to just accept the fact that the course has a lot to cover and let the students deal with it because the student have no other way of dealing with it than follow along.» (Too high)
- Even though the course workload was very high, I am very satisfied with what I learned. I don"t think it"s possible to learn as much as I learned without the current workload.» (Too high)
- The workload of this course really made me think about revolvers and snares.» (Too high)
- If you got comments last year that this course should be a 15p course, why ignore them? It was really too much. Start the cases on the 1st week, remove the hand-ins for the pre-readings, and replace the "dugga" and home exam with a single exam combining these two. Also, some articles were boring to the point of being painful, like Buchanan, Galbraith and Mintzberg. You may say that it"s good for us to read such text to "understand a little bit better and make a little more money", but truth be told, I would rather earn less money than have a job where I"d have to read such articles. Life is too short for that.» (Too high)
- Too much group work! three cases would have been enough.» (Too high)
- In combination with my other course, this has been the hardest reading period in all my years at chalmers.» (Too high)
- It was too high in the two first case studies, bacuase of trying too hard. Then my next group lowwered the ambitions slightly, but it still was a lot to read» (Too high)
- I feelt like the quality of my work suffered due to the workload» (Too high)
- Really high workload, the other course suffered from that. Espacially the work load for the cases.» (Too high)
- This was the worst part of this course, if the work load would have correspond to a 7.5 hp course I can imagne that this would have been the most fun course I have taken. Instead it was one of the worst. It involved a lot of anxiety, stress and frustration when there were so many things to do and so little time. The problem is that Jan leaves the students unsheltered when he puts so much work in our hands. We, students, have no protection of teachers who put too much work in a 7.5 hp course. Or if we have I have no idea of where I should complain. If the course now has so much content that needs to be adressed and the teacher decides to include it all, the students cant do anything about it. They are left to handle it as best they can. Some fail, some pass it. But they all suffer from a huge workload. There has to be some protection against this because this is a very serious issue. It can directly cause students to drop off or even harm their mental health. I have suffered from a lot of stress (anxiety and insomnia as a result) from this course and had to contact studenthälsan to address this matter. I am really courious of how you view the workload of this course and what your plan is to fix it because it is your responsibility. This is an issue that is _very_ important to be solved. You are more then welcome to share with me your thoughts or how this matter is going to be addressed in the future (e-mail excluded). I do not think it is fair to just accept the fact that the course has a lot to cover and let the students deal with it because the student have no other way of dealing with it than follow along.» (Too high) (den här kommentaren har blivit redigerad i efterhand)

16. What should definitely be preserved to next year?

17. What should definitely be changed to next year?

18. Additional comments