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IBB135 Pre-evaluation, IBB135 2014-15LP4

1. What is your general impression of the course?

Worst course ever»		0		0%
Fair»		1		2%
Adequate»		8		17%
Good»		22		47%
Excellent»		14		30%
Best course ever»		1		2%
No answer»		0

Genomsnitt: 4.13

- The course is fairly okay in general. Although, the course was about project management, but I end up working mostly on report writing and literature studies for most of time and that was not perceived at the start of the course when I selected it. I expected some more activity-oriented lecture than just discussing theories and opinions.» (Adequate)
- the content seemed random sometimes. I"m not sure if everything was relevant and not sure if I learned more about project management» (Adequate)
- Not as focused as I expected. Thought it would be more about the basics and less about the reflections. A reflective part is good, however one may need more of the basics before going into deeper reflections.» (Adequate)
- The first part was really good with the basic test. the last parts with the RP and all separate lectures was bad.» (Adequate)
- I am very interested by the subject, however I found the course to be more focused on the research project rather than learning and discussing project management tools. The basic test was not enough and it felt as though it was only to see if we can remember a large amount of information rather than learning the content.» (Adequate)
- Good to learn stuff for life, but i think it was a bit too much of that in this course. i think the course should be more focused on learning Project management in general than having so much focus on the project since this only gives us much knowledge within a very small area of project management.» (Good)
- It diden"t quite live up to it"s good reputation...» (Good)
- very interesting subject, but lectures were less concrete specially guest lectures.» (Good)
- Interesting subject and good mix selection of topics for lectures, but to much of a workload at the end with project presentation, and home exam parallell with the wrap up of another intense course. Basic test and a project would have been enough as mandatory grading moments. » (Good)
- Too much work, just have time to scratch the surface on many different areas. Better to narrow it down and focus on the most important. Maybe don"t have any exams and a larger management project where the aim is to "manage" a made up or improve a real project » (Good)
- An ordinary course which I personally appreciate. » (Good)
- Jan Wickenberg made the course exceptionally interesting, while the supporting lecturers and PhD students were also stimulating» (Excellent)
- New type of course for me (I study chemical engineering) and I really liked the committed way Jan teaches. Interesting subject and very relevant for our education and overall knowledge. Good workload, not too much nor too little.» (Excellent)
- I have never learned so much in a course as I have learned in this one. Very good teachers who made the project management area interesting. » (Excellent)
- I liked to course and how it shows that the reality is not the same as the textbooks» (Excellent)
- I never though that Project Management course would be interesting, so, it was very surprising for me.» (Excellent)
- This is a course of high quality, unfortunately I was not able to attend to very many lectures.» (Excellent)
- I really learned a lot regarding both the common general Project Management subject and special fields like Estimation, Problems, Management and teaching people in a tale-style! I will use the course literature, for sure. » (Excellent)
- I enjoyed it and found it engaging (which isn"t something I could say often for courses)» (Excellent)
- I think overall it was a very good course. I have never experienced such good lectures! It was so interesting! Specially Julia Jonasson"s!» (Excellent)
- Genuine and ambitious. » (Excellent)
- Normally I used to take engineering courses,so was good to experience a wonderful course that touch my feelings,that help me to think & to reflect and challenging me as well.» (Best course ever)

About you

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

Working as a project member
44 svarande

None»		11		26%
1 - 3 months»		5		11%
4 - 6 months»		5		11%
7 - 12 months»		5		11%
More than a year»		16		38%
No answer»		2

Genomsnitt: 3.23

Working as a project manager / project leader
39 svarande

None»		26		70%
1 - 3 months»		7		18%
4 - 6 months»		2		5%
7 - 12 months»		1		2%
More than a year»		1		2%
No answer»		2

Genomsnitt: 1.48

3. Where did you receive your Bachelor degree?

I (Industrial Engineering & Management) at Chalmers»		0		0%
M (Mechanical Engineering) at Chalmers»		10		21%
Elsewhere at Chalmers»		16		34%
A Swedish university other than Chalmers»		4		8%
A European university elsewhere than in Sweden»		10		21%
A non-European university»		3		6%
I have no Bachelor degree»		3		6%
No answer»		0

Genomsnitt: 3.76

About the course

4. This helped me understand the Basics of Project Management

Matrisfråga

- The textbook was too expensive while the e-book was free and was better suited to my style of learning/revision. The book itself was interesting though sometimes difficult to follow/understand as some definitions are included in examples which makes learning/revision more challenging.»
- The lectures were really good for me as a new project manager student. We have never read anything similar to this on the chemistry program, so it was good to receive an introduction and overall view of what PM is. The book was more detailed and written in an interesting way :) »
- It wasn"t really something new»
- Very good lectures. The Maylor book is also very well written and easy to follow. »
- The lectures were very good and the thing that really helped me to understand the basics of PM, and to pass the test well performed. I also believe that the book was needed since the lecture hand-outs were difficult to follow after the lecture, since it was so little information on them. »
- Reading the entire book was too much information in such a short time. The book has so many contents that it is hard to know and be comfortable with all of them in the test.»
- The PM basics was what I thought would be an appropriate exam, a bit more extensive then, but the content was good.»
- I think that having an exam after two weeks makes you study realy hard and learn the stuff you need to learn, but then you forget almost everything a short while later.»
- Basic lecture was the best and reading the book was very good as well.»
- I really liked the book. It felt easy to read and even enjoyable. My product developer boyfriend is now reading it!»
- The print book does have it"s advantages.»
- I thought the book was very good. But, as a student with no experience with project management, it would have been helpful with a little more "detailed" slides. This would help reading the book since one could "recognize" things from the lectures in the book. This is why I put a low score on the "Reading the lecture hand-outs" and "Attending the PM Basics lectures".»
- it was an intensive time but we learned a lot during the first weeks»

Reading the text-book (Maylor) in print
45 svarande

I totally agree»		10		35%
I agree to some extent»		9		32%
I neither agree nor disagree»		6		21%
I disagree to some extent»		3		10%
I totally disagree»		0		0%
No answer/Did not use»		17

Genomsnitt: 2.07

Reading the text-book (Maylor) as an e-book
46 svarande

I totally agree»		8		23%
I agree to some extent»		16		47%
I neither agree nor disagree»		6		17%
I disagree to some extent»		4		11%
I totally disagree»		0		0%
No answer/Did not use»		12

Genomsnitt: 2.17

Reading a summary of the book
45 svarande

I totally agree»		11		36%
I agree to some extent»		11		36%
I neither agree nor disagree»		5		16%
I disagree to some extent»		2		6%
I totally disagree»		1		3%
No answer/Did not use»		15

Genomsnitt: 2.03

Reading the lecture hand-outs
45 svarande

I totally agree»		6		14%
I agree to some extent»		25		59%
I neither agree nor disagree»		8		19%
I disagree to some extent»		3		7%
I totally disagree»		0		0%
No answer/Did not use»		3

Genomsnitt: 2.19

Attending the PM Basics lectures
45 svarande

I totally agree»		14		31%
I agree to some extent»		21		46%
I neither agree nor disagree»		8		17%
I disagree to some extent»		2		4%
I totally disagree»		0		0%
No answer/Did not use»		0

Genomsnitt: 1.95

5. The Lectures

Matrisfråga

- The lectures did not have any red line that was easy to follow. This is also my over all opinion to the course»
- All the lectures were interesting. Jan Wickenberg"s were best presented and most engaging in my opinion (he had the style of teaching). I did feel though as there were too many guest/external lecturers, for example Ingo, which felt unnecessary. »
- I missed some lectures when we were very into the Research Project work, but the rest of the lectures were very good and interesting. I did"t feel that any of them were unnecessary or a waste of time. The best lecture was with Julia Jonasson from Volvo!! Her way of talking and present her experience was very capturing. But most of all it felt like a relevant topic and it made me and my friends talk a lot about her and our experience within that area. You really have to have her next year!»
- As I have experienced some really brilliant guest lectures at Chalmers from other courses like in quality management,etc this course definitely failed to deliver that. Ingo"s lecture was really good and I like the interactive lectures better where we learn things by doing some activity. »
- it would have been nice to watch the entire movie (pentagon wars) not cut the last 15 mins off. Ana and Ingo held really good lectures. I didn"t see the project management content in Julia Jonassons lecture. The challenges to PM could have been skipped. The closing lecture was a funny review, with the hand in times. »
- Introduction: were strange to talk about late arrivals for so long in the beginning. Made a slow impression of the course. The closing lecture were great! Very fun way to summarize the course! The text"s that were showed in the "introduction to project work" was texts from the literature assignments. I think that it was to private when the text"s from some persons were showed on the screen, since in one text it was obvious that is was one of three in the audience since not so many were from design program. It was a good thing for learning to show the texts, but it might be good to say before that you shouldn"t mention information in the literature assignments before the assignments is done, maybe in the text-information (where they are handed in on PINGPONG). »
- The lectues I attended to was of very high quality, in fact one of few lectures that does not make me sleepy.»
- the lectures was to spreaded topics. no red line.»
- The lectures felt more like a pick of what Jan (you) felt was interesting, more than what would be in the best interest for the course and students. Maybe a lecture explaining Argarys and Buchanan"s two theories thoroughly would be a good complement (I remember them mentioned a few lectures). »
- guest lecturers were not concrete, not so much good stuffs to learn...i want more valuable information to make me a good PM! ex. Ingos lecture did not learn me anything and Julias lecture aswell...i want to learn more about how to be a good PM not women having a hard time(im not saying it is good, but its just not relevant for my precious time with all stress in school)»
- The PM basics lectures was good but felt a bit rushed, which is understandable because of the big amount of text in few lectures. However it was easier to understand when reading the book on my own, but the lectures was good as introduction to the book.»
- Why Lars told every lecture that hies daughter is calling him? => ?»
- The lectures(3) that I missed were due to being at home sick. »
- The lecture by Ingo was interesting but it was a little rushed (not his fault though).»
- I didn"t understand Ingo"s lecture that much...»
- I preferred the lecture in the beginning. Later It was a lot to do in the project and we prioritized to work with other things.»
- Many interesting things in the beginning I wish would have elaborated, for example the power bases.»

Course Introduction (Jan)
46 svarande

I totally agree»		18		41%
I agree to some extent»		21		48%
I neither agree nor disagree»		3		6%
I disagree to some extent»		1		2%
I totally disagree»		0		0%
No answer/I did not attend»		3

Genomsnitt: 1.69

Motivation, Leadership and Power (Jan)
45 svarande

I totally agree»		20		50%
I agree to some extent»		15		37%
I neither agree nor disagree»		4		10%
I disagree to some extent»		1		2%
I totally disagree»		0		0%
No answer/I did not attend»		5

Genomsnitt: 1.65

The PM Basics lectures (Lars)
46 svarande

I totally agree»		12		27%
I agree to some extent»		21		48%
I neither agree nor disagree»		8		18%
I disagree to some extent»		1		2%
I totally disagree»		1		2%
No answer/I did not attend»		3

Genomsnitt: 2.02

Introduction to the Research Project work (Jan)
46 svarande

I totally agree»		7		15%
I agree to some extent»		21		47%
I neither agree nor disagree»		13		29%
I disagree to some extent»		3		6%
I totally disagree»		0		0%
No answer/I did not attend»		2

Genomsnitt: 2.27

Managing the Shadows of the Organization (Jan)
46 svarande

I totally agree»		15		42%
I agree to some extent»		13		37%
I neither agree nor disagree»		7		20%
I disagree to some extent»		0		0%
I totally disagree»		0		0%
No answer/I did not attend»		11

Genomsnitt: 1.77

Movie: Pentagon Wars (Lars)
46 svarande

I totally agree»		11		42%
I agree to some extent»		7		26%
I neither agree nor disagree»		6		23%
I disagree to some extent»		2		7%
I totally disagree»		0		0%
No answer/I did not attend»		20

Genomsnitt: 1.96

Idea Management (Anne Elerud-Tryde)
46 svarande

I totally agree»		7		21%
I agree to some extent»		13		40%
I neither agree nor disagree»		11		34%
I disagree to some extent»		1		3%
I totally disagree»		0		0%
No answer/I did not attend»		14

Genomsnitt: 2.18

On Management Methods (Ingo Rauth)
46 svarande

I totally agree»		8		22%
I agree to some extent»		11		30%
I neither agree nor disagree»		11		30%
I disagree to some extent»		6		16%
I totally disagree»		0		0%
No answer/I did not attend»		10

Genomsnitt: 2.41

Estimating Project Work (Ana Magazinius)
46 svarande

I totally agree»		9		26%
I agree to some extent»		15		44%
I neither agree nor disagree»		9		26%
I disagree to some extent»		0		0%
I totally disagree»		1		2%
No answer/I did not attend»		12

Genomsnitt: 2.08

Guest: Julia Jonasson
45 svarande

I totally agree»		8		23%
I agree to some extent»		8		23%
I neither agree nor disagree»		13		38%
I disagree to some extent»		5		14%
I totally disagree»		0		0%
No answer/I did not attend»		11

Genomsnitt: 2.44

Challenges to PM (Jan)
45 svarande

I totally agree»		4		14%
I agree to some extent»		15		53%
I neither agree nor disagree»		5		17%
I disagree to some extent»		4		14%
I totally disagree»		0		0%
No answer/I did not attend»		17

Genomsnitt: 2.32

The Closing Lecture (Jan)
46 svarande

I totally agree»		12		26%
I agree to some extent»		21		46%
I neither agree nor disagree»		9		20%
I disagree to some extent»		1		2%
I totally disagree»		2		4%
No answer/I did not attend»		1

Genomsnitt: 2.11

6. Who was your Research Project supervisor?

Peter Altmann (groups RPA1-RPA5)»		20		43%
Jan Wickenberg (groups RPB1-RPB5)»		26		56%

Genomsnitt: 1.56

7. The Research Project Work

- The Research project work was according to me out of focus to project management. Ok it was a project that we had to do and we could see how they are working in reallity, but the focus was only on how to write an academic report. Instead I would prefer to have project work that are more into project management. Maybe set up a couple of case studies e.g. ask the to answer how they would act in differnet situations and then guide them through different scenarios. »
- I think this section of the module should always be present. Provides a real challenge and makes you learning and understand theories and report writing. From talking to others it seems I was fortunate to have Jan as my supervisor and he was very interested and helpful giving advice and new thoughts. The student assessment was not the greatest, as it"s difficult to give 100% honest opinions and grades seeing as it was a group assessment of each other. An individual assessment would be recommended. »
- It was easy to find a project for our group because one member had a good connection in a company. I am a bit nervous when I am going to do a presentation so for me all opportunities are good! It was nice to be divided into two classrooms because then it weren"t so many people. I learned that there are good and bad feedback/audience, because I feel like the group giving us feedback hadn"t read our report carefully and they did"t ask relevant questions. Nothing they said helped us very much.»
- In my opinion few groups had a full grasp of their own project, including us. This made the presentation not the best it could be, and that goes for the feedback aswell.»
- This research project is compresses to too little time to actually execute it. I would propose another idea to replace this research project. Give an hypothetical scenario about a project (for eg: a company producing furniture, bag, software etc) to be executed. Let the student plan the project, execute as per theories from text book and other articles. Let the team decide on what role each will play on executing the project. Give a defined deliverables for each project team which they will present by end of 7th week. This will let student understand all activity phases of the project and at the same time will make them reflect on how actually the project is execute and how team interactions, communications take place. Moreover this can be started in the first week of study period as well. This project work can be made in stage gate process as well. »
- I was quite offended when Peter told us to rewrite the report the weekend before hand in. He could have told us earlier how he thinks we need to write it»
- It was very difficult to get a hold of Peter and our group felt he was quite arrogant towards us when we finally talked to him. Also, some comments he made about our work etc were not ok. I have never had a supervisor that puts himself so much above others who are still learning. We also received very late feedback so there was little time to fix all comments. However, in the end, I really think that he contributed much to our project report being much better than the first hand in. »
- Student Assessment group work: It was difficult to say things to the dominant person in the group since I thought that he would make the group to change their opinion of me - and that this would effect my grade. Presentation feedback: It was nice to practice on answering questions after the presentations, good preparation for the master thesis. »
- Peter was great in the end feedback merting.but he was hard to reasch before that. Info he gave av feedback merting would be great to have in class, and then he could introduce himself also »
- I know many people has different views about Peter. Peter did a good job and the feedback we got from was really good. But it would have been nice to meet him one more time, suggestion is plan a meeting in the start or after the PM basic test next time. And I do think that the inexperience of people shows that you don"t no choose your boss you just have to deal with him and make the best out of it. »
- The supervisor should encourage weekly meetings, so, that the group can have a continuous feedback and not only in the beginning and after the preliminary report delivery.»
- We did not have difficulties finding a project. However other groups had. Some of the project which were presented on the presentation session was, to me, fairly irrelevant (for instance the consultant firm conducting day-to-day engineering consultant work with cost reductions, that"s not a project even if they say it is )»
- It did take lots of work, but was very good for me as a M student to write this type of repport and in such a short time.»
- This work was really frustrating. Peter Altmann was not interested at all and im really disappointed of his work. It was to complex to try to manage a 4 week work with participants from 4 different programs working with 6 different schedules. »
- Overall the project felt extremely stressful due to the short time frame and the fact that contact with the industry had to be made. The project also required working over two (!!) weekends to finish, which in not ok.»
- This research project was quite frustrating. Unfortunately I had a group that was not the most motivated as many of us were part of the project development project. Much emphasis was put on the academic writing of the paper, which i understand as it is the only way for the examiners to able to assess the work. However the feedback came way to late in the process. I feel that I am good at taking criticism (I used to work as an artist, that is all you do), however I found Peter to be quite condescending stating that we would start to cry because his marks would be so aggressive. I don"t find this to be an effective instructional technique.»
- The research project work was not valuable it self but only how to handle ppl in a stressed situation and to present. But it was not worth the time spent...»
- I found the grading scale of the student assessment to be to narrow. I did feel difference in work effort between my team mates, but no ones effort was "low" or "brilliant", so then eventually everyone ended up on "good" despite the differences. »
- Took a lot of time and people didn"t take responsibility or performed in the beginning. The project should be made in a way that ensures that everyone participates along the whole way and not just perform individually. Also to have to use contacts outside put efforts and pressure on one individual (in our group me) as you don"t want to ruin yours or a relatives reputation. The one with the contacts gets per automatic much responsibility and things to do, things that isn"t fully seen or regarded in the end.»
- I think it might be wise to, when having one of the meetings in the beginning, say yes/no to a research question proposed by the students so that the last week Will not consist of redoing the report. »
- It was quite difficult to find a project BUT I think the learning outcome from this was better because you had to deal with the unknown. And negotiate on your own.»
- I found it quite frustrating time to time with Peter as a supervisor. For example when he said he"s going to send out notes on our project tomorrow but didn"t result in frustration among us. It would be so much better if he could just sent us an e-mail and said that he couldn"t manage it. He also said he was going to give us feedback on our presentation skills, this he would send a few weeks ago. But still hasn"t done it...»
- Peter canceled a meeting without giving notice or motivation. We did not receive any explanation or excuse. This was during the last week and therefore affected the result of the report. When we finally got a meeting at friday afternoon he gave us very good an extensive feedback, but we had little time amending accordingly as a group. I ended up sitting 20-25 h that weekend.»

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

I totally agree»		3		6%
I agree to some extent»		6		13%
I neither agree nor disagree»		4		8%
I disagree to some extent»		14		31%
I totally disagree»		18		40%
No answer»		0

Genomsnitt: 3.84

It was easy to find a project to study
46 svarande

I totally agree»		4		8%
I agree to some extent»		13		28%
I neither agree nor disagree»		13		28%
I disagree to some extent»		10		21%
I totally disagree»		6		13%
No answer»		0

Genomsnitt: 3.02

Cooperating with the other students in my Research Project group was frustrating to me
46 svarande

I totally agree»		4		8%
I agree to some extent»		12		26%
I neither agree nor disagree»		4		8%
I disagree to some extent»		7		15%
I totally disagree»		19		41%
No answer»		0

Genomsnitt: 3.54

Our supervisor made herself/himself available for us
46 svarande

I totally agree»		16		34%
I agree to some extent»		10		21%
I neither agree nor disagree»		5		10%
I disagree to some extent»		8		17%
I totally disagree»		7		15%
No answer»		0

Genomsnitt: 2.56

Our supervisor took great interest in helping us
46 svarande

I totally agree»		13		28%
I agree to some extent»		15		33%
I neither agree nor disagree»		8		17%
I disagree to some extent»		5		11%
I totally disagree»		4		8%
No answer»		1

Genomsnitt: 2.37

Regarding the Student Assessment, I found it difficult to give feedback to others (on their performance)
46 svarande

I totally agree»		4		8%
I agree to some extent»		10		21%
I neither agree nor disagree»		8		17%
I disagree to some extent»		12		26%
I totally disagree»		12		26%
No answer»		0

Genomsnitt: 3.39

Regarding the Student Assessment, I found it difficult to receive feedback from others (on my performance)
46 svarande

I totally agree»		0		0%
I agree to some extent»		11		24%
I neither agree nor disagree»		8		17%
I disagree to some extent»		10		22%
I totally disagree»		16		35%
No answer»		1

Genomsnitt: 3.68

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

I totally agree»		3		7%
I agree to some extent»		14		33%
I neither agree nor disagree»		10		23%
I disagree to some extent»		7		16%
I totally disagree»		8		19%
No answer»		4

Genomsnitt: 3.07

The Project presentations contributed to my learning of how to get feedback from an audience
46 svarande

I totally agree»		10		22%
I agree to some extent»		15		33%
I neither agree nor disagree»		10		22%
I disagree to some extent»		5		11%
I totally disagree»		5		11%
No answer»		1

Genomsnitt: 2.55

8. The course administration

- Being an Erasmus student the PingPong features were never fully explained to me so I was slightly "lost" at times with it»
- Very nice to get weekly e-mails! Even if I think that I have good foresight and know what to do each week it was good to get a reminder and if I hade forgotten something it was very helpful.»
- The weekly e-mail on a Sunday made it hard to relax during weekends and personally I would have preferred getting it on Monday morning instead.»
- Good with reminder on e-mail since so many small hand-ins that easily could have been forgotten. »
- Worked well with the information distribution. »
- Very good information!»
- A time-edit schedule would have worked just as good, as I don"t think there were any late changes made to the schedule?»
- Ical is just making more problems. try to handle it as everyone else do. »
- for some reason the iCal file didn"t work on my phone for this course, probably just bad luck.»
- Some of the lecture slides are missing under hand-outs.»
- I thought that it was difficult to navigate the ping pong page with everything hidden in so many levels of folders( or whatever you call them). »
- I really liked the Google calendar link. Wish more lectures would use it. It"s more direct than Ping Pong»
- The weekly emails give relevant information party, some could be cut. For example som of the more humorous content should be placed in the end in order not to confuse the reader.»

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

I totally agree»		27		71%
I agree to some extent»		5		13%
I neither agree nor disagree»		5		13%
I disagree to some extent»		0		0%
I totally disagree»		1		2%
No answer/I did not use it»		8

Genomsnitt: 1.5

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

I totally agree»		15		40%
I agree to some extent»		10		27%
I neither agree nor disagree»		7		18%
I disagree to some extent»		1		2%
I totally disagree»		4		10%
No answer/I did not use it»		8

Genomsnitt: 2.16

The weekly e-mail was useful to me
46 svarande

I totally agree»		24		54%
I agree to some extent»		16		36%
I neither agree nor disagree»		4		9%
I disagree to some extent»		0		0%
I totally disagree»		0		0%
No answer/I did not use it»		2

Genomsnitt: 1.54

The News section was kept relevant at all times
45 svarande

I totally agree»		10		37%
I agree to some extent»		6		22%
I neither agree nor disagree»		8		29%
I disagree to some extent»		3		11%
I totally disagree»		0		0%
No answer/I did not use it»		18

Genomsnitt: 2.14

The hand-out section was kept relevant
46 svarande

I totally agree»		23		50%
I agree to some extent»		14		30%
I neither agree nor disagree»		9		19%
I disagree to some extent»		0		0%
I totally disagree»		0		0%
No answer/I did not use it»		0

Genomsnitt: 1.69

9. What should definitely be preserved to next year?

10. What should definitely be changed to next year?

11. Additional comments