'Advanced PM&O' 2023 - Registration
Thank you for your interest in the course ‘Advanced Project Management & Outsourcing in a Digital Era’!

The teaching approach underlying the course is interactive and requires your participation. Therefore, in order to guarantee this teaching approach and the dialogue among class members as well as with myself and the external speakers, the class size will be limited to ~50 participants.

For this reason and to make sure that you fulfill the criteria mentioned in the syllabus to fully benefit from attending this course, you are required to provide some preliminary information about your skills and your experience by using this form.

You will be contacted by email after February 20 and either receive a confirmation of your registration to the course or our excuse for not being able to accept your application. The confirmation mail will also contain all the information for attending the first course. Please note that a rejection of your application is definitive. Therefore, take enough time to provide relevant information in support of your application!

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1.  What are your motivations for attending this course? *
Pls. briefly state your reasons, including your professional goals, career objectives or personal development projects.
2.  Your personal skills (pre-requisites)
2.1 Strong communication & interaction skills *
Pls. describe at least one real-life situation where you have displayed your strong communication skills and ability to interact with a group of people (beyond a personal or family context).
2.2 Bi-lingual English/French *
Pls confirm that you are able to understand French as well as to speak and write English in a business context. If any of these languages is not your mother tongue, pls indicate the proficiency level achieved (e.g., English - C1).
3.  Your professional experience
4.1 Project Management training & experience *
Since this course deals with Project Management on an advanced level, you need to have attended a basic Project Management training and/or have benefited from a significant practical experience in the area. - Pls. describe the Project Management training you have attended (and the certification obtained, if any) resp. your practical experience working on projects.
3.2 Other business experience *
Sharing your personal or business experience - especially with start-ups - with the other members of your class contributes to an interactive, practice-oriented course. Therefore, pls share with us the areas and types of experience you have gained. Based on the area(s) of your experience, select one or several course session(s) (see below) and briefly describe the type of experience you have gained (pls indicate: the course session, the name of the company and/or project, your role, your experience, etc.). Depending on the relevance of your experience, you will be invited to share your experience with the rest of the class by giving a short presentation. You are not limited to only one experience. Below, we provide the "Answer template for 4.2" which should help you to structure the answer.
Answer template & inputs for 3.2
EXPERIENCE 1:
Name of the company/project: ShiningStar
Your role: co-founder and project manager
Related to the following course session (see below): 07
Your experience: Last year, I cofounded the company ShiningStar with my best friend. The goal of the startup is to.... It is interesting from a project management standpoint because... I would be happy to share this experience during the course session 07 (Start-ups) because...

EXPERIENCE 2:
Name of the company/project: JOJ2020
Your role: Staff
Related to the following course session (see below): 08 or/and 09
Your experience: ...


PRELIMINARY LIST OF COURSE SESSION TOPICS:

Part II: Digitalization (overview)

02) Setting up & managing a Business Ecosystem
03) Digitalized & industrialized operating models

Part III: Project Management (advanced topics)

04) Sustainable Project Management
05) Agile Project Management
06) Critical success factors in Project Management and the role of the Project Manager
07) Global project management
08) Project Portfolio and Program Management
09) Start-up Project Management

Part IV: Outsourcing/Offshoring

10) The impact of digitalization on Outsourcing & Offshoring
11) The definition of 'core business' at the heart of Outsourcing & Offshoring
12) Cloud computing and 'as-a-Service' economy (new module)


3.3 Specific experience in Banking & Financial Services (optional)
Some of the research projects offered during the semester are related to the new ‘Bank Innovation Competence Center (BAICC)’ created at HEC Lausanne in 2017. With this regard, having previous professional experience in a job or internship in a bank or another financial services firm represents an asset.


Practical experience in banking or financial services: Which is your professional experience in a bank or another financial services company?  
Pls state the name of the firm in which you have worked, your role, the start and end date of your assignment and the percentage you were employed (full time or nn%) as well as the nature of the employment (regular employee, internship, summer job, etc.).
4. Contact Information
Your name and first name *
Your current Master programme, university and faculty *
Your previous Bachelor programme, university and faculty *
Your current university email address *
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