Proje Yönetimi Bilgi Alanları Becerilerine Yönelik Bir Nicel Araştırma

Year 2020, Volume: 8 Issue: 2, 174 - 192, 01.01.2020

Ömer Uysal , J. Michael Spector

Abstract

Students should learn project management PM because of different achievements as some professional groups must learn it such as university members, teachers, engineers, ICT experts etc. PM has different skill sets called by PM skills. One of them is a knowledge area skill set. So, students must achieve the knowledge area skills in order to complete the project on time, on budget and within scope. The research aims to determine levels of knowledge area skills of PM for students with different variables. Quantitative research was used in the research and survey techniques performed to meet the purpose. The findings show that students have high-level KAS of PM for each knowledge area and KAS of PM of students can differ with grade level, number of completed project, academic achievement and enjoying project based learning PBL but not gender according to their opinions. Finally, a couple of suggestions were shared

Keywords

Project management, knowledge areas, skills, project based learning

A Quantitative Research for Students’ Knowledge Area Skills of Project Management

Abstract

Öğretim üyeleri, öğretmenler, mühendisler, ICT uzmanları gibi öğrenciler de yaşama yönelik farklı becerileri kazandırabildiği için proje yönetimini öğrenmelidir. Proje yönetimi içinde farklı beceri setlerini barındırmaktadır. Bu setlerden biri de bilgi alanları becerileridir. Öğrenciler, hazırlamakta oldukları projeleri kapsamında, zamanında ve varolan bütçe ile tamamlayabilmeleri için bilgi alanı becerilerine sahip olması gerekmektedir. Bu araştırma, farklı değişkenler açısından öğrencilerin proje yönetimi bilgi alanları becerilerinin düzeylerini belirlemeyi amaçlamaktadır. Araştırma amaçlarına ulaşabilmek için nicel araştırma modeli ve anket tekniği kullanılmıştır. Araştırma bulguları genel olarak öğrencilerin yüksek düzeyde proje yönetimi bilgi alanları becerilerine sahip olduğunu ve öğrencilerin bilgi alanları beceri seviyelerinin eğitim düzeyi, bitirilen proje sayısı, akademik başarı ve proje tabanlı öğrenmeyi sevme durumu ile değişebildiği ancak cinsiyet değişkeni ile değişmeyebildiği sonucunu ortaya çıkarmıştır. Son olarak araştırmaya yönelik birkaç öneri paylaşılmıştır

Keywords

Proje yönetimi, bilgi alanları, beceriler, proje tabanlı öğrenme

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