Rzeszow University of Technology — practical training of future project managers

Challenges

Rzeszow University of Technology has been educating students in the field of technical and engineering project management for years. The university was looking for a solution that would allow students to work in an environment close to the real project system, and for lecturers — to monitor the progress of the teams' work on an ongoing basis.

Traditional methods based on sheets or presentations did not allow to fully reflect the complexity of the design work. A tool was needed that would allow students to experience what planning, communication, and task control look like in practice.

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Purchase decision and objections

The most important selection criterion was the provision of a simple system, accessible online and adapted to didactics. There were questions about whether the tool used in business would work in the academic environment and whether students would be able to use it in a short semester cycle.

IC Project was chosen because it combines intuitiveness with full functionality. The system allows you to use the same mechanisms that companies use in their daily work, while remaining accessible to novice users.

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Deployment process

The implementation of the IC Project started with the preparation of a set of teaching templates and the introduction of instructors in the way of working with the system. The next steps included training for students and the set-up of group projects, which became part of the project management class.

Classes taught using IC Project allow students to go through the full project cycle — from planning the scope, through the schedule, to evaluating the results. Instructors can track the progress of teams in real time, analyze their work structure and evaluate how tasks are carried out.

Over the past few years, the system has been used in hundreds of student projects. IC Project has become an integral tool in didactics, allowing students to get to know the real project work environment.

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Solutions

IC Project at the Rzeszow University of Technology functions as an educational project platform.
Each student learns here how to define tasks, set deadlines and work together in a team. Projects have their own schedules, comments and files, and all communication takes place inside the system.

Managers can quickly view task statuses, monitor progress, and correct organizational errors before they move to the execution level. This makes classes more interactive and reflects the real realities of project management.

IC Project is used both in core subjects and as part of specialization courses. The university consistently develops this teaching model, showing students that modern management is first and foremost an understanding of processes, communication and collaboration.

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findings

The cooperation of IC Project with the Rzeszow University of Technology has been going on continuously for several years, and the figures best show its scale and importance:

• 600+ students trained in IC Project
• 1100+ projects implemented in the system
• 230+ teaching hours based on IC Project

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Key Findings

The IC Project enabled the Rzeszow University of Technology to introduce the practical science of project management into the study program. Students work in an environment that corresponds to real business systems, which increases their competence and prepares them to work in project teams after graduation.

Lecturers have gained a tool that allows them not only to evaluate the results, but also to analyze how teams operate — just as managers do in companies. Thanks to this, the learning of project management has become more engaging, interactive and modern.

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