project education, project management, Microsoft Office Project

Problem-solving education is becoming an increasingly used method of education at our schools. One way of utilising the problem-solving method in educating pupils is to have them design and solve projects. Powerful tool used for solving projects in education, but also real life practice is the Microsoft Project system. This article analyses - in the form of case studies - the application of Microsoft Project at schools, a large company and institutions of state government and self-government. Finding out the differences in the implementation and use of this software can improve project management both at schools and in practice. At the same time the system of project management can be used to teach problem-solving in exercises that have the form of a project.

Problem-solving education is becoming an increasingly used method of education at our schools. One way of utilising the problem-solving method in educating pupils is to have them design and solve projects. Powerful tool used for solving projects in education, but also real life practice is the Microsoft Project system. This article analyses - in the form of case studies - the application of Microsoft Project at schools, a large company and institutions of state government and self-government. Finding out the differences in the implementation and use of this software can improve project management both at schools and in practice. At the same time the system of project management can be used to teach problem-solving in exercises that have the form of a project.