Ihor Kononenko, Doctor of Technical Sciences, Professor of Project Management in Information Technology Department at NTU «KhPI», has been invited to cooperate with the Azerbaijan University of Architecture and Construction. The program includes two courses of lectures and a scientific seminar «Formalising the formation of the project team» dedicated to the role of information technology in project management. The period of Ihor Kononenko’s stay at the University of Azerbaijan as a visiting professor is one semester.
Ihor Kononenko, a leading expert at NTU «KhPI», is giving two lecture courses: «Project Management» and «Organizational Behavior». They are addressed to the students of the Project Management Department of the Azerbaijan University of Architecture and Construction (AUAC), who are studying under the MBA (Master of Business Administration) top management program.
On December 5, a seminar “Formalization of Project Team Formation” was held for professors, lecturers of the department and masters. The materials of the report were based on the joint scientific developments of Ihor Kononenko, Professor of Kharkiv Polytechnic, and his graduate student Hlib Sushka.
The seminar focused on the impact of project team composition on the final quality of the product. Professor Kononenko presented a mathematical model that optimizes the process of selecting potential candidates. He emphasized that traditional ways of forming a project team do not guarantee an effective result. The reason is the uncertainty of the initial data when assessing the professional competence of dozens or even hundreds of applicants. This is where mathematical models and information technology methods come in handy to identify the most useful project team members and form a harmonious group.
At the end of the seminar, the lecturer from Kharkiv Polytechnic demonstrated the work of a mathematical model in forming an IT project team and optimizing its composition. He also predicted how further research in this area could develop.
This is the second collaboration between Igor Kononenko, professor of NTU «KhPI», and AUAB as a invited expert. For the first time, he visited the university in the spring semester of 2024: he gave lectures, as well as conducted a business game with students called «Interview with a Candidate for a Vacant Position» and a scientific seminar «Models and Methods for Synthesizing an Approach to Project Management». Together with Azerbaijani colleagues, a scientific article «Solving the Problem of Ranking Project Team Candidates with Fuzzy Assessment of Competencies and Requirements» was published and indexed in Scopus.
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Ihor Kononenko is a professor, Doctor of Technical Sciences, winner of the State Prize of Ukraine in Science and Technology. In 2000, he founded the first Ukrainian Department of Strategic Management (now the Department of Project Management in Information Technology) at NTU «KhPI», which he headed until 2020.
– List of other positions held by Ihor Kononenko:
National Expert of the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) in 1995-1996, Deputy Director for Research at the Institute of Machines and Systems of the Ministry of Industrial Policy and the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine in 1993-2002, Vice President of the Union of Entrepreneurs of Kharkiv Region in 2011-2014.
– In business:
As a practicing scientist, Professor Kononenko has led the preparation of more than 50 investment projects. Including for the Ministry of Economy, the Ministry of Industrial Policy, the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine, Imprimatur Capital Ltd (UK) and other companies.
– Research and educational activities:
Ihor Kononenko’s academic achievements include more than 270 scientific papers and 8 books on information technology in forecasting, strategic and project management.
Professor of NTU «KhPI» Ihor Kononenko has extensive experience as a visiting expert abroad. He has lectured at WSB University in Opole and Lodz University of Technology (Poland), and worked as a researcher at the Western University of Timisoara (Romania).
