The Attainment and Evaluation for Project Management Capability from the Perspective of Engineering Education Accreditation: A Case Study of the "Project Management and Economic Decision Making" Course
Project management capability is one of the core indicators in the cultivation of non-technical competencies within engineering education accreditation. The establishment and evaluation mechanism of this capability significantly impact the quality of engineering talent development. However, current research predominantly focuses on curriculum reform practices but lacks systematic analysis of capability achievement logic and innovative design of evaluation models. Thus, this study, centered on the project management and economic decision-making course in the communication engineering program at Hebei University, proposes a "Objective-Process-Evaluation" tripartite mechanism for achieving project management capabilities based on the OBE (Outcome-Based Education) theoretical framework. It constructs a "multi-dimensional dynamic evaluation criterion". Through a semester-long curriculum reform practice, empirical analysis reveals that student achievement rates for course objective 1 (full-cycle management capability) and course objective 2 (multi-disciplinary decision-making capability) are 80.8% and 78.4%, respectively, with subjective satisfaction exceeding 83%. The study identifies that collaborative teaching between academia and industry, case-embedded assessment, and process-oriented evaluation feedback are critical pathways for enhancing capability achievement. The findings offer a replicable theoretical model and practical paradigm for cultivating non-technical competencies within the context of engineering education accreditation.