Last modified: 22 August 2011 by R.Levow: Original posting.
Professor: Roy B. Levow
Textbooks: Effective Project Management: Traditional, Agile, Extreme, 5th edition, by Robert K Wysocki, Wiley, 2009, ISBN: 9780470423677
(List: $50.00, Amazon.com: from $19.99 + $3.99 S&H)
Prerequisite: Senior standing, B.I.E.T. majors
Catalog Description
Course topics include statement of work, milestones, activity decisions, timelines, scheduling, and resource allocation methods. The course examines projects within the framework of planning, organizing, managing, and control. The course is application oriented using Microsoft Project as a tool to assist in applying the project techniques. Open only to students in the B.I.E.T. program.
Course Objectives
On completion of the course, students will be able to
- Understand the concepts and issues of project management
- Apply fundamental concepts of project management
- Use project management tools include Microsoft Project
- Function as project management team member
Class Syllabus (times are approximate)
- Course Introduction
EPM Introduction to Project Management
EPM Ch. 1: What is Project Management
- EPM Ch. 2: Traditional, Adaptive, Extreme Project Management
- EPM Ch. 3: Defining the Project
- EPM Ch. 4: Building the Work Breakdown Structure
- EPM Ch. 5: Estimating Duration, Resource Requirements, & Cost
- EPM Ch. 6: Constructing & Analyzing the Project Network Diagram
- EPM Ch. 7: Finalizing the Schedule & Cost Based on Resource Availability
- EPM Ch. 8: The Need to Plan: Conducting the Joint Project Planning Session
- EPM Ch. 9: Building and Managing an Effective Project Team
- EPM Ch. 10: Monitoring and Reporting Project Progresss
EPM Ch. 11: Closing Out the Project
- EPM Ch. 12: Critical Chain Project Management
- EPM Ch. 13: Introduction to Adaptive Project Framework (ppt8)
EPM Ch. 14: Version Scope
- EPM Ch. 15: Cycle Plan
- EPM Ch. 16: Cycle Build
- EPM Ch. 17: Client Checkpoint
- EPM Ch. 18: Post Version Review
- EPM Ch. 19: Extreme Project Management and Other Variations of APF
Assignments will be posted in Blackboard
Team Project
Students will participate on teams (composition to be announced) to work through various project management exercises.
Grading
Project work (50%), 2 exams (25% each)
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