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MBA(Exe.) 2019-20: Term-IV
Course: Project Management
Program: EMBA, Term: IV Credits: 3 Academic Year:2020-2021
Course Instructor(s): Dr.Sarat Kumar Jena
email: saratjena@ximb.ac.in
1. COURSE DESCRIPTION
Project management has evolved to plan, coordinate and control the complex and diverse activities of modern industrial, commercial, management change, healthcare and IT projects. All projects share one common characteristic – the projection of ideas and activities into new endeavors. The present element of risk and uncertainty means that the events and tasks leading to completion can never to be fore told with absolute accuracy. Examples abound of projects that have exceeded their costs by enormous amounts, finishing late or even being abandoned before completion. Such failures are far too common, seen in all kinds of projects industry, commerce and specially the public sector.
2. COURSE OBJECTIVES
By the conclusion of this course, you will have a practical knowledge of the:
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Project management life cycle
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Role of project manager within organizations and project
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Difference between project management and product management
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Development of project plan
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Project time management
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Project cost management
3. COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES
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Identification of the PM problems.
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Project plan, which includes objectives, scope, statement of work, deliverables, and risk assessment
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Work breakdown structures (WBS)
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Project schedules.
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Integrating mathematical modeling/tools approach to real-managerial issue.
4. COURSE CONTENT
I A.
Project Management Growth: Concepts
(
4 secessions.
Source: Houston, D. Shirley, D Lock
)
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Definition and objectives of Project Management
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Different types of project
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Stages of Project Management
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Factors for project success or failure
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Different types of Organizational management
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Difference between role of Project manager and functional manager
1B. Project Identification and screening (2.5 sessions)
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Project Identification through SWOT
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Brain storming for Idea generation
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Specification of a Project: The Project Charter, The Project Scope Document, Work Breakdown Structures, Project Contracts – Scope, Delivery, Costs and Risks.
I C.
Project Scheduling Concept (3.5 Sessions
Source
:
Horald Kerzner, Arun Kanda
)
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Deterministic project scheduling
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Critical path determination
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An evaluation of PERT
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Project crashing
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Project Simulation
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Issue in Project Simulation
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Gantt Chart through Excel
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MS Project
I D
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Project Appraisal and Risk (2.5 Sessions
Source
:
Horald Kerzner, D Lock
)
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Estimating project cost
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Financial appraisal in project management
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Project Risk analysis
I E
.
Project Management tools and Selection of Multiple Criteria (2 sessions)
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Analytical Hierarchy process
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SAW
IF.
Risk Management (2.5 sessions,
Source:
Horald Kerzner, Ch:17
)
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Definition of Risk Management
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Risk Identification
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Qualitative risk analysis
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Quantitative risk analysis
1G.
Understanding Agile project Management and Lean Project Management (1
Session,
Article, Gray et al., Chap.17
)
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Traditional Versus Agile Method
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Agile PM
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Understanding lean project management
I H.
Presentation By student ( 1 sessions)
1 I Wrap up and Concluding remarks ( 1 Sessions)
5. PEDAGOGY
I will use black board/White board, ppt, case study, and research paper study in my class.
6. EVALUATION METHOD
Total
Quiz 1
30 %
End term
40 %
Class Assignment/Participation
10%
Group work
20%
Total:
100 %
7. Policy on Cellular Phone
If a student brings cellular phone into the classroom, it must be turned off. If this policy is disregarded, and a cellular phone rings during the class time, the student in question will be required to leave the class for the rest of the session.
8. Policy on cheating and plagiarism
Please go through the Manual of policies for details on this issue.
9. REFERENCE BOOKS
Text Book
:
Project Management: C F Gray, E W Larson and G V Desai, 6th edition Mc Graw Hill
Reference Book
1. Project Management (9 th Edition), by Dennis Lock. Gower Publishing Ltd, 2007
2. Horald Kerzner, Project Management: A Systemic Approach to Planning, Scheduling and
Controlling,Wiley Publishers, 10th edition.
3. Project Management: A Management Approach by Jack R Meredith, and Samuel J Mantel
Wiley India Edition, 2012.
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Alora Kar
on
03/12/2020
at
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