PM-P08

PM-P08
(PGDM 2008-10 : Term-IV)

Project Management
(Faculty: Prof. Sambit Mukherjee)

COURSE OUTLINE

Introduction
This course will be an introduction to Project Management.. The theory will provide a introduction to current Project Management Methods . There will also be a focus on solving practical problem cases within a management context.

Contents

Module A: Philosophy and concepts

1. Project Management Introduction

Reading : Chapter 1 , Project Management for Business and Technology, Nicholas

2. What is Project Management,

3. What is Project Management, Case 2.1, Case 2.2

Reading : Chapter 2 , Project Management for Business and Technology,Nicholas

4. Systems, Organizations and System Methodologies.

5. Case 3.1

Reading : Chapter 3 , Project Management for Business and Technology,
Nicholas

Module B : Systems Development Cycle

6. Systems Development Cycle : Early stages, Case 4.1,4.2

Reading : Chapter 4 , Project Management for Business and Technology,
Nicholas
7. Systems Development Cycle : Middle and later Stages ,

8. Case 5.1,5.2, 5.3

Reading : Chapter 5 , Project Management for Business and Technology,

Nicholas

Module C : Systems and procedures

9. Planning Fundamentals,

10. Case 6.1, 6.2

Reading : Chapter 6 , Project Management for Business and Technology,
Nicholas

11. Network Scheduling and PDM,

Reading : Chapter 7 , Project Management for Business and Technology,
Nicholas

12. Pert, CPM, Resource Allocation and Gert,

13. Case 8.1

Reading : Chapter 8 , Project Management for Business and Technology,
Nicholas

14. Cost Estimating and Budgeting , Case 9.1

Reading : Chapter 9 , Project Management for Business and Technology,
Nicholas

15. Managing Risks in Projects, case 10.1, Case 10.2

Reading : Chapter 10 , Project Management for Business and Technology,
Nicholas

Module D : Project Management Software.

16. Primavera, Artemis.

Reading : www.primavera.com, www.artemispm.com

Module E : Project Presenatation

17 . Project Presentation

18: Project Presentation

19. Project Presentation

20. Project Presenation

Evaluation

Class Participation : 10%

Midterm : 20%

Presentation : 30%

End term : 40%.

Textbook

J. M. Nicholas and H.Steyn , Project Management for Business, Engineering and Technology : Principles and Practice, Elsevier, 2008

References

C. Gray and E. Larson, Project Management, Tata McGraw Hill, 2002.

J.P. Clements and J. Gido, Effective Project Management, Thomson, 2006

P. Chandra, Projects, Tata McGraw Hill, 2006

Project Management Institute website, www.pmi.org
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