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PROJM-X08
(PGDM-PT 2008-11 : Term-IX)
PROJECT MANAGEMENT
(Faculty: Prof. W.S. William)
COURSE OUTLINE
1.0 INTRODUCTION
The term project management is now used extensively for the management and accomplishment of any plan, scheme or task. Projects are the vital means of development. They are the building blocks for generating additional capital and for ensuring flow of goods and services to the nation. In India, large amounts have been and are being spent on various projects for providing infrastructure facilities and for meeting developmental needs. Project management is thus of vital importance to any undertaking that is being newly setup or to any organization planning expansion/diversification of its activities. This 3.0 credit course covers detailed topics of the basic concepts of project management, including initiating projects, planning projects, controlling projects, executing projects, and closing projects. Those who attend the class improve their management skills and abilities to define the project scope, create a workable project plan, and manage within the budget and schedule.
2.0 OBJECTIVES
After completing this course, you should be able to
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Use project management skills across your organization
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Build a performing organization and project team
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Develop Work Breakdown Structures (WBS)
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Create project plans
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Execute overall integrated change control
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Control project execution processes
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Terminate a project with an appropriate closure strategy
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Perform your role as project manager
3.0 BROAD COURSE CONTENT
The course consists of lecture and discussion, which is reinforced with team and individual exercises, and presentations, and Case study assignments with student feedback that is critiqued by the instructor and the other student teams.
Session-1: Overview of project management
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Definition of PM
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Project life cycle
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Project management process
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Definition of a project management
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Project stakeholders
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Key competencies of a project manager
Session-2: Initiating Processes
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Project Management Process Groups
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Initiating Processes
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Initiating Process Group
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Initiating Processes Activities
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Aims of Initiating Processes
Session-3 & 4: Defining the Project
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Types of Organizational Structures
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How Organizational Structures Influence Projects
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Project Charter
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Purpose of the Project charter
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Questions to Ask When Building a Project Definition Document
Team Exercise : Establish Goals and Objectives
Session-5 : Planning Processes
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Planning Processes
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Planning Process Group
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Planning Processes Activities
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Key Messages
Session-6 &7 : Organizing the Team
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Project Management Process Groups
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What Is a Team?
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Creating a Team Charter
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Project Kickoff Orientation
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Communications Links Within a Project
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Developing the Communications Management Plan
Team Exercise: Team Charter
Session-8: Developing a Work Breakdown Structure (WBS
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Work Breakdown Structure (WBS)
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When Is a WBS Created?
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WBS Relationships
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The Value of the WBS
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Work Package
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WBS Formats
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Questions to Ask
Team Exercise: Build a WBS
Session-9 : Risk Management
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Definition of a Project Risk
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Major Risk Types
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Risk Management Processes
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Risk Identification Tools and Techniques
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Risk Response Planning
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Risk Monitoring and Control
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Project Manager's Role in Risk Management
Team Exercise: Risk Management
Session-10
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Creating a Project Schedule
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What Is a Schedule?
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The Purpose of Scheduling
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Project network Diagram
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Finding float and critical paths Example : Budgeting
Team Exercise : Home Building
Session-11
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Monitoring and Controlling Processes
and Cost Management
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Monitoring and Controlling Processes Activities
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Project Control Overview
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Guidelines for Collecting and Evaluating Project Performance
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Tracking and Executing the Risk Management
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Examples of Metrics
Session-12
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Project Leadership
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Leadership and project Life Cycle
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Project Leadership Assessment : individual
Session-13
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Project Reviews & Closing Processes
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Why Conduct Project Management Reviews?
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Different Types of Project Management Reviews
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Closing Processes
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Project Closure Activities
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Project Completion Workshops
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Lessons Learned
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Project Manager’s Responsibilities
Session -14: Summarization of the all sessions and key learning
4.0 EVALUATION SCHEME
QUIZ : 20%
PRESENTATIONS : 20%
ASSIGNMENTS : 15%
FINAL EXAM : 45%
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TOTAL : 100%
5.0 TEXT BOOKS
6.0 REFERENCE BOOKS
a) Prasanna Chandra, Projects Preparation, Appraisal and Implementation, 3rd Edn. Tata McGraw-Hill.
b) Stallworthy E.A. & Kharbanda, O.P., Total Project Management from concept to completion, Groweer Press.
c) Stallworthy E.A. & Kharbanda, O.P., How to learn from Project Disasters, Gower Press.
d) Kerzner Harold, A systems Approach to Planning. Scheduling and Controlling.
e) Chaudhary Sadhan, Project Scheduling and Monitoring in Practice, South Asian Publishers.
f) UNIDO, Project Formulation & Evaluation Series No. 1,2 & Oxford & IBH Publishing Company.
g) Wiest, J. D. and K. Levy: A management Guide to PERT/CPM, Prentice-Hall of India, New Delhi.
h) David I. Cleland & William R.King , Systems Analysis and Project Management,3rd edition, McGraw-Hill .
i) Trevor L. Young ,The Handbook of Project Management – A Practical Guide to Effective Policies and Procedures, Kogan Page Limited
j) Choudhury Sadan : Project
Management, Tata McGraw-Hill, New Delhi
7.0 JOURNALS
a) International Journal of Project Management
b) Project Appraisal
c) R&D Management.
d) Indian Journal of Technology.
e) Transactions on Engineering Management
f) Engineering Economy
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8.0 WEB SITES
www.4pm.com
www.pmi.org
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