The roles and responsibilities of the project manager is numerous and varied. However, at the broad level, these can be classified in to the project planning and monitoring and control activities. Project planning involves making cost, effort, and duration estimation and preparing various types of plans such as schedule, configuration management, risk management, quality management, staffing plan, etc. The monitoring and control activities encompass keeping track of the progress and removing bottlenecks using techniques such as PERT, GANTT, and also effective risk management, team building, etc.
Week 2: Selection of a Project Approach. Week 3: Project Estimation Techniques. Week 4: Project Estimation Techniques Cont …. Week 5: Project Planning and Project Scheduling. Week 7: Project Organization and Team Structures. Week 8: Risk Management. Describe the Enterprise Project Structure. Understand the Organizational Breakdown Structure. Navigate in the projects window. Modify project information. Create a Work Breakdown Structure.
Create multiple levels of the WBS hierarchy. Adding Activities. Understand Activity Types. Describe activity components.
Add activities. Assign activity codes. Modify activity information. Create Relationships. View the network logic diagram. Describe relationship types. Create relationships. Describe the forward and backward pass. Understand Total Float. Calculate a schedule. Our discussion should not always arrive at some consensus. To the contrary, comments that identify the pros and cons of alternative decisions and generate a healthy debate are strongly encouraged.
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Please visit www. Course Materials The course materials include one required book and a course pack. Required Book Shore, David A.
San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, The syllabus also lists a few additional materials that may be accessed online for free. Additional related materials will be made available as handouts. The course pack includes most published materials you will need to purchase, such as cases and articles. The length of the course makes advance preparation critical to maximize your investment. Further details on the assignments will be discussed in class.
Evaluation and Grading Evaluation of your performance will be based on the following:. Three assignments are completed in groups. Groups must ensure that each team member plays an active role. Groups will assign a team leader who will ensure the assignment is turned in by the deadline. Each assignment must be posted to the course dropbox before or at the time it is due. Peer review will play a part in assignment evaluation.
Assignment 1 is a team contract. Teams will be assigned based on a course questionnaire. This assignment is due on January 7, so teams can lay this groundwork prior to beginning the final assignment. Assignment 2 is an individual written and oral assignment.
Each student will identify a challenge encountered in projects that they would like to explore. The student will identify the typical circumstances in which the issue arises, make recommendations on how to address this problem, and how to prevent this problem in the first place. Students will write a 2-page, double-spaced paper on this problem and solution. Students will then give a 5-minute oral summary of this problem and their suggested solution in class.
Assignment 3 is a small group-written paper and presentation. The assignment includes a page written paper and a minute presentation. The later will be graded in part through peer feedback.
This presentation should be completed using PowerPoint. Memory sticks will be returned. Please include any notes along with slides. Class attendance expected and participation in discussions are important parts of your learning. The quality of your contributions is more important than quantity. Be prepared to present your analysis and action in a concise, logical fashion. Effective and efficient project management matters now more than ever.
We will discuss some traditional and innovative ways of thinking about project management to gain a broad perspective on the field. This session will spotlight managing change as a critical element of project management. We will also review administrative details about the course. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, , pages
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