COURSE SYLLABUS
URL: http://ie.atilim.edu.tr/~ie314
Catalog Data:
Elements and phases of project management. Functions (planning, staffing, scheduling, monitoring, and control) and techniques (CPM, PERT, etc.) of project management. Software tools for project management. Project cost control and time/resource management. Leadership styles, conflict and risk management.
Textbook:
Badiru, A.B., Project Management in Manufacturing and High Technology, Wiley, 1996.
References:
· Nicholas, J.M., Project Management for Business & Technology, Prentice Hall, 2003.
· Angus, R.B., Gundersen, N.A., and Cullinane, T.P. Planning, Performing, and Controlling Projects: Principles and Applications, Prentice Hall, 2000.
· Hall E., and Johnson J., Integrated Project Management, Prentice Hall, 2003.
· Clifford F.G., and Larson E.W., Project Management: The Managerial Process, Irwin/McGraw-Hill, 2003.
Prerequisites by Topic:
None.
Method for Assessing Student Knowledge of Prerequisite Topics:
None.
Goals:
This course aims at introducing the students to techniques that allow them to start, develop, complete, and implement projects more efficiently and effectively. It helps the students to become more aware of the relationship between the contribution of the project personnel and the successful performance of the entire project. It tries to enable the students to establish a sounding control over the project, by making them to recognize when and why a project is not proceeding according to plan, and to know if the plan needs to be revised or replaced with one that is more realistic. It, also, suggests some ways to avoid risks and conflicts.
Objectives:
· To present a systematic approach to planning, performance, and control of projects.
· To enable the student to devise plans to develop methods for converting ideas into a product or service.
· To make the student to realize the importance and the requirements of team work for managing projects successfully.
· To enable the student to realize the importance of leadership style and inter-team cooperation for establishing a sounding control over the project.
Topics:
1. Elements of project management (2 weeks)
2. Phases of project management (2 weeks)
4. Techniques of project management (3 weeks)
5. Tools of project management (4/3 weeks)
6. Project cost control (4/3 weeks)
7. Time and resource management (2 weeks)
8. Conflict and risk management (4/3 weeks )
Computer Usage:
Use of software packages.
Laboratory Projects:
None.
Contribution to Professional Component:
1. Mathematics and Basic Science 0 credits
2. Engineering Science or Design 3 credits
3. General Education 0 credits