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OPIM 3801
Principles of Project Management
Syllabus,
Slides, Grading
Instructor
Course Requirements and Grading Policy Required Text: J. Meredith and S. Mantel. Project Management: A Managerial Approach. Eighth Edition. Wiley. Other Recommended Texts: B. Biafore. Microsoft Project 2010: The Missing Manual. R. Mulcahy. CAPM Exam Prep. Second Edition. Computer requirements: A laptop is required, and you are required to be able to run Windows. You will be required to install Microsoft Project 2010. Complete instructions are given here, but the easiest processs will be for you to perform the first set of steps to get a product key, and then use a copy of the disc I will pass around class. We will also use Microsoft Excel (version 2007 or later.) Grading: Students will be graded on the following activities:
Class participation will be evaluated by the instructor. Unless I know you are someone who regularly misses class without an explanation, or does not pay attention or participate when in class, you should receive full credit for class participation.
Back to Top, Syllabus, Slides, Grading Tentative Syllabus Back to Top, Slides, Grading The objectives of this course are made official in the Course Charter. Typical syllabus information for this course will be communicated via Microsoft Project files. The most up-to-date version of the syllabus will always be available for download here: You can use the "Compare Projects" feature under the Project tab to compare older versions to the up-to-date version. Older versions will be stored here with dates in the names:
Assignments and other MS Word Documents: LearningCurve (A sample problem done in class.) TheBeatlesProject (a draft of my project proposal charter.) EVA (Instructions on performing Earned Value Analysis in MSP.) ClosingGuide (Instructions on compiling a closing document for the Dream Project.)
Excel Files: Example of a learning curve problem: PM2-2.xls Template for PERT problems: PERT_Template.xls Book Problem using the PERT Template : PM2-7.xls Answer to LearningCurve.doc and Handout 3.21: PM2-9.xls Crashing the slides example using Excel/Solver: PM2-14.xls Solutions to the first Homework Assignment: PMHW1.xls Solutions to 9.15 done in class: PM2-21.xls Solutions to 9.10 and 7.4 done in class: PM2-23.xls Showing how to do NPV and IRR from the slides: PM3-1.xls Showing how to do Earned Value on 10.13: PM3-22.xls Solutions to the third Homework Assignment: PMHW3.xls
Microsoft Project Files: BeatlesProject (My dream project proposal file. Subject to change.) Project8.8 (A book problem done in class to demonstrate the basics of Critical Path, Slack, ES, LS, etc.) Painting (Made up in class, talking about units and lags) Leveling1 (Made up in class, talking about leveling) Project9.5before & Project9.5after (A book problem done in class to demonstrate leveling a generic resource) Project8.11 & Project9.13 (Part of the solutions to the first Homework Assignment.) TrackingExample.mpp (Made up in class, talking about monitoring and controlling) Project10.13 (A book problem done in class to demonstrate Earned Value Analysis) Project10.10 (Part of the solutions to the third Homework Assignment.)
Lectures Slides (MS PowerPoint ) Back to Top, Syllabus, Grading Slides Topic Chapter From Meredith and Mantel Lecture 1 Getting to Know Each Other (None) Lecture 2 Introduction to the PM and the Course (None) Lecture 3 Projects in Contemporary Organizations Chapter 1 Tutorial 1 A First Introduction to MS Project (None) Lecture 4 Project Activity and Risk Planning Chapter 6 Lecture 5 Budgeting: Estimating Costs and Risks Chapter 7 Lecture 6 Scheduling Chapter 8 Lecture 7 Resource Allocation Chapter 9
Lecture 8 Strategic Mgmt and Project Selection Chapter 2 Lecture 9 The Project Manager Chapter 3 Lecture 10 Managing Conflict and Negotiation Chapter 4 Quotes Slides for a classroom discussion Lecture 11 Projects in the Organizational Structure Chapter 5 Lecture 12 Monitoring and Controlling Chapters 10 and 11 Lecture 13 Project Termination Chapter 13
External Links The Project Management Institute (PMI): www.pmi.org The Southern New England Chapter of PMI: www.snec-pmi.org Microsoft Project User's Group (MPUG): www.mpug.com Association for Project Management (APM, serving Europe): www.apm.org.uk International Project Management Association (IPMA, global): www.ipma.ch
Academic Dishonesty Behavior that appears to be cheating should be prevented by students and/or reported to the instructor. For each quiz there will be at least two different versions, and different versions will be printed on different colored paper, allowing the instructor to visually verify that adjacent students take different versions. This is designed to nulllify any benefit of looking at an adjacent student's answers. However, if a student is foolish enough to write down an answer that could only apply to a different version of the quiz/test, that student will automatically recieve a failing grade on that quiz/test. School of Business Academic Honesty Statement. Disclaimer: The instructor reserves the right to amend, adjust, or otherwise modify this course outline at any time during the course. The students will be notified in a timely fashion of any modification, by email or announcement in class.
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