Project Planning & Management syllabus

Project Planning & Management

• 1 Introduction to Project Management (8 LHs)

  • Project meaning, characteristics and management
  • Importance in Nepal
  • Time, cost, scope, quality, resource and risk constraints
  • Life cycle and selection models
  • Risk identification and technology
  • Poor project-management causes in Nepal
• 2 Project Manager and Organizational Structures (5 LHs)

  • Project-manager roles, competencies and selection
  • Organizational environment and culture
  • Project organizational structures
• 3 Project Planning and Integration (5 LHs)

  • Initiation, coordination and systems integration
  • Stakeholder management
  • WBS and Responsibility Assignment Matrix
  • Portfolio management and proposals
  • Strategic alignment
• 4 Budgeting, Cost Estimation, and Resource Management (6 LHs)

  • Cost estimation and budgeting
  • Cost control
  • Resource allocation, loading, levelling and scheduling
  • Negotiation for optimization
  • Nepalese organizational context
• 5 Project Scheduling and Risk Analysis (6 LHs)

  • PERT, CPM and Gantt charts
  • Monte Carlo and scenario risk analysis
  • Performance tracking and reporting
  • Delay management and contingencies
• 6 Conflict Resolution, Negotiation, and Change Management (6 LHs)

  • Project conflict sources and resolution
  • Mediation and negotiation
  • Planning-monitoring-control cycle
  • Change management and scope control
• 7 Project Termination and Closure (4 LHs)

  • Normal, premature and failed termination
  • Audit, evaluation and final report
  • Lessons learned and knowledge management
  • Documentation and archiving
• 8 Contemporary Issues in Project Management (8 LHs)

  • Agile, Scrum and hybrid methods
  • AI, machine learning and automation
  • Digital project tools
  • Sustainability and social responsibility
  • Remote and hybrid teams
  • Ethics, data-driven decisions and predictive analytics