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Project Management syllabus

ISM 2049 units · 55 topicsAcademic year 2083/84
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Project Management

9 units

1. Introduction to Project Management (5 LHs)

  1. Concept and characteristics of project
    1. Concept and characteristics of project
  2. Importance of project
    1. Importance of project
  3. Program versus project
    1. Program versus project
    2. Project life cycle
  4. Determinants of project success
    1. Determinants of project success
    2. Project governance
  5. Project management today
    1. Project management today: A sociotechnical approach.

2. The Organizational Context: Strategy, Structure and Culture (6 LHs)

  1. Implementing strategy through projects
    1. Implementing strategy through projects
  2. Projects and organizational strategy
    1. Projects and organizational strategy
  3. Stakeholder management
    1. Stakeholder management
  4. Project management structures
    1. Project management structures
  5. Key considerations for the right project management structure
    1. Key considerations for the right project management structure
  6. Concept of organizational culture
    1. Concept of organizational culture
  7. Implications of organizational culture for organizing projects
    1. Implications of organizational culture for organizing projects.

3. Project Selection and Portfolio Management (7 LHs)

  1. Project Selection – Introduction to project selection
    1. Project Selection – Introduction to project selection
  2. Approaches to project screening and selection
    1. Approaches to project screening and selection: Checklist model, simplified scoring models, the analytical hierarchy process, and profile models
  3. Financial models
    1. Financial models: payback period, net present value, discounted payback, and internal rate of return
  4. Choosing a project selection approach
    1. Choosing a project selection approach
  5. Project Portfolio Management – Concept of project portfolio management
    1. Project Portfolio Management – Concept of project portfolio management
  6. Objectives and initiatives
    1. Objectives and initiatives
  7. The portfolio selection process
    1. The portfolio selection process
  8. Developing a proactive portfolio
    1. Developing a proactive portfolio
  9. Keys to successful project portfolio management
    1. Keys to successful project portfolio management
  10. Problems in implementing portfolio management
    1. Problems in implementing portfolio management.

4. Risk Management (5 LHs)

  1. Concept of project risk
    1. Concept of project risk
  2. Risk management process
    1. Risk management process: Risk identification, analysis of probability and consequences, risk mitigation strategies, and control & documentation
  3. Project risk management
    1. Project risk management:

5. Cost Estimation and Budgeting (6 LHs)

  1. Cost management
    1. Cost management: Direct versus indirect costs, recurring versus nonrecurring costs, fixed versus variable costs, normal versus expedited costs
  2. Cost estimation
    1. Cost estimation: Cost estimation methods
  3. Learning curves in cost estimation
    1. learning curves in cost estimation
  4. Problems with cost estimation
    1. Problems with cost estimation
  5. Creating a project budget
    1. Creating a project budget: top-down budgeting, bottom-up budgeting, and activity-based costing
  6. Developing budget contingencies
    1. Developing budget contingencies.

6. Developing a Project Plan (6 LHs)

  1. Developing the project network
    1. Developing the project network
  2. From work package to network
    1. From work package to network
  3. Constructing a project network
    1. Constructing a project network
  4. Activity-on-node (AON) fundamentals
    1. Activity-on-node (AON) fundamentals
  5. Using the forward and backward pass information
    1. Using the forward and backward pass information
  6. Practical considerations
    1. Practical considerations
  7. Extended network techniques to come closer to reality
    1. Extended network techniques to come closer to reality.

7. Managing Project Teams (4 LHs)

  1. The five-stage team development model
    1. The five-stage team development model
  2. Situational factors affecting team development
    1. Situational factors affecting team development
  3. Building high-performance project teams
    1. Building high-performance project teams
  4. Managing virtual project teams
    1. Managing virtual project teams
  5. Project team pitfalls
    1. Project team pitfalls.

8. Project Evaluation and Control (5 LHs)

  1. Concept of project evaluation and control
    1. Concept of project evaluation and control
  2. General model of control cycle
    1. General model of control cycle
  3. Monitoring project performance
    1. Monitoring project performance
  4. Earned value management
    1. Earned value management
  5. Using earned value to manage a portfolio of projects
    1. Using earned value to manage a portfolio of projects
  6. Issues in the effective use of earned value management
    1. Issues in the effective use of earned value management
  7. Human factors in project evaluation and control
    1. Human factors in project evaluation and control.

9. Project Closeout and Termination (4 LHs)

  1. Introduction
    1. Introduction
  2. Types of project termination
    1. Types of project termination
  3. Natural termination – the closeout process
    1. Natural termination – the closeout process
  4. Early termination for projects
    1. Early termination for projects
  5. Preparing final project report
    1. Preparing final project report.