Project Management

Course Code (Credit):

CUTM1013(2-0-1)

Course Objectives:

  • The successful development and implementation of all project’s procedures.
  • Learn project management methodology to initiate and manage projects efficiently and effectively
  • Acquire key project management skills and strategies for Productive guidance, efficient communication and supervision of the project’s team
  • The achievement of the project’s main goal within the given constraints

Learning Outcomes:

  • Develop a Project Charter document for any project
  • Develop Project Management Plan document
  • Acquire 10 knowledge area identified by PMI and its application while delivering a projects
  • Implement the Project and Prepare a project document that they have undertaken as a learning tool
  • Qualify CAPM/PMP certification offered by PMI

Course Syllabus:

Module I:

Project Management framework: Introduction to Project Management; Project Life Cycle and Organisation, Project vs. Operational work, Stakeholders, Organisational Influences

Project Management Process for a Project:groups, Initiating, planning, executing, monitoring &controlling and closing process groups.

Project management Knowledge area:

Project Integration Management:Develop project charter, develop project management plan, direct and manage project execution, monitor and control project work, perform integrated change control, close project or phase.

Module II:

Project Scope Management:collect requirements, define scope, create WBS, verify scope, control scope

Project Time Management:Define activities, sequence activities, estimate, develop and schedule

Project Cost Management:Estimate costs, determine budget, control costs

Module III:

Project Quality Management:Plan quality, perform quality assurance, perform quality control

Project HR Management:Develop HR plan, acquire project team, develop and manage project team

Project Communications Management:Identify stakeholders, plan communication, distribute information, manage expectation of stake holders, report performance

Module IV:

Project Risk Management; Plan risks:identify risks, perform quality and quantitative risk analysis, plan risk responses, monitor and control risks

Project Procurement Management:Plan procurements, conduct procurements, administer procurements, close procurements

Project Stakeholders Management:Identifying stakeholders, stakeholder analysis, engagement

Note: Students can use any of these software for their project; MS. Excel/ Bitrix 24/Primavera/Microsoft Projects/ENOVIA

Text Books:

  1. Project Management: A Managerial Process, Clifford F Gray & Eric W Larson, Tata McGrawHill [Text book]
  2. A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge, 6th Edition, PMI
  3. Project Management- A system Approach to Planning, Scheduling and Controlling (Harold Kerzner). CBS Publishers and Distributers, New Delhi.
  4. Projects, Preparation, Appraisal and Implementation (Prasanna Chandra), 3rd Edition, Tata Mc Graw Hill, New Delhi.
  5. Project Management (Nagarajan, K), New Age Publishers, New Delhi.
  6. Project Management. A Managerial Approach (Meredith, R.J and Mantel, S.J), Wiley (India).

List of Projects

  1. Social awareness programme (Food waste/Sanitation/Road safety)
  2. Survey
  3. Organising event (Academic club events/Tarang Bazar/B-School meet etc)
  4. Community engagement project(conducting competition/teaching in nearby school/awareness campaign)
  5. Organising Training programme(GTET students)
  6. Impact analysis(Skill training)
  7. Problems identified by Centurion
  8. Accounting for street vendors
  9. IT project/ Product development/field projects (For technical students)

Gate Process for Project:

Session Plan:

Session Topic Reference Link (if any)
1 Introduction to Project Management, Life Cycle, Organisation, Stakeholders Introduction to Project Management (Video)
Session 1 Project Management Framework
PMRoadTrip_V4Ch01 - Project Essentials
2 Project Management Processes: Initiating to Closing Project Management Process Video
Project Process and Group
Mini-case-1 Global Green Books
PMRoadTrip_V4Ch02 - Project Mgmt Overview
3 Project Integration Management Project Integration Management Video
Session 3 Project Integration Management
PMRoadTrip_V4Ch04 - Integration Mgmt
Project Charter - Template
4 Project Scope Management Project Scope Management Video
Project Scope
Mini-case-2 - Defining Standard Projects
PMRoadTrip_V4Ch05 - Scope
5 & 6 Discussion on Project Charter, Project Plan in Excel, Gantt Charts Project Plan using MS Excel
Gantt Chart in Excel
7 & 8 Project Schedule Management Project Schedule Management Video
Session 7,8 Project Schedule Management
Mini-case-6 - Risks at Global Green Books
PMRoadTrip_V4Ch06 - Time
9 Project Cost Management Project Cost Management Video
Session 9 Project Cost Management
Mini-case-4 - Cost Estimation
PMRoadTrip_V4Ch07 - Cost
10 Project Quality Management Project Quality Management Video
Project Quality Video 2
Session 10 Quality
Mini-case-9 - Quality at Global Green Books
PMRoadTrip_V4Ch08 - Quality
11 & 12 Project HR Management and Team Building Project Resource Management Video
Session 11,12 HR
Mini-case-4 - Team Building
PMRoadTrip_V4Ch09 - HRM
13 Project Communication Management Project Communication Management Video
Session 13 Communication
PMRoadTrip_V4Ch10 - Communication
14 Project Risk Management Project Risk Management Video
Session 14 Risk Management
Mini-case-6 - Risks at Global Green Books
PMRoadTrip_V4Ch11 - Risk
15 Project Procurement Management Project Procurement Management Video
Session 15 Procurement
Mini-case-7 - Closing Projects
PMRoadTrip_V4Ch12 - Procurement
16 Project Stakeholder Management Project Stakeholders Management Video
Session 16 Stakeholders Management
17–20 Project Presentations by Students Student Project Presentation Sessions