Course Plan Project Management (ME 743)

A. Course Handout (Student & Faculty)

Institute/School/College Name Chitkara University Institute of Engineering & Technology
Department/Centre Name Department of Mechanical Engineering
Programme Name Bachelor of Engineering (B.E.)-Mechanical Engineering
Course Name Project Management Session 2019-2020
Course Code ME 743 Semester/Batch 7th
Lecture/Tutorial (Per Week) 4-0-0 Course Credit 4
Course Coordinator Name Mr. Mohit Bhayana

1. Scope & Objective of the Course:

The course provides a wide scope of learning & understanding of the subject and after completion of
the subject the student will have the ability to the develop

The main objective of the courses are:

 Discuss leadership challenges of managing projects and various solutions.
 Introduce the fundamentals of Project Management (PM) through an in-depth
examination of key Knowledge Areas.
 Examine the characteristics, techniques, and challenges associated with initiating,
planning, executing, controlling and closeout of projects.
 Develop a personal project management perspective and philosophy.

2. Course Learning Outcome:

 CLO01: Students gain concepts to address specific management needs at the
individual, team, division and/or organizational level.
 CLO02: Practical applications of project management to formulate strategies allowing
organizations to achieve strategic goals.
 CLO03: A perspective of leadership effectiveness in organizations.
 CL004: Team-building skills required to support successful performance.
 CL005: Critical-thinking and analytical decision-making capabilities to investigate
complex business problems to propose project-based solutions.
 CL006: Skills to manage creative teams and project processes effectively and
efficiently.
3. Recommended Books (Reference Books/Text Books):
a. TB01: Project Management by K. Nagarajan, Seventh edition, New Age International
Publishers
b. RB02: Project Management for Business and Technology by John M Nicholas, Published by
Prentice Hall of India Pvt. Ltd.
c. RB03: Project Planning, Scheduling and Control by James P Lewis, Published by Tata McGraw
Hill Publishing Co. Ltd.
d. RB04: Project Management The Managerial Process by Gray, Larson and Desai, Sixth edition,
Published by TMC
4. Other readings & relevant websites:

S.N. Link of Journals, Magazines, websites and Research Papers

1. https://nptel.ac.in/courses/110107081/
2. https://www.pmi.org/business-solutions/case-studies
3. International Journal of Productivity and Performance Management
4. International Journal of Project Management
5. https://www.pmtoday.co.uk/

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5. Course Plan:
a. Lecture Plan

Lecture No. Topic(s)

1-11 Project Management Concepts: Introduction, project characteristics,

taxonomy of projects, project identification and formulation.
Establishing the project and goals. Nature &context of project
management; phases of PM, A framework for PM issues, PM as a
conversion process, project environment & complexity. Organizing
human resources, organizing systems & procedures for implementation.
Project direction.
12-25 Project Organization & Project Contracts: Introduction functional
organization, project organization, matrix organization, modified matrix
organization, pure project organization, selection of project
organization structure, project breakdown structures, project contracts,
types of contracts, types of payments to contractors.
26-35 Project Appraisal & Cost Estimation: Introduction, technical appraisal,
commercial appraisal, economic appraisal, financial appraisal,
management appraisal, social cost/benefit analysis, project risk analysis.
ST-1 (9th Sep- 13th Sep 2019)
36-42 Cost analysis of the project, components of capital cost of a project,
modern approach to project performance analysis.
43-51 Project Planning & Scheduling: Introduction to PERT & CPM, planning
and scheduling networks, time estimation, determination of critical
path, CPM model, event slacks & floats, PERT model, expected time for
activities, expected length of critical path, calculating the project
lengthand variance.
52-56 PERT & CPM cost accounting systems, lowest cost schedule, crashing of
networks, linear programming formulation of event oriented networks,
updating of networks, LOB technique.
ST-2 (21stOct – 25th Oct 2019)

57-64 Modification & Extensions of Network Models: Complexity of project

scheduling with limited resources, resource levelling of project
schedules, resource allocation in project scheduling - heuristic solution.
Precedence networking- examples with algorithm, decision networks,
probabilistic networks, and computer aided project management-
essential requirements of PM software, software packages for CPM.
Enterprise- wide PM, using spread sheets for financial projections.
ST-3 (18th Nov- 22nd Nov 2019)

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6. Evaluation Scheme & Components:

Evaluation Type of Component No. of Weightage of Mode of

Component Assessments Component Assessment

Component 1 Assignments 04 10% Offline

Component 2 Sessional Tests (STs) 03* 30% Offline

Component 3 End Term Examinations 01 60% Online

Total 100%
*Out of 03 STs, the ERP system automatically picks the best 02 STs marks for evaluation of the STs as final marks.

Details of Evaluation Components:

Evaluation Description Syllabus Timeline of Examination Weightage

Component Covered (%) (%)

Assignment/Quiz/IEC 01 4th Week of Semester

Assignment/Quiz/IEC 02 6th Week of Semester

Component
10%
01
Assignment/Quiz/IEC 03 8th Week of Semester

Assignment/Quiz/IEC 04 9th Week of Semester

As defined in Academic
ST 01 Upto 40%
Calendar
Component As defined in Academic
ST 02 41% - 80% 30%
02 Calendar
As defined in Academic
ST 03 100%
Calendar
At the end of the
Component 60%
End Term Examination* 100%
03 semester

Total 100%
*As per Academic Guidelines minimum 75% attendance is required to become eligible for appearing in the End Semester
Examination.

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7. Syllabus of the Course:

Subject: Project Management Subject Code: ME 743

No. of Weightage
S.N. Topic (s)
Lectures %
1 Project Management Concepts: Introduction, project characteristics, 11 10
taxonomy of projects, project identification and formulation.
Establishing the project and goals. Nature &context of project
management; phases of PM, A framework for PM issues, PM as a
conversion process, project environment & complexity. Organizing
human resources, organizing systems & procedures for
implementation. Project direction.
2 Project Organization & Project Contracts: Introduction functional 14 10
organization, project organization, matrix organization, modified
matrix organization, pure project organization, selection of project
organization structure, project breakdown structures, project
contracts, types of contracts, types of payments to contractors.
3 Project Appraisal & Cost Estimation: Introduction, technical 10 15
appraisal, commercial appraisal, economic appraisal, financial
appraisal, management appraisal, social cost/benefit analysis, project
risk analysis.
4 Cost analysis of the project, components of capital cost of a project, 7 15
modern approach to project performance analysis.
5 Project Planning & Scheduling: Introduction to PERT & CPM, planning 9 15
and scheduling networks, time estimation, determination of critical
path, CPM model, event slacks & floats, PERT model, expected time
for activities, expected length of critical path, calculating the project
lengthand variance.
6 PERT & CPM cost accounting systems, lowest cost schedule, crashing 5 20
of networks, linear programming formulation of event oriented
networks, updating of networks, LOB technique.
7 Modification & Extensions of Network Models: Complexity of 8 15
project scheduling with limited resources, resource levelling of
project schedules, resource allocation in project scheduling - heuristic
solution. Precedence networking- examples with algorithm, decision
networks, probabilistic networks, and computer aided project
management- essential requirements of PM software, software
packages for CPM. Enterprise- wide PM, using spread sheets for
financial projections.

This Document is approved by:

Designation Name Signature

Course Coordinator Mr. Mohit Bhayana
Programme In-charge/
Mr. Kamaljeet Singh
Asst. Dean/Associate Dean
Dy. Dean/Dean Dr.Anoop Kumar Singh
Date 8/7/2019

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B. Course Execution Plan (Faculty)

Lecture Topics Date of Remarks (if any)

No. delivery
1-11 Project Management Concepts: Introduction, project
characteristics, taxonomy of projects, project
identification and formulation. Establishing the project
and goals. Nature &context of project management;
phases of PM, A framework for PM issues, PM as a
conversion process, project environment & complexity.
Organizing human resources, organizing systems &
procedures for implementation. Project direction.
12-25 Project Organization & Project Contracts: Introduction
functional organization, project organization, matrix
organization, modified matrix organization, pure project
organization, selection of project organization structure,
project breakdown structures, project contracts, types of
contracts, types of payments to contractors.
26-35 Project Appraisal & Cost Estimation: Introduction,
technical appraisal, commercial appraisal, economic
appraisal, financial appraisal, management appraisal,
social cost/benefit analysis, project risk analysis.
36-42 Cost analysis of the project, components of capital cost
of a project, modern approach to project performance
analysis.
43-51 Project Planning & Scheduling: Introduction to PERT &
CPM, planning and scheduling networks, time
estimation, determination of critical path, CPM model,
event slacks & floats, PERT model, expected time for
activities, expected length of critical path, calculating
the project lengthand variance.
52-56 PERT & CPM cost accounting systems, lowest cost
schedule, crashing of networks, linear programming
formulation of event oriented networks, updating of
networks, LOB technique.
57-64 Modification & Extensions of Network Models:
Complexity of project scheduling with limited resources,
resource levelling of project schedules, resource
allocation in project scheduling - heuristic solution.
Precedence networking- examples with algorithm,
decision networks, probabilistic networks, and computer
aided project management- essential requirements of
PM software, software packages for CPM. Enterprise-
wide PM, using spread sheets for financial projections.

Signature with Name Counter Signed by

Faculty In-charge Programme In-charge/Dy. Dean/Dean

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