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Part A: Basic Details

Name of Course Project Management

Area PODS

Program Business Management

Term IV

Type of Course
Elective
(Core/Elective/Workshop)

Course Instructor(s) Prof Rajiv Misra

Number of Credits 3

Number of Classroom Contact

30
Hours
Course Pre-requisites (if any,
including cut-off grades in None
specific core courses)

Course Textbook None

Course Handout to be Provided

Yes
(Yes/No)
No. of Sessions to be taken by
4
Guest Faculty
Name of Guest Faculty (if
Mr. Shubhasish Mukherjee & Mr. Atanu Ghosh
identified)

Part B: About the Course

What does the course deal with? Project Management

Broad Objectives of the course A core skill required for managers is to be able to
implement projects. Apart from infrastructure and IT
projects, the skill of project management is required
to implement any organizational change.

The course focusses on the basic tools and

techniques needed to manage projects. A large
proportion of projects incur time and cost overruns
for various reasons. On many occasions multifold
increase in gestation period and project cost causes
massive organizational losses besides tarnishing the
credibility of the project leaders.

After the selection of the projects, suitable

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techniques need to be used for successful completion

of various stages of the projects. This application-
oriented course will provide valuable tools for
executing projects. The systematic approach towards
project risk analysis and project management
techniques will prepare project managers to enhance
their skills in managing projects.

The course shall expose the student to the use of

computer aided project management tools used in the
industry,

Who is the course suitable for? (for electives All students

only)

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Part C: Course Policies

Attendance Norms (please give details if

None
more stringent than institute norms)

Class Participation (if any) Norms None

Norms regarding submissions of

As announced in class
Assignments

Disciplinary & Other Norms specific to the

As mentioned in student manual
course

Part D: Evaluation Policies

Minimum Total Score for Obtaining a Passing

Will be decided later
Grade

Evaluation Components whose marks will be

given to students before end-term.

Penalty for Plagiarism As per student manual

Penalty for Absence from classes None

Penalty for Non-Submission or Delays in

Submission of Assignments or other As announced in class
evaluation components

Conditions for Award of an “Incomplete”

As per student manual
Grade

Part E: Course Learning Objectives

Degree of Achievement
Learning Objective
(Basic/Intermediate/Advanced)

Decision Making Advanced

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Session Plan*

Chapters from Course Textbook Pedagogy (Case Studies/in-class

Session Learning and Reading Material other exercise/questionnaire/presentations)
Session Topic
No(s) Objectives than Case Studies

Module 1 Introduction to Project Simulation/In-class Exercise

2 Sessions Management

- Charters, Trade off

Triangle, Risk
management,
Stakeholders

Module2 Project Management- Some Presentation

2 Sessions History and Basic Concepts

- The need for a

separate technique
- Definition of a
project and PMI
processes
- Network Methods
- Terminology
- Representation
Methods

Module 3 Computer Aided Project Case Studies

3 Sessions Management

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- Reading the output

of computer aided
tools
- Hands on use of MS
Project
- Technological
Schedules
- Checking Schedules

Module 4 Resources In-class Exercise

2 Sessions
- Modeling resources
on MS Project
- Resource Graphs
- Resource Levelling
- Sensitivity

Module 5 Monitoring Projects In-class Exercise

2 Sessions
- Base lining,
Updating Tasks and
Projects
- Earned Value
Management

Module 6 Agile Project Management In-class Exercise

3 Sessions

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- Scrum and use of

JIRA software

Module 7 Stakeholder Management In-class Exercise

1 Session in Projects

- Identifying
- Classifying
- Updating the
Stakeholder
engagement plans

Module 8 Risk Management in Presentation

1 Session Projects

- Tools and
Techniques
- PERT

Module 9 Managing a Project: Simulation

2 Sessions learning by Simulation

Module 10 Student Project Presentation

1 Session Presentation

Note: - The course instructor may modify the sequence of topics or coverage based on initial experience and the mid-course review.

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Details of Evaluation Components

Evaluation Module Yes/No No. of Components in each Evaluation Weightage for the Number of Hours of
Module1 Evaluation Component2 Work Outside Classroom3

Mid-Term Yes 1 or maximum 2 30

End-Term Yes 1 20

Quizzes No

Assignments Yes 4 20

Class Participation No

Presentation Yes 1 6

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