Syllabus

Course Code Course Name L T P Credit

MS3EG06 Project Management 3 0 0 3

Prerequisites: Nil
Co-requisites: Nil
Curriculum:

Unit I: Concept of Project Management - Introduction, Concept of Project, and

Project Management; Characteristics of a Project, Types of Projects. Project life
cycle; Project Report; Project Appraisal.

Unit II: Technical Appraisal – Risk Identification, Project Location and Site
Selection, Plant Capacity, Selection of Technology, Plant Layout, Project Scheduling
and Selection and Procurement of Raw Material.

Unit III: Market/Commercial Appraisal – Market Analysis: Market survey,

Sources of data, Methods of data collection; Demand analysis, Forecasting future
demand and sales. Social cost benefit analysis and UNIDO Approach.

Unit IV: Financial Appraisal – Cost of Project, Project Finance, Source of Project
Finance, Short term, and Long-term sources of Project Finance; Project Viability –
Profitability and Break-Even Analysis.

Unit V: Tools and Techniques of Project Management - Networking Concepts,

Rules for drawing network diagram, Construction of Network: CPM Computations:
CPM Terminology, finding critical path - Different Floats; PERT Computations:
Computation of earliest and latest allowable times, Probability of meeting the
scheduled dates; difference between PERT and CPM.
Text Books:
1. Chandra, Prasana, “Projects: Preparation, Appraisal, Budgeting and
Implementation”, New Delhi, Tata McGraw Hill.
2. Gray, C. F.; Larson, Erik W. and Desai, Gautam V., “Project
Management”,4th edition, McGraw Hill, New Delhi.
3. Parsad L.M., “Principles and Practice of Management”, Sultan Chanda &
Sons, New Delhi.

Reference Books:
1. Desai Vasant, “Project Management”, Himalaya Publication
2. Agrawal N.P. Project “Planning & Management, Garima Publications
3. Chopra Seema, “Project Management”, Kalyani Publication

One case study of each unit is supplemented in TLP