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BTM 480 Project Management COURSE OUTLINE Fall 2021 Section: BB (Th------ (5:45 PM-8:30 PM) REMOTE) ________________________________________________________________ Professor:

Raul Valverde PhD P.Eng

Office:

SGW Campus, Room S-MB 11311

Telephone:

848-2424 ex. 2968

E-mail: [email protected] Office Hours: Friday 1:00 pm -2:30 pm (Virtual) ________________________________________________________________________ OBJECTIVE AND DESCRIPTION Projects are one of the principal means by which we change our world. Whether it is the finance, technology, engineering, construction, education or healthcare sector, achieving the goals and executing the associated tasks successfully are the same for all: through project management. Project management has become one of the most popular tools for organizations (public and private) to improve internal operations, respond to external opportunities rapidly, and streamline new product development. This course simultaneously presents the general principles of project management while addressing specific examples across a wide range of applications from various disciplines. Students in the class may come from different departments and faculties. Therefore the course will deal with project management concepts in a holistic, integrated fashion whereby students can explore via class discussion both technical and managerial challenges. Although the course will focus on individual project execution, it will also stress the strategic advantage perspective. We introduce students to Project Planning and Control using Microsoft Project Professional 2019. Five themes are covered: (1) Schedule: work breakdown structure (WBS), CPM/PERT, task networks, and dependencies; (2) Budget: budgeting, earned value analysis (EVA), and cost control; (3) Change: schedule changes, costs and constraints, and resource re-allocation; (4) Risk: risk identification, risk networks, cost consequences, and risk mitigation strategies; (5) Control: monitoring and baseline comparison, auditing and root-cause analysis, project escalation, and project termination criteria.

LEARNING OUTCOMES The main objective of this course is to provide students with a good understanding of project management concepts and prepare them for the first level PMI exam. To that effect, the primary goals of the course are: 1. To understand basic project management concepts and explain how they are related. 2. To demonstrate their ability to compute project scheduling using the critical path method. 3. To scope a project. 4. To produce documentation as per the PMI principles learned. 5. To identify and propose risk strategies. REQUIRED TEXTBOOK Harold R. Kerzner, (2017), Project Management: A Systems Approach to Planning, Scheduling, and Controlling, 12th Edition, Wiley, 978-1-119-16535-4 ( 8th edition is acceptable ISBN 0-471-22577-0).  Buy: https://www.wiley.com/enus/Project+Management%3A+A+Systems+Approach+to+Planning%2C+Scheduling%2C+a nd+Controlling%2C+12th+Edition-p-9781119165354 Online version: https://wileystudentchoice.com (free 14 day trial)

REFERENCE TEXTBOOK Book: Project Management in Practice, by Meredith/Shafer/Mantel/Sutton, 6th edition, Wiley, 2017, ISBN 978-1-119-298601 TECHNOLOGY REQUIREMENTS (1) Microsoft Project 2019 online labs and cloud system. This is online access to Microsoft Project 2019 and lab exercises. It can be purchased at https://www.ucertify.com/cart/?order=01X32&email=&add_order=1, by registering in this class, you are agreeing to purchase a license for this product).

EVALUATION Labs Ind. Assignments (8) Group Activities (2) Class activities (12) Final Project Final Exam

10% 10% 5% 5% 20% 50% (Scheduled during the final examination period) _____

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There will be 8 individual labs with quizzes during the semester that can be completed online

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There will be 8 individual short assignments to help you understand some of the more complicated applications of the project management approach. These will be demonstrated in class and you can submit them after class or up to one week later.

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In order to successfully pass this course, students are required to achieve at least 25/50 on the Final Examination total.

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Students are to complete a project with the help of Microsoft project. A detailed specification document and project requirements will be provided.

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You may submit your project in collaboration with up to 5 other class-mates. Apart from this allowance, plagiarism [as outlined in Sec. 16.3.14 of the University academic regulations] will not be tolerated. Should you choose to work with partners, then you can have the choice to indicate each member's contribution to the effort. It is not the responsibility of the instructor to solve internal conflicts, if there is an internal problem within the group, the group can always exercise the option of indicating percentage of contribution per member as a way to solve any lack of contribution..

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Late assignments will be subject to a penalty of 10% per day.

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We will have 12 in class activities, but you will be graded over the best 10 grades. This would give you flexibility to miss up to two classes without grade penalties.

Use of Zoom Note: Zoom is included as an institutionally-approved technology. This means we have been assured of the privacy protections needed to use freely within the classroom) Zoom will be used in this course to facilitate learning at a distance. It may be used to record some or all of the lectures and/or other activities in this course. If you wish to ensure that your image is not recorded, speak to your instructor as soon as possible. Also, please note that you may not share recordings of your classes and that the instructor will only share class recordings for the purpose of course delivery and development. Any other sharing may be in violation of the law and applicable University policies, and may be subject to penalties.

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COURSE SCHEDULE (Tentative) Week

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Chapter 1 Introduction to Project Management

Team formation Class activity 1

Chapter 3 Organizational structures

Class activity 2

Chapter 6 Time management and stress

Level 1 Lab and Quiz 1 (given)

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Class activity 3

Class 4

Class 5

Class 6

Class 7:

Class 8

Class 9

Individual Assignment 1 (given) Level 1 Lab and Quiz Level 1 Lab and Quiz 1 2 (due) (given) Class activity 4

Chapter 11 Project Planning

Chapter 12 Network Scheduling Techniques

Chapter 14 Pricing and Estimating

Chapter 15 Cost Control

Chapter 15 Cost Control

Chapter 16 Trade-Off Analysis

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Chapter 17 Risk Management

Class 11

Chapter 19 Contract Management

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Individual Assignment 2 and 3 Level 1 Lab and Quiz 4 (given) Class activity 5 Level 1 Lab and Quiz 5 Group activity 1 (given) Class activity 6 Individual Assignment 4 and 5 Level 2 Lab and Quiz 1 (given) Class activity 7 Individual Assignment 6 and 7 Level 1 Lab and Quiz 3 (given) Class activity 8 Individual Assignment 8 Level 2 Lab and Quiz 3 (given) Class activity 9 Final project is given Group activity 2 (given) Class activity 10 Class activity 11

Individual 1 Assignment due Level 1 Lab and Quiz 2 (due) Individual assignment 2 and 3 (due) Level 1 Lab and Quiz 4 (due) Level 1 Lab and Quiz 5 Group activity 1 (due) Individual Assignment 4 and 5 Level 2 Lab and Quiz 1 (due) Individual Assignment 6 and 7 Level 1 Lab and Quiz 3 (due) Individual Assignment 8 Level 2 Lab and Quiz 3 (given) Group activity 2 (given) 2021

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