ENIE 350 Introduction to Project Management (3)

 

Required course for majors in the industrial specialty.

 

Catalog Description:

Examination of the identification, selection, and planning of projects.  Specific topics include:  organization structure, project selection and scope definition, project team selection and development, work breakdown structures and statements of work, project scheduling (PERT/CPM) and budgeting, resource allocation, risk management planning, and project controlling.  Project management software is applied.  Lecture 3 hours.  Fall semester. 

 

Pre or Co-requisites:

ENGR 352.

 

Text book/references:

Project Management: A Systems Approach to Planning, Scheduling, and Controlling, Harold Kerzner, Wiley, Seventh Edition, 2001.

 

Course Objectives: (numbers in brackets indicates the relationship to engineering program outcomes)

1.        Develop an understanding of project management. (2)

2.        Analyze basic concepts of project management. (2, 3)

3.        Understand the scheduling and budgeting of a project. (2)

4.        Implement computer applications by using the Microsoft Project software. (3)

  1. Discuss different case studies related to the project management problems and see how they will influence companies’ decisions. (2, 7)

 

Class/laboratory schedule:

Lecture either three times per week at 50 minutes per class, or two times per week at 75 minutes per class.

 

Topics Covered:

    Week                          Topic

1.                             Introduction to Project Management

        2.                             Organizational Structures

        3.                             Organizing and Staffing the Project

        4.                             Team Building

        5.                             Planning Projects

        6.                             Project Scheduling (PERT/CPM)

        7.                             Project Scheduling (PERT/CPM)

        8.                             Project Scheduling (PERT/CPM)

        9.                             Budgeting

        10.                           Budgeting

        11.                           Risk Management

        12.                           Risk Management

        13.                           Project Controlling

        14.                           Project Termination

 

Contribution to Professional Component:

Contributes toward the 1.5 years of engineering topics as a 3 credit hour course in engineering sciences.

 

Relationship of course to program outcomes:

This course supports engineering outcomes 2, 3, and 7.

 

Prepared by:  Dr. Neslihan Alp, 05/12/03