Assignments
Schedule

 

Assignments

 

Lectures

 

Resources

 

 

   Due
 
Jan 25
  1. Getting Started in Project Management
    Chapters 1, 2
     
  2. Charter assignment - part 1
Feb 1

  1. Getting Started in Project Management
    Chapters 5

  2. Charter assignment - part 2
     
  3. Join Gantthead
     
  4. If possible, attend Masters final project presentations

 
Feb 8

  1. Getting Started in Project Management
    Chapters 3

  2. Five Dysfunctions of a Team
Feb 15 Getting Started in Project Management, Chapters 6, 8

Critical path reading
Critical chain FAQ
Critical chain article

Communication plan for your project

 
Feb 22
For your project:
  1. Create project schedule (Can be at higher than most-detailed task level)
  2. Identify functional milestones and decision gates
  3. Identify critical path
Mar 1 Getting Started in Project Management, Chapter 7 & 9

Real World Budget Tracking with MS Project (Gantthead)

Who's afraid of EVA? (Gantthead)

For your project:

  1. Create a risk management plan using this template (xls)

 
Mar 8 Getting Started in Project Management, Chapter 10, 11, 12

For your project:

  1. Create a baseline budget for your project
  2. Be able to track over/under budget amounts at project milestones
  3. Review WBS, critical path, milestones in class
Mar 15
  • •Handout –The Art of Project Management, chapter 13, How to Make Things Happen
  • Saying no, a short course for managers http://www.ayeconference.com/Articles/Sayingno.html
  •  Prepare for presentation in 2 weeks

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Mar 22 Prepare a status presentation for your project. Include details of the following:
  • Triple constraint - budget, schedule, scope
  • Team - necessary skills, working as a team, etc.
  • Risk/issue review
  • Communication review
  • Poetry is optional but appreciated
  • here is an update template - use this as your template, a starting point, or not at all - whatever works best for you and your project
Mar 29  
Apr 5  
Apr 12 Pareto
  • Research theory - how does it relate to project management?
  • How can you apply the Pareto theory to your project?

Agile - handout, chapters 1-4, Agile Estimating and Planning, by Mike Cohn, Robert C. Martin Series, Prentice Hall Press
Apr 19 Getting Started in Project Management, Chapter 12, 13, 14
Anatomy of a retrospective
Apr 26 Final paper
  • 5-10 page paper
  • template completed