Schedule -
additional readings will be assigned
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Class |
Topics |
Due |
| January 18 |
Overview of class & project
management
- Class overview - introductions, grading,
etc.
- Operations vs. Projects
- Roles/characteristics of project managers
- Success criteria for projects
- Case study - project management of masters
thesis
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| January 25 |
Initiating the project - Project Lifecycles and Charters
- Lifecycles
- Project Management Deliverables - by phase
- Charters
- Complexity review
- Modifications of Lifecycles
- Building participation
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assignment |
| February 1 |
Planning the project - I
- Requirements gathering
- Scope definition (PMI)
- Metrics
- Constraints
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assignment |
| February 8 |
Planning the project II -
Resource planning & management
- Team Building
- Responsibility Matrix
- Kick-off Meetings
- Communication Plan
- High-level WBS
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assignment |
| February 15 |
Planning the project III - WBS &
Sizing
- Activity definitions
- Activity sequencing (critical path,
critical chain)
- Activity duration estimating (PERT, CPM,
Monte Carlo)
- Schedule development
- WBS tool review (MS Project, Mindmap)
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assignment |
| February 22 |
Planning the project IV - Risk &
Quality
- Risk identification
- Qualitative risk
- Quantitative risk
- Risk response
- Quality benchmarking
- Quality flowcharting
- Pareto
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assignment |
| March 1 |
Planning the project V -
Financial Planning
- Cost estimating - Analogous, Parametric,
Bottom-up
- Cost budget
- Cost baseline
- Financial tool review (MS Project, Excel)
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assignment |
| March 8 |
Executing the project I -
Monitoring & Measurement
- What do you track - and how?
- Project variance
- Project performance reports (EVA, VAC,
etc.)
- Methods of reporting (Gantt, baselines,
backlogs, etc.)
- Reporting status
- Escalation Path
- Review & update of Project Plan
(PMI-defined)
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Getting Started in Project
Management, Chapters 10, 11, 12 |
| March 15 |
Executing the project II -
presentations to sponsors/customers
- presentation skills
- slide strategies
- say it with charts
- audience-centered presentations
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Gene Zelazny
zelazny.com |
| March 22 |
Executing the project III - Risk
& Issue Management
- Student presentations
- Issue and assumption management
- Management of Change
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Excerpts from Getting to Yes:
Negotiating Agreement without giving in by Roger Fisher and William
Ury |
| April 5 |
Executing the project IV - Human
Resource Management
- Project Management as management
- Lessons Learned
- Five Dysfunctions of a Team
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| April 12 |
Alternative Approaches
- Agile development
- Lite, Ultralite
- Company culture impact on project
approaches
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Assignment |
| April 19 |
Closing I - Retrospectives
- Lessons Learned
- Best Practices
- Scorecards
- Quality/Performance/Scalability
- Leftovers?
- ROI
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Getting Started in Project
Management, Chapters 10, 11 |
| April 26 |
Closing II -
Documentation and Archiving
- Administrative Closure
- Contract Closure
- Team Recognition
- Additional releases
- Tool review: MS Project, etc.
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Assignment |
| May 2 |
Project Management as a job
- Job descriptions
- Job progression
- Professional credentials
- Panel of working PMs
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Class will be held at 10:30 a.m. in
SIMS 202 - we will join Yale's class |
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