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Department of MBA, REC

BA 17E46 PROJECT MANAGEMENT L T P C
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OBJECTIVE

To learn the basics and fundamentals of project management

UNIT I INTRODUCTION 9

Project Management - Definition, Goal and Lifecycles, Project Selection Methods, Project Portfolio
Process - Project Formulation, Project Manager - Roles- Responsibilities and Selection - Project Teams.

UNIT II PLANNING AND BUDGETING 9

Planning Process - Budgeting methods, Cost Estimating and Improvement, Budget uncertainty and risk
management

UNIT III SCHEDULING & RESOURCE ALLOCATION 9

PERT & CPM Networks - Crashing - Project Uncertainty and Risk Management - Simulation - Gantt Charts
- Expediting a project - Resource loading and leveling

UNIT IV CONTROL AND COMPLETION 9
Plan-Monitor-Control cycle - Data Collecting and reporting – Project Control – Designing the control
system, Project Evaluation, Auditing and Termination

UNIT V PROJECT ORGANISATION & CONFLICT MANAGEMENT 9

Formal Organisation Structure - Organisation Design - Types of project organizations, Conflict - Origin &
Consequences, Managing conflict - Team methods for resolving conflict
TOTAL: 45 PERIODS

OUTCOMES
1. Students will be able to know the concepts of project management
2. Emphasize the importance of planning and budgeting in project management
3. Enabling students to learn scheduling and resource allocation
4. Highlighting the importance of project control and completion with different industrial case studies
5. To apply project management principles in business situations to optimize resource utilization and
time optimization

TEXT BOOKS

1. Clifford Gray and Erik Larson, Project Management, Tata McGraw Hill Edition, 2005.
2. John M. Nicholas, Project Management for Business and Technology - Principles and Practice, Second
Edition, Pearson Education, 2006.

REFERENCES

1. Gido and Clements, Successful Project Management, Second Edition, Thomson Learning, 2003.
2. Harvey Maylor, Project Management, Third Edition, Pearson Education, 2006.

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