1. COURSE OBJECTIVES
Project Management course aims to introduce students to the world of projects and to projects’ real-life struggles and challenges. The course will focus on the day to day, hands on problems of managing a project, which is defined as a temporary organization within a permanent organization set up to achieve a specific objective. It will broadly cover the operational and conceptual issues faced by modern project managers. At the end of this course, students should be able to develop, execute and control a basic project plan capable of supporting business objectives linked to measures of success for a single project. The research contents in this course include:
– CO1: Definition of project and project management
– CO2: Human resource management of a project
– CO3: Planning a project (Project scheduling, project time management and cost management)
– CO4: Resource Allocation
– CO5: Project control, risk management and termination
2. COURSE CONTENTS
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No. |
Contents |
Time Allocation |
Contribution to CLO |
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Hour(s) on the class |
Essays, exercise, Assignments… (3) |
Self-study with teacher’s tutorials (4) |
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Lecture (1) |
Practice, Seminar… (2) |
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1 |
Chapter 1: Overview of Project Management |
3 |
0 |
0 |
7 |
1,2,7,8 |
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2 |
Chapter 1: Overview of Project Management (con’t) |
3 |
0 |
0 |
7 |
1,2,7,8 |
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3 |
Chapter 2: Project Selection and Project Portfolio Process |
3 |
0 |
0 |
7 |
3,6,7,8 |
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4 |
Chapter 2: Planning with Project Selection and Project Portfolio Process (cont’t) |
2 |
3 |
0 |
7.5 |
3,6,7,8 |
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5 |
Chapter 3: The Project in the Organizational Structure |
3 |
0 |
0 |
7 |
2,3,7,8 |
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6 |
Mid-term test |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1,2,6,7,8 |
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7 |
Chapter 5: Project Activity Planning |
3 |
1 |
0 |
7.5 |
3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10 |
|
8 |
Chapter 6: Project Budgeting and Cost Estimation |
3 |
2 |
0 |
7 |
3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10 |
|
9 |
Chapter 7: Scheduling |
2 |
3 |
0 |
7 |
3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10 |
|
10 |
Chapter 4: Risk Management |
3 |
0 |
0 |
6.5 |
3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10 |
|
11 |
Chapter 8: Resource Allocation |
2 |
3 |
0 |
7 |
3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10 |
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12 |
Chapter 9: Project Control, Auditing and Termination |
3 |
0 |
0 |
7 |
3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10 |
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13 |
Guest speaker |
0 |
3 |
4.5 |
5 |
7,8,9,10 |
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14 |
Presentation & discussions |
0 |
0 |
9 |
0 |
3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10 |
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15 |
Presentation & discussions (con’t) |
0 |
0 |
9 |
0 |
3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10 |
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Total (hour) |
30 |
15 |
22.5 |
82.5 |
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3. COURSE ASSESSMENT
– Score ladder: 10
– Type of assessment
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Form |
Content |
Criteria |
CLO |
Proportion |
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Formative |
Attendance |
Assessment of attitude |
The number of attendances and participation in lesson |
9,10 |
10% |
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Assignment |
Knowledge and skill assessment – Form: Group assignment – Content: Propose a project and write down the project planning including the following parts:
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– Criteria: + Clear and feasible topics : 2 points + Sufficient contents, straight to the point, logical analysis: 4 points + Use of variety of references: 1 point + Coherent writing, precise citation: 1 point + Well-presented, good Q&A part: 2 points Total: 10 points |
1,2,6,7,8 |
30% |
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Mid-term exam |
Knowledge and skill assessment – Form: multiple choices and short answer test – Content: content in chapter 1,2,3 |
– Criteria: + Giving precise MC answers: 6 points + Clear, structured, informative essays: 4 points Total: 10 points |
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Summative |
Final test |
Knowledge, skill and attitude assessment – Form: Multiple choice questions/MCQ (15 questions) + short answer question (1-2 questions) – Content: all materials covered in the course schedule
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– Criteria: + Giving precise MC answers: 6 points + Clear, structured, informative essays: 4 points Total: 10 points
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1-10 |
60% |
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Total: |
100% |
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