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COURSE SYLLABUS: BU482 - Project Management in Business and Technology

Course Title:	BU482 - Project Management in Business and Technology
Department:	School of Business
Instructor:	Earl Robinson, MSCIS, MBA, CIAPT, E-Mail -- Vita
Phone:	(313) 492-0845

Course Objectives

An overview of the key concepts of project management including the history, practices and methods common to project management will be covered. Students will learn the basics of project management using Project Management Institutes™ approach. This course satisfies the education requirement for project management professional certification. It is not a PMP test preparation course.

Required Texts  Online Bookstore

James P. Lewis, Fundamentals of Project Management/Developing Core Competencies to Help Outperform the Competition 2nd Ed. AMACOM 2002 – Available Electronically.

http://wwwlib.murdoch.edu.au/adt/pubfiles/adt-MU20040714.134623/02Whole.pdf

Project Management Book of Knowledge (PMBOK)
http://theartofservice.com/PMP/PMP/Free-PMBOK-Guide-for-Professionals.html

Other tools:
http://www.dovico.com/index-project-trackingsoftware.html?cid=1207
http://www.pmi.org/Pages/default.aspx

Learning Objectives and Specific topic coverage includes

• Differentiate between product and project management.
• Explain the five steps of the project management process.
• List the key stakeholders in every project.
• List the six steps to follow when deciding on an organizational structure for a project.
• List the four basic functions of a project manager.
• Describe the three issues that must be addressed when staffing a project.
• Develop a basic project plan based on project management concepts including phases, WBS, and schedule

Membership in Project Management Institute ($30.00 annual with $10 initial application fee PMBOK free with student membership)

Performance Standards

• Students are expected to meet all deadlines, attend all class sessions, and complete all exams
• Students will be evaluated using tests results, written term paper, classroom participation and presentation of term paper results

Participation	100 pts
Mid term Exam	50 pts
Paper	100 pts
Final exam	50 pts
Presentation	100 pts
Totals:	400 pts

Grading Scale

How Students Will Be Evaluated
See evaluation methods above
Make Up Exam Policy, if any
Exams will not be made up unless prior approval received from instructor

Grading Rubrics

90 - 100%	= A
80 - 89%	= B
70 - 79%	= C
60 - 69%	= D
< 59%	= E

Academic Grades

The following is the grading system …

Grade	Points	Description/Explanation
A	4.0	Excellent
B	3.0	Above Average
C	2.0	Average
D	1.0	Below Average
F	0.0	Failure to complete course requirements satisfactorily
Academic grades are “A”, “B”, “C”, “D”, and “E”. Pluses and minuses are not given with the grades.

Weekly Schedule on Project Management

Week	Topics/Competencies	Assignments
1	Course overview, Project Management history and overview	Read Chapter 1
2	PM Not just scheduling, why projects fail	Read Chapter 2
3	Project Planning	Read Chapter 3, Paper topic due next week
4	Project Charters, Objectives and Goals	Read Chapter 4
5	Work Breakdown Structures	Read Chapter 5, Create a WBS for a sample project
6	WBS and Scheduling	Read Chapter 6, MidTerm Next week
7	Mid Term Exam, Intro to PM tools including enterprise options	Draft of paper due next week
8	Project Management Tools (Overview) http://www.microsoft.com/office/project/prodinfo/trial.mspx Develop WBS in MS Project	Download trial version of MS Project Demo
9	Project Communication Presentations	Read Chapter 7
10	Project Control and evaluation Presentations	Read Chapter 8
11	EVA basics Presentations	Read Chapter 9
12	Project Teams Presentations	Read Chapter 10
13	Issues in Project Management	Papers due next week
14	Presentations & Final Exam	Final Exam