Case: Chinook: Choppers. Army Public College of Mgmt. Sciences

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SVKMs NMIMS UNIVERSITY

School of Business Management


MBA [Core]
PROJECT MANAGEMENT [ Elective: Full Credit Course]
[ Faculty: Prof. Pradeep B. Owalekar]
SESSIONS PLAN
Objectives:
1] To familiarize the students with the basic concepts, techniques of the
Project Management and to enable them to handle projects in manufacturing and service
industry.
2] To sensitize the students of the holistic approach and the concerted effort
demanded to manage a project or a group of projects effectively.
Sr. No: Theme

Topics

01 &
02

Project
ManagementIntroduction

What is a project?, Project Concept,


Project Scope, Characteristics of a typical
Project, Project Life Cycle, Project
Evaluation Factors, Project Termination
need and methods .

03

Project Selection

04&
05
06 &
07

Project
Alignment with
Organizational
Strategies
Project
Organizations

Criteria for project selection, Methods for


Project Selection: Factor Rating
Projects and strategic plan, Effective
project priority system- Balanced Score
Card

08 &
09

Defining the
Project

10,11,
&12

Critical Path
Method [CPM]

Functional Organization, Dedicated


Project Organization, Matrix
Organization. Project Management office
[ PMO], Project Managers Attributes
Creating the Work Break-down Structure
[WBS], Process Break-down
Structure[PBS], Organization Break
down Structure [OBS] and Responsibility
Matrix.
Activities and Events, Developing a
project activity network plan,
Identification and computation of Critical
Path, Crashing of network for expediting
the project ,Cost Duration Trade-off. in
Project
Problems in net -work crashing

Quizes and
Cases
Case: Chinook
Choppers.
Army Public
College of Mgmt.
Sciences.

Case: SASS
Turnaround.
Projectitis: The
dark side of
project teams.

13,14,
&
15
16&17

18 &
19
20

Project
Evaluation and
Review
Technique
[PERT]
Risk
Management in
Projects
Financial
aspects of
Project
Integrated
Approach to
Project Analysis
& Management

Difference between CPM and PERT,


Probabilistic estimations of project
completion times.
[ Numerical Problems]
Risk Continuum, Risk Management
Model, Probability Impact Matrix,
Why Projects fail? Cost Benefit of
reducing risk.
Financial Evaluation and Economic
Feasibility of Project
[Numerical Problems]
Project Management Maturity Model
[ PMMM],
Earned Value Concept ,

Evaluation Scheme:
Sr.
No:
01
02
04
04

Total Marks
Assignment
Quiz
Mid Trimester Test
Internal Assessment
Trim. End Exam

20
10
20
50
TOTAL

50
50
100

Suggested Reference Books:


1] Projects- Planning , Analysis, Financing, Implementation , and
Review [ 5th Edition, ] by Prasanna Chandra [ CFM-TMH Series]
2] Project Management A managerial approach
By J.R. Meredith and S .J. Mantel, Jr. [Wiley India ]
3] Project Management- By Clifford Gray & Erik Larson
Case Studies and quizzes are updated from trimester to trimester on various topics

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