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Project Management For Engineers: by Muhammad Saad Khan

This document provides an overview of a course on project management for engineers. The course aims to teach key principles of project management and tools for planning, controlling, and evaluating projects. It covers project lifecycles, organization, scoping, time and cost management, quality management, and risk management. The course will include lectures, tutorials, assignments, a midterm exam and final exam. Students will learn to apply project management techniques to analyze objectives related to time, cost and quality.

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Project Management For Engineers: by Muhammad Saad Khan

This document provides an overview of a course on project management for engineers. The course aims to teach key principles of project management and tools for planning, controlling, and evaluating projects. It covers project lifecycles, organization, scoping, time and cost management, quality management, and risk management. The course will include lectures, tutorials, assignments, a midterm exam and final exam. Students will learn to apply project management techniques to analyze objectives related to time, cost and quality.

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Project Management for

Engineers

By
Muhammad Saad Khan

Course Overview
The

purpose of this module is to


provide an introduction to some
of the key principles and
concepts of project management.
This module covers the key
topics in project management to
give a broad overview of the key
principles of project management
and their implementation.

Learning Outcomes
Learn

key principles of project


management
critically analyze the issues involved in
the development of project planning and
control activities
assess the benefits of applying and
using project management and its
associated tools and techniques
apply tools and techniques to analyze
the key project objectives of time, cost
and quality

Themes
Theme

1 Concepts, terminology and

practice
Theme

2 Project organization &

management
Theme

and

3 Project planning, control


evaluation. Project Risk and
Quality Management
Tools and techniques
Crisis Project Management

Lecture plan
Week

Lecture

Mode of delivery

Introduction to Project Management

Lecture

2-

Project Life Cycle Project and Project


Initiation

Lecture +Tutorial +Assignment

Project Organisation and Project Standards

Lecture

4-5

Scoping the Project, Project Time


Management, Cost Management, CostBenefit Analysis

Lecture + Case Study

6, 7
&8

Project Planning , Project Tools WBS and


Gantt chart, Resource Scheduling

Lecture + Tutorial+ Workshop on MS


Project

Mid-Term Exam

10

Leadership and Teams

Lecture

11

Control and Monitoring, Stakeholder


management

Lecture + Tutorial

12

Project Risk Evaluation

Lecture + Assignment

13

Project Risk Management Techniques

Lecture

14

Project Quality Management

Lecture + Assignment

15

Crisis Project Management

Lecture + Case study

16

Review

Evaluation
Attendance

and Quizzes
10%
Case studied and Assignments
15%
Midterm examination
25%
End term Exam
50%

Reference Texts
The

Handbook of Project based


Management, 3rd Edition, by J
Rodney Turner
Project Management, A systems
approach to planning, scheduling
and controlling by Harold Kerzner
PM Bok Guide 5th edition.
Contact:
[email protected]

What is Management?
A

science or an art ?
What are the key functions of
managers?

Functions of Management

Project Management

Definition of a Project
Projects are unique
One time Activity

Projects bring about change


and project management is recognised
as the most efficient way of managing
such change

Project Management
Project

management is the
process by which projects are
defined, planned, monitored,
controlled and delivered such
that the agreed benefits are
realised.

Project Management
Project

Management is the
planning, organising, directing
and controlling of resources for a
relatively short-term objective
that has been established to
complete specific goals and
objectives (Kerzner, 2009)
A Project Is A Problem
Scheduled For Solution. J M
Juran

Project Management
A project

is a temporary endeavour
undertaken to create a unique
product or service:

Characteristics of A
Project
Unique

in nature (No rehearsals)


Projects are temporary, having a
clear life cycle
(Definite beginning, definite end)
Require

cross organisational
participation

Defined

deliverables (goals,
targets, specs)

Uncertainty in Projects

Clear Objectives of Project

Time Cost Quality


Relationship

What is a Successful
Project?

Successful Project
Finished

in time, within the


budget, according to the
customer satisfaction
(specifications).

Phases of a Project
D e fin e t h e p r o b le m a n d d e liv e r a b le s
P la n t h e p r o je c t
E x e c u t e t h e p la n
M o n it o r a n d c o n t r o l p r o g r e s s
I m p le m e n t / C lo s e p r o je c t

Project Management
Process
Clearly
Divide

define - Project Objective (Scope).

/ subdivide the Project.

Define

Specific Activities -Needed to be


performed.

MakeaTimeEstimate.
MakeaCostEstimate.
Calculate

a Project Schedule/ Budget.

ImplementthePlan(Execute)
TerminatetheProject(Closure)

Q&A

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