Fundamentals of Project Management Fall-2016

Course Outline * Farid Zafar

Objective:
After the conclusion of this class (16-weeks of study), the student should have a clear
concept about a Project and Project Management. He should be able to know:

How a project is conceived and how to prepare the feasibility study and proposal
How does a project start, what are deliverables, what is the sequence of a project
What are the most important moments for a project management during the
course of a project planning?
What are baselines and what role do they play.
How change can be incorporated into a project after the project management plan
is approved.
All the knowledge areas.
All process groups.
All processes within a knowledge area.
All terms of project management that are used in the PMBoK.
How does ITTO work.
How a project conducted and how the responsibilities are shared?

Course of Study:
Week
1.

2.

Topics to be covered
Introduction. Orientation related with University Regulations,
Grading System, Examination break-up, Issuance of Letters
from BU for Probation, Chance and Drop-out, Scholarships
available, Fee submission rules, Registration Rules, Attendance
Rules, Dress Code to Follow, Smoking and other matters of
student concern. Selection of a CR. Discussion of how the
course would be taught and how far the student will benefit
from it.
First Topic of Study: What is a project. Interactive recording
and then screening out what is not relevant. Repeat till the
keywords match the definition.
Revision from week-1. Major Projects in the country and
abroad. What is project management? Pre-Project Activities,
what factors are considered for preparing a Project Proposal,
what can be the outcome of a Project Proposal. What is
Program and Portfolio management, what is PMO? The
difference between project management and production
management? What is SWOT? How SWOT can affect Project
Management and how to manage Weaknesses and Threats.
What are Enterprise Environment Factors and how they
influence Project Management. What are Organizational
Process Assets and how do they help in planning / managing

Quiz
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projects.
Revision after Eid Break. What is a Project Charter and its
need? What are the Contents of a Project Charter, who signs it,
when is it complete? What step is necessary to proceed after
the Charter is Signed. Why is it necessary to Identify
Stakeholders? What role do the stakeholders play in the
completion of a Project? Creation of a Stakeholder Grid. What
are the ITTOs to Identify Stakeholder. What is Scope of a
Project? How requirements are gathered.

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4.

Project Scope Management:

What is Scope Statement? What is Create WBS and what is
Scope Baseline? Why do we create WBS? What is Time and
Schedule Management, what are activities? Why do we need to
sequence activities? What are the different methods of
Sequencing Activities? Prepare examples for Sequencing
Techniques. What is a Networking Diagram? Why do we need to
develop a Networking Diagram?

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5.

Networking Game (group activity organized in the

class or Presentation Hall). What are Forward and

Game
Quiz 5
marks

Backward Passes and their Role in a Network Diagram? A class

room exercise to proceed after explanation. Students given an
exercise to Draw Networking Diagram on the whiteboard. Some
part of this class may overflow in the next week class.
6.

Project Time Management: Cont. . . ..

Estimate Activity Resources: (Tools and Outputs)
Expert Judgement
Alternate Analysis
Published Estimate Data
Bottom Up Estimating
Project Management Software.
Activity Resource Requirements
Resource Breakdown Structure (RBS)
Estimate Activity Duration: (Tools and Outputs)
Analogous Estimating
Parametric Estimating
Three-Point Estimating (Concept Originated from PERT)
Triangular Distribution
Beta Distribution
Group Decision Making Technique (Like in Scope)
Reserve Analysis
Net Result: Activity Duration Estimates.
Develop Schedule: (Tools and Outputs)
Schedule Network Analysis

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8.

9.
10.

Critical Path Method

Critical Chain Method
Resource Optimization Techniques
Modeling Techniques
Leads & Lags
Schedule Compression
Scheduling Tools
Schedule Baseline
Project Calendars
Project Quality Management:
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Role of Quality in Projects. Consequences of poor quality,
Conformance and non-conformation of quality.
Plang Quality: (When does it Start???)
CBA
COQ: Cost of Conformance / Nonconformance
Seven Basic Quality Tools
Benchmarking
Design of Experiments
Statistical Sampling
Process Improvement Plan: Learning Curve / Game of Six
Sigma
Perform Quality Assurance
Quality Management & Control Tools
Affinity Diagram
Process Decision Program Chart
Interrelationship Digraph
Tree Diagrams
Prioritization Matrices
Activity Network Diagrams
Matrix Diagrams
Quality Audits
Process Analysis
Change Request
Quality Control
Verified Deliverables
Validated Changes
Change Request
Revision Prior to Mid-term examination:
No
Use of Activities from different Resources to evaluate student
perpetration for the Mid-term examination.
Midterm Examination
30 Marks
Role of Communication in Projects. Since Project
2nd Quiz
Communication is a part of Project Human Resource 5 Marks on
Management therefore this class would provide some tips. It Communica
will include:
tion /

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13.

14.

15.

A video
A document to find out mistakes
An email for Business Prospect ant its impact
What is effective communication? The jargons, slangs and
their impact. Means of communications, their management and
control.
Project Risk Management:
What is Risk, how to identify risk? How to identify Risk in
Projects, what are known and unknown risks. How to develop
Risk Register. What are Qualitative and Quantitative analysis of
Risks. What are the different ways to manage risk effectively?
MCQs about Managing Risk to be practiced in class. Case
Scenario to Build a Risk Register.
Project Procurement & Contract Management: What is
Procurement? How procurement is different from other
Knowledge Areas of Project Management? How procurement is
triggered? How to do Procurement in Projects. What are the
different terms used in procurements? Complete procurement
process. Role of contracting and types of contracts.
What are Contracts? How many contracts are used in Project
Management? Details of each Contract Type with example.
Different documents used in Procurement. How to request for a
Proposal and What is a Procurement Proposal.
Project Week (15) marks, includes a project report
based on the learning from the project attended.
Students not going for the project are given an
assignment, covering project marks.
Detail report format to be shared based on the project
to be visited.
*** An assignment to be given to students who do not
go for the Project. This assignment will also be of 15
marks and would be related with a Project and
students learning this far.
Project Stakeholder Management:
How to create stakeholder register? What kind of Stakeholder
do we face in Projects? How to manage importance of
stakeholders and how to cater for their engagements. How
their involvement can reduce project failures? What happens if
a stakeholder rejects a project or any phase of a project?
Quiz on Risk Management based on a Scenario or
Experience
Project Integration Management:
How to Integrate Project Management Plans, How Execution of
a Project starts? what is monitoring? How Monitoring and
Controlling is conducted? What are the mandatory sources for

Compositio
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Assignmen
t Student
Effort
(15 Marks)
This may
vary from
Section to
Section

3rd Quiz
5 marks

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Monitoring & Controlling? What causes a change request and

how is it addressed? What is change control and why do we
have the need for it. How a Change Request originated? How
Change Request is logged and what happens once the decision
is made on a change request? How a project can be closed?
One step from Project Scope Management that triggers
Project / Phase Close. What procedures are adopted during and
after closing of a Project?
16. Quiz of 5 marks based on a couple of Case Studies. Case
4th Quiz
Studies will be given to students in the 15 th weeks. Students
5 Marks
will come prepared. The questions asked will be put on the
white board. It will be an open book quiz but no discussions will
be allowed.
Class Based Activities from Different Books, including Head
First, Rita 8th Edition, FoPM by J. Pinto etc. may be shared, time
permitting. These activities can also take place subject wise in
the above classes. Any overflow from the above classes will
also be managed in this class.
17. Student should know the marks they have scored out of 60.
No
Revision for the Final Examination
18. Final Examination
Score: Midterm = 30, Final = 40, Assignments = 15 (can be a project visit and
activity based project or a video
based assignment). Quizzes = 15 (3 best out of 4)
Books:

PMBoK Guide:
Rita PMP
Project Management Book
Project Management
2012)
Project Management
Edition

Edition (Basic)
Prep 8th Edition
Method 123
Jeffrey Pinto
3rd Edition (July
Head First PMP Edition that covers PMBoK 5th