Subject:
PROJECT MANAGEMENT
Prerequisites:
Principles of Management I., Principles of
Management II.
Aims
of the subject:
The aim of the course is to provide students
with an understanding of the theory and practice of project appraisal, planning
and control in general and information systems project management in
particular.
Subject
matter:
Introduction
An
historical perspective
The
nature of modern project management
Project appraisal
Project
appraisal
Investment
criteria
Strategic
considerations
Case
study
Project planning
Project
modelling
Network
analysis
Activity
scheduling
Resource
allocation
Time-cost
trade-off analysis
Case
study
Project control
Time
control
Cost
control
Case
study
Effective project manager
Qualities
of project manager
Management
of geeks
Management
of international teams
Cross-culture
considerations
Assessment
strategy and method:
Course work.
Written examination.
Indicative
reading:
Larson, E., Gray, C.:
Project Management: The Managerial Process, 7th Edition, McGraw-Hill, 2017.
Burke, R.: Project Management Techniques, 2nd edition, Burke
Publishing, 2013.
Burke, R.: Fundamentals of Project Management: Tools and Techniques.
Burke Publishing; 2010.
Barker, S., Cole, R.: Brilliant Project Management: what the best
project managers know, do and say. Pearson Business, 2009.
Schwalbe, K.: An Introduction to Project Management, 6th Edition, CreateSpace, 2017.
Heagney,
J.: Fundamentals of Project Management, 5th Edition, Amacom,
2016.
Kerzner,
H.: Project Management: A Systems Approach to Planning, Scheduling, and
Controlling. 12th Edition, Wiley, 2017.