IISc MG 286 Project Management Course Organisation

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Project Management and Communication

• PROFICIENCE Course

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Objectives
With increasing technological and scientific
advances, the efficient and effective of major
projects, especially in hi-tech sectors, is
becoming increasingly complex and critical. This
course is aimed at providing both basic and some
advanced exposure to PM, so as to enable the
manager of tomorrow to successfully complete
sophisticated projects within the constraints of
capital, time, and other resources.
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Objectives

• More specifically, the course aims at the
  following learning targets
• To understand the concepts of systems approach,
  work definition, and project scope
  identification
• To develop competency in project scheduling,
  costing, and resource management especially
  handling resource-constrained scheduling
• To handle the complex tasks of project control
  and management, using standard tools of cost and
  schedule variance analysis
• To appreciate the managerial communication
  process in projects
• To assess the elements of a communication model
• To develop decent communication skills

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Text and references
1. Parameshwar P. Iyer. Engineering Project
Management with Case Studies. Apex Publishing,
Palakkad. 1999. (Text book). 2. Project
Management Institute (PMI). A Guide to the
Project Management of Knowledge (PMBoK). Newton
Square, PA. 1996. (Reference). 3. J.R. Meredith
and S.J. Mantel. Project Management A Managerial
Approach. John Wiley and Sons. New York. 1995.
(Reference). 4. John M Nichols. Managing
Business and Engineering Projects. Prentice Hall,
New York. 1989. (Reference) 5. Larry R
Smeltzer and John L Waltman. The Managerial
Communication Process. McGraw Hill, San
Fransisco. 1980.
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Study Project
To supplement the concepts and principles of
project management learnt in the classroom, and
to get the flavor of managing hi-tech project(s),
every student of this course will participate in
a study project. The number of such projects will
obviously depend on the number of students, but
every effort will be made to include at least one
study project from each of the representative
industries. Students shall carry out the
exercises and assignments on a collective group
basis. Reports will be prepared and submitted as
assignments on a continual basis, and one
seminar will be presented by each Study Project
team, to the class during the course.
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Scheme of Evaluation
1. Mid-semester examination 20
marks 2. Study project
40 marks 3. End-semester examination
40 marks Total
100 marks
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Outline

1. Introduction
2. The Systems Approach
3. Project Organization
4. Work Definition
5. Scheduling and Network Analysis
6. CPM and Resources
7. Project Costing and Assessment
8. Project Control and Analysis
9. Managerial Communication Process
10. Effective Communication Skills for Project
    Management