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This course is an interdisciplinary course that gives a comprehensive overview of project management concepts, models and techniques. It also provides hands on tutorials on the project management software, MS Project.
The role of projects in organisation is receiving increasing attention. Projects are becoming the major tool for reaching the strategic goals of the organisation. Project management, with its focus on the accomplishment of unique outcomes with limited resources under critical time constraints, has developed to the point where it is a professional discipline having its own body of knowledge and skills. This course is designed to teach the basic principles of good project management and will provide students with the knowledge and skills to orchestrate projects to completion.Lectures will complement with case studies, plant visit, guest lectures by practicing project managers and the use of MS Project.The workload for this courswe is about 150 hours in total.Relationship to Other Courses:This course is essential for an Operations Management major and is an useful elective for MS/OR, AFIS, MGMT, Science and Engineering students.
Having studied this course you should be able to:Define what a project is, and identify the various roles and responsibilities of the project personnel.Understand the uses and limitations of project selection models.Describe a formal project plan and explain its purpose, content and readership.Describe risk management process, techniques and its importance.Use various techniques for scheduling a project.Describe characteristics of effective project manager and how high performing teams are created.Describe, apply and criticise techniques for measuring project progress.Describe the importance of project audits and how they are conducted.Use Microsoft Project for managing projects.
(1) (MSCI220 or MSCI270 or MGMT270) and (MSCI221 or MSCI271 or MGMT271) and 15 points from Commerce; Or (2) 88 points at 200-level from Commerce, Science or Engineering
MSCI322, MSCI324, MSCI372, INFO313, ACIS313
MSCI372
Venkat Pulakanam
Your final score will be calculated after the raw marks for each assessment have been standardised. You should not regard 50% as a pass mark. You need to pass the final exam, in order for you to pass the course.
Larson, Erik W. , Gray, Clifford F., Gray, Clifford F; Project management : the managerial process ; 5th ed; McGraw-Hill Irwin, 2011 (Note: 4th or 5th edition may be used. Lecture notes (PowerPoint slides) will be provided. Additional handouts will be on LEARN that you need to print on your own).
Other useful references:• A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge. Newton Square, PA, Project Management Institute, 2004• Kerzner, H., Project Management: A systems Approach to Planning, Scheduling, and Controlling, John Wiley, Ninth ed., 2006• Meridith, J.R. and Mantel, S., Project Management: A Managerial Approach, 4th Ed., 2000• Carl Chatfield and Timothy Johnson, Microsoft Office Project 2003, Microsoft Press, 2004
Departmental Academic Policies If you require a hard copy of this document, please ask the course co-ordinator. The Department assumes that you have read this document. You should also read the “Information related to courses and assessment” on page 32 of the Enrolment Handbook 2011 (also in UC Calendar under “General Course and Examination Regulations”).Dishonest PracticeThe University of Canterbury considers cheating and plagiarism to be serious acts of dishonesty. All assessed work must be your own individual work unless specifically stated otherwise in the assessment guidelines. Material quoted from any other source must be clearly acknowledged. You must not copy the work of another person (student or published work) in any assessment including examinations, tests and assignments. Any person, who is found to have copied someone else's work, or to have allowed their work to be copied, will receive a fail grade for that piece of assessment and may face disciplinary action which may lead to a fine, community service or exclusion from the university.IMPORTANT: Where there are concerns regarding the authorship of written course work, a student can be required to provide a formal, oral explanation of the content of their work.Coversheets - Group and Individual
Domestic fee $630.00
International fee $2,775.00
* All fees are inclusive of NZ GST or any equivalent overseas tax, and do not include any programme level discount or additional course-related expenses.
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