| Course ID: | MGMT 7220E. 3 hours. |
| Course Title: | Project Management |
Course
Description: | Planning, scheduling, organizing, implementing, and controlling single and multiple projects. This course explores traditional and new techniques for the dynamic environment of project management. |
| Oasis Title: | Project Management |
| Duplicate Credit: | Not open to students with credit in MGMT 7220 |
| Nontraditional Format: | This course will be taught 95% or more online. |
| Prerequisite: | Permission of department |
| Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
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| Course Objectives: | To introduce the student to the need for an environment of project management.
To review traditional approaches to planning, organizing, staffing, and controlling single and multiple project environments.
To identify problems with traditional approaches to project management.
To present the Theory of Constraints approaches to planning, organizing, staffing, and controlling of projects.
To explore the use of project management concepts in a multi-project environment.
Through class exercises and cases, and individual and group projects and simulations, to develop a holistic approach to planning, scheduling, and controlling projects in today's business environment. |
| Topical Outline: | The need for projects
Single-project and multi-project environments
Planning, scheduling, and controlling using traditional project management (Program Evaluation and Review Technique)
Problems with traditional single and multi-project methodologies
Planning, scheduling, and controlling using critical chain project management
Performance measurement in projects
Computerized software solutions |