EM486I/EM485F Engineering Project Management
United States Naval Academy
Mechanical Engineering Department
Catalog Description: EM486I/EM485F Engineering Project Management
Designation: Elective, engineering major
Credit: 3 (3-0-3)
An intro to the fundamentals of project management. Topics include planning projects, schedules
and budgets, data analysis, Implementation, execution, performance measurement and closeout.
Prerequisites: 1/C Eng. major or approval of chair.
Corequisites: None
Textbooks:
Gido & Clements
Successful Project Management, 4th edition
Cengage (Thomson Southwestern)
Course Director: CDR John Schedel
Course Content:
No. Topic or Subtopic
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Team Dynamics, Personality Type and Strengths
2
Needs Identification, RFP’s and Proposals
3
Project Execution
4
Risk Management
5
Planning, Scheduling and Schedule Control
6
Project Management Software
7
Resources
8
Cost Planning and Performance
9
Lean 6-Sigma
hrs.
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6
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6
3
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Laboratory Reports
Oral Presentations
Design Reports/Notebooks
Prototypes/Demonstrations
Projects
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EM486I/EM485F Engineering Project Management
Course Outcomes1
1. Discuss the activities and milestones for each of the four stages of
projects: needs identification, proposed solutions, project execution,
project termination. (A,B,C)
2. Understand the main components of a project proposal, including
technical, management and cost sections, as well as the bid / no-bid
process. Develop a thorough, professional proposal for any type of
project. (A,B,C,H)
3. Apply decision-making and analysis tools to the selection of a
winning proposal. (A,B,C)
4. Create a Work Breakdown Structure and a Network Diagram for a
project, showing the organizational structure and activity
dependency relationships for a project. (A,B,C,H)
5. Perform Network Scheduling techniques to determine the early start
time, early finish time, late start time, late finish time and slack for
each activity. Identify the Critical Path for a project. (A,B,C,H)
6. Discuss the fundamental ideas and methods used in Lean 6-Sigma
projects to improve quality and reduce cycle times. (A,B,C)
7. Perform Schedule Control techniques to make changes to a
schedule once actual finish times have been implemented, including
time-cost trade-off methods as well as project crashing. (A,B,C)
8. Create and track a budget for a project, including Cumulative
Budgeted Cost, Cumulative Actual Cost and Cumulative Earned
Value at each reporting period. Calculate the Forecasted Cost At
Completion for a project that is in work. (A,B,C,H)
9. Discuss roles and responsibilities of the project manager as well as
the project team throughout the life of a project, including the
importance of communication and documentation to project
success. (A,B,C)
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Date of Latest Revision: 03 MAY 2010, CDR John Schedel
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