ISYE442 ENGINEERING PROJECT MANAGEMENT
Fall 2011 Course Outline
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Murali Krishnamurthi, Ph.D., Professor,
Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering
318 Adams Hall, Email: mkrishna@niu.edu, Phone: 815-753-6502,
http://webcourses.niu.edu
In 318 Adams Hall on Mondays 3 to 4:30 p.m. or by appointment
Mondays 6 p.m. - 8:40 p.m. in Room 241 Engineering Building
Project Management for Business, Engineering and Technology- Principles and
Practice, 3rd Ed. by John M. Nicholas and Herman Steyn, Elsevier – Butterworth
Heinemann Publishers, 2008.
Project Management: A systems approach to planning, scheduling, and controlling
by Harold Kerzner, Van Nostrand Reinhold Publishers, 1995.
MATH230 and STAT208 or equivalent or permission of instructor
Catalog Description: Integrated approach to the management of engineering and high-technology
projects that addresses the entire life-cycle of the project including project initiation, organization,
planning, implementation, control, and termination. Focus on human resources and the use of
quantitative methods for project evaluation, scheduling, resource allocation, cost control, contract
selection, risk management, and project quality management.
1. Introduction (Chapters 1 and 13)
Definitions and Characteristics
Different Forms of Project Management and Project Environments
Organizational Structures
2. Systems Concepts (Chapters 2 and part of 3)
Definition, Components, and Systems Approach
Project Life Cycle
3. Project Planning (Chapters part of 3, 4, and 5)
Components of a Plan
Project Master Plan
Work Breakdown Structure (WBS)
Planning and Scheduling Charts
Planning entrepreneurial projects
4. Project Scheduling (Chapters 6 and part of 7)
Logic Diagrams and Network
Critical Path Method (CPM)
Program Evaluation and Review Technique (PERT)
Project Compression
5. Human Resource Management (Chapter part of 7, 14, 15, and Class Notes)
Project Management, Leadership, Team-Building, and Conflict Management
Resource Constrained Scheduling
Resource Loading and Leveling
6. Project Decision-Making and Project Optimization (Chapter 8, 10 and Class Notes)
Work rates and staff assignment
Elements of Budgets and Estimates
Business case preparation and funding entrepreneurial endeavors
Project Optimization Techniques
7. Project Control, Evaluation, Reporting, and Termination (Chapters 9, 11, 12, 18, class notes)
Project Control Process and Quality Management
Project Management Information Systems and Project Management Software
Project Evaluation, Reporting and Termination
Ethics in Project Management, and International Project Management
Instructional Objectives: After successfully completing this course, students will be able to:
1. explain project management terminology, concepts, and lifecycle,
2. analyze traditional and entrepreneurial project management situations and develop project plans
and schedules,
3. apply project optimization and decision-making techniques to project management problems,
4. prepare project proposals and present them orally and in writing, and
5. participate in team projects, and
6. analyze ethical issues in project management.
Course Policies
1. Grading Policies: There will be one mid-term examination (25%) and a final examination
(30%). Homework assignments will count for 15%, in-class exercises for 10%, class
participation for 5%, and the class team project will count for the remaining 15%.
2. Class participation (5% of course grade) includes attending class on time, completing course
activities (homework, in-class exercises, etc), participating in discussions in the classroom,
posting meaningful questions on the Discussion Board or responding to questions posted by
others, and professional conduct in the classroom.
4. The course project must be fully completed to pass this course and each team will be asked to
make a brief presentation on its class project. You are also encouraged to pursue
entrepreneurial projects. Project requirements will be discussed in class around midterm exam
time and will also be posted on Blackboard.
5. If you have any special needs or disability accommodation requests, please let me know by the
first week of classes and also contact the Center for Access-Ability Resources (815-753-1303)
or other appropriate offices.
6. Any violations to course policies and incidents of cheating and plagiarism will be treated as
academic dishonesty and will be handled to according to NIU’s Academic Integrity policies at
http://catalog.niu.edu/content.php?catoid=9&navoid=236&bc=1.
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