FUNDAMENTALS OF PROJECT
MANAGEMENT
COURSE SCHEDULE GROUP 1 AND 2
2015
COURSE
SESSION/D
ATE
Thursday
October 1st
MODULE(S), TOPICS AND
ASSIGNMENTS
Class 1
READINGS
Idiots Guide to Project Management
Chapters: 1 & 2
Introduction to Project Management
Project Manager Role
Thursday
October 8th
Class 2
Idiots Guide to Project Management
Chapters: 3,4,5,6&7
Project Cycle
Project Initiation
Thursday
October 15th
Class 3
Idiots Guide to Project Management
Chapters: 9
Project Planning –WBS
Intro to ProjectLibre
Thursday
October 22nd
Class 4
Idiots Guide to Project Management
Chapters: 10 & 11
Project Planning - Scheduling
Date to be
arranged
Class 10
Idiots Guide to Project Management
Appendix: A&B
Project Organisation
Thursday
November 5th
Class 5
Thursday
November 12th
Class 6
Project Planning – Cost Estimating
Idiots Guide to Project Management
Chapters: 12
Idiots Guide to Project Management
Chapters: 13,14 & 15
Project Planning- Resource allocation
Class 7
Thursday
November 19th
Project Execution & Close Out
Idiots Guide to Project Management
Chapters: 24 & 25
FUNDAMENTALS OF PROJECT
MANAGEMENT
Thursday
November 26th
Class 8
Idiots Guide to Project Management
Chapters: 8
Project Risk Management
Thursday
December 3rd
DUE:
Group Project Charter
Class 9
Idiots Guide to Project Management
Chapters: 18,19,20,21.,22 & 23
Project Control
Thursday
December 10th
DUE:
Team Report on Century Case
Class 11
Team Project Construction
Thursday
December 17th
DUE: Team Project Plan
Class 12
Team Project Presentations
DUE:
1.Group Project Report
2. Individual Project Plan (Project Libre)
Details of Course and Assignments
1. Review the schedule for readings and due date of all HW
2. The course is pass/ fail. The class is completed by credit. Erasmus students
will be provided a grade.
Credit will be granted based on submission, to a satisfactory standard
(12 points) from the following:
For Full-time study:
Submission of :
a) Team report on the Century Case (undertaken in class) = 5 points
b) Blue Zuma Monitoring Project = 5 points
c) Group Project (To be advised) = 10 points
FUNDAMENTALS OF PROJECT
MANAGEMENT
For Individual study
Submission of :
a)
b)
c)
Report on the Century Case = 5 points
Blue Zuma Monitoring Project = 5 points
Singer Hospital Case Plan = 10 points
Notes:
1. All work to be submitted in electronic form as one file in PDF format. The cases
and reports should contain all the required components.
2. All work to be submitted on the required date
3. The cases and reports should contain all the required components
4. Full-time study students are expected to attend at least 75% of the lectures
5. Independent study students should plan to attend Lecture 1 and 12.