MBAD 6207. Business Project Management
Instructor: Dr. Ram L. Kumar
URL: http://belkcollege.uncc.edu/rlkumar
Email; rlkumar@uncc.edu
Phone: 704-687-7649
Office: 203 B FridayBuilding
Office hours: W: 4.30pm-5.30PM and by appointment
Course Description:
MBAD 6207. Business Project Management. MBAD 6207. Business Project
Management (3G) . Project management is widely used in a variety of business environments to manage complex, non-routine, endeavors. Examples of projects include consulting and process improvement projects, advertising projects, and technology projects. This course focuses on tools, techniques and skills for business project management, with attention to both the quantitative and the qualitative aspects of project management. Major topics include project evaluation, estimation, monitoring, risk management, audit, managing global projects, outsourcing and project portfolio management. Students will also gain experience using Project Management Software.
Course Materials:
Pinto, J . Project Management: Achieving Competitive Advantage, Prentice Hall, 2010.
Readings
1.
Keil, M. and Montealeagre, R. Cutting your losses: Extricating your Organization when a big project goes awry, Sloan Management Review, Spring 2000.
2.
Cullen, S., Seddon, P., and Wilcox, L. Managing Outsourcing: The Life Cycle
Imperative, MIS Quarterly Executive, Vol. 4, No. 1, March 2005.
3.
Carmel, E. Building Your Information Systems from the Other Side of The World:
How Infosys Manages Time Zone Differences, MIS Quarterly Executive, Vol. 5,
No.1, March 2006.
4.
Steele, R. and Albright, C. Games Managers Play at Budget Time, Sloan
Management Review,, Vol. 45, No. 3, pp. 81–84
5.
Ward, J. Daniel, E., and Peppard, J. Building Better Business Cases for Investments.
MIS Quarterly Executive, 7, No1. 2008.

6.
Kumar, R. L. Managing Risks in IT Projects: An Options Perspective. Information &
Management, Volume 40, Issue 1, October 2002, Pages 63-74
7.
Yuwek Shi. Today's Solution and Tomorrow's Problem: The Business Process
Outsourcing Risk Management Puzzle, California Management Review, Spring2007,
Vol. 49 Issue 3, p27-44.
8.
Schmidt, Roy , Lyytinen, Kalle, Keil, Mark and Cule, Paul . Identifying Software
Project Risks: An International Delphi Study. Journal of Management Information
Systems Vol. 17 No. 4, Spring 2001 pp. 5 - 36
9.
Mani, D. Barua, A., and Winston, A., Successfully Governing Business Process
Outsourcing Relationships, MIS Quarterly Executive, Vol, 41, 1, March 2006.
Note: Some additional readings may be assigned.
Cases
C1. Merger Integration at Bank of America: The TrustWeb Project
Gary P. Pisano; Bradley R. Staats
C2.Volkswagen of America: Managing IT Priorities
Robert D. Austin; Warren Ritchie; Greggory Garrett
C3.TerraCog Global Positioning Systems: Conflict and Communication on
Project Aerial
Michael Beer; Sunru Yong
C4. Managing Customer Relationships in Offshore Outsourcing: B2Bcs, an Israeli
Consulting Firm
Arup Kumar Das; Kate M. Kaiser; Sangeeta S. Bharadwaj
C5.AtekPC Project Management Office
F. Warren McFarlan; John Hupp; Mark Kell
These cases can be downloaded from Harvard Business School Press
( www.hbsp.harvard.edu
) using the following link: http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/access/11608778
Grading
Exams- 2x200= 400
Feasibility Project = 200 and

Case studies- 2x100=200
Final Project -100
Class Participation and Assignments-100

Course Schedule (May be modified at the discretion of the instructor)
Week Date
1 1/11
Topic
Introduction and
Reference
T1,2, C1
Deliverables
2 1/18
Organizational Context of Project Management
Organizational Context of Project Management and Project Selection,
Project Management
Software
T2,3, C1,C2
3 1/25 R4 R5, T5,T4,T6
C3
Feasibility
Project Ideas
4 2/1
Project Scope
Management Project
Leadership, team building, conflict and negotiation
Feasibility Project
Presentations , Project
Leadership, team building, conflict and negotiation
T4,6, Feasibility
Project Report
5 2/8
6
7
8
9
10
11
2/15
2/22
2/29
3/14
3/21
3/28
Discussion of
Volkswagen Case and
Project Risk
Management
Exam1
Project Portfolio and
Program Management
T7, R8, C2
Project Estimation and
Scheduling
Project Estimation and
Scheduling
T 8,9
T10,11
Project Risk
Profiles
Managing Outsourcing
& Resource Leveling
T12 R2, R7, R9
C4 and Special Topics R1,R3, R5, R6,
C4
C4Case Report
12 4/4
4/11
4/18
Project Termination and
Closeout. Catchup
&Review
Special Topics-
T13,14C3
13
14
15 4/25
5/7- 5pm
Final Projects and
Catchup
Project Presentations
EXAM 2
Note: CX , TX, and RX refer to the text, cases and readings respectively.
Atek PC Case
Report

COURSE POLICIES
All students expected to comply with the UNCC code of Student Academic Integrity,
Code of Student Responsibility, and all University Policies governing student conduct.
Please see: http://integrity.uncc.edu/
The Belk College of Business strives to create an inclusive academic climate in which the dignity of all individuals is respected and maintained. Therefore, we celebrate diversity that includes, but is not limited to ability/disability, age, culture, ethnicity, gender, language, race, religion, sexual orientation, and socio-economic status