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Department of Business Administration
COURSE SYLLABUS SEMESTER -361
Course Code &
Number:
BUS 344
Course Title:
Project Management
Prerequisite:
BUS 101, BUS 223
Section
Number(s):
201
Instructor:
Ms. Saja Alawdah
Office Location:
Office Hours:
Instructor’s
Office Phone:
Day
Sunday
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Periods
6,7,8
1,2,3,6,7,8
3,4,5,7,8
3,4,5,7
Thursday
1,2,3,4
03-3459000 Extension:
Course Description
Course Objectives
Room 406
Day
Class Hours:
Sections
201
Sunday
1,2
Monday
Tuesday
6
Wednesday Thursday
-
Instructor’s
Email:
The course covers the project management system, methods and cases on how to
plan, measure, evaluate, and control large-scale projects.
Course Objective:
By the end of the course, the student should be able to:
 Understand the role and function of project management and
explain the phases of the Project Management Life Cycle, and a
project manager's role in each phase.
The student will know the unique issues, and critical success
factors associated with project management, discover techniques
for setting up a strong project team and determine the elements of
a Risk Management Plan and structure, and define project work, map
out the life cycle of a project, describe the role of a project manager, and set
criteria for success.
Methods of
Instruction
Required
Textbooks
Proposed Websites
Grading Scheme
The course incorporates different teaching approaches: lecture, assignments,
group work, class discussions and self motivation/self-learning “owning your
own behavior”. You are expected to come to class having read and thought
about topics scheduled for the class sessions. Note that your participation
will make the class pleasant and intellectually stimulating, so please do
attend every session.
Jack R. Meredith & Samuel J. Mantel; Project Management- A
Managerial Approach. 7th Edition. John Wiley & Sons, 2010.
www.wiley.com/go/global/meredith
Assignment 01
Assignment 02
Quiz 01
Quiz 02
Midterm Examination
Final Examination
Total
10%
10%
10%
10%
20%
40%
100%
Course Outline
Week
1&2
Topics & Activities
The World of Projects
 Definition of a project;
Notes
Chapter 1
why project management; the project
life cycle.
3&4
Selecting Projects Strategically

5
Chapter 2
Project management maturity; Project Selection & Criteria of
Choice; The nature of Project Selection Models; Types of
projects selection models; Project Proposals.
QUIZ – 1
The Role of Project Manager
 Project management and
Chapter 3
project manager; Special demands on
the project manager; Selecting the Project Manager; Problems
of cultural differences; Impact of institutional Environments;
Multicultural Communications and Managerial Behavior.
6
7
The Role of Projects in the Organization

Chapter 5
The Project as Part of the functional organization; Pure Project
Organization; The Matrix Organization; Mixed Organizational
Systems; Choosing an Organizational Form; The project
Team; Human Factors and the Project Team.
Planning the Work Activities
 Initial project coordination
Chapter 6
& the project plan; Systems
Integration; The Action Plan; The Work Breakdown Structure.
8
9
10 & 11
12 & 13
Mid Term Exam
Project Costs and Budgets
 Estimating project budgets; improving the process of cost estimating.
Chapter 7
Project Activity Scheduling
 Network techniques:
Chapter 8
PERT (ADM) and CPM (PDM).
Allocating Resources to the project
Critical patch method-Crashing a Project
Chapter 9
QUIZ – 2 (week 12)
14
15
Controlling Project Execution
 The fundamental purposes of control; three types of control process; the
design of control systems; Control: A Primary Function of Management;
Control of Change and Scope Creep.
Chapter 11
Evaluating the Project
 Purpose of evaluation-Goals
Chapter 12
Completing the Project
 The varieties of project termination; when to terminate a project; the
termination process; the final report-a project history; A Final Note.
Chapter 13
of the System; The Project Audit;
Construction and Use of the Audit Report; The project audit
life cycle; Some Essentials of an Audit/ Evaluation;
Measurement.
16
17
18-19
Review Session
FINAL EXAM
Jubail University College Policies
Attendance
1. Attending at punctual time: Present otherwise the student is absent.
2. Late attendance 0  < 5 minutes: is late
3. Late ≥ 5 minutes: is absent
Notes:
(i)
Every 3 late are counted as 1 absent
3
(ii)
Every × total semester contact hours + 1 is DN
15
Grading
1. Quality point: is the result of multiplying the credit hours by the grading points.
2. Semester GPA: is the result of dividing total quality points achieved in all courses
at that semester by total graded credit hours of all courses in that semester.
3. Cumulative GPA in a semester: is the sum of total quality points achieved in all
courses up to that semester divided by the total credit hours graded for all courses
up to that semester
Plagiarism & Cheating
1. Cheating is a serious offence and will be punished by the JUC.
2. Talking, looking at your colleagues’ exam papers or any other suspicious act is
considered cheating during exam.
3. Student will fail the subject if caught cheating.