This course aims to familiarize students with the fundamental concepts of the environment and process of project management, so they will be able to productively take part in a cross-functional project team and potentially lead a real-world business project. Students will learn to understand the common practices and issues in project planning and control, and to effectively make use of project management techniques and tools to ensure that the project meets its deliverables and is completed on schedule and within budget. Topics to be covered include: the project life cycle; project planning and organizing; project scope and time management, resource considerations, project budget and control, leading project teams. Basic quality management concepts will also be introduced and applied to project planning and execution.

CILO-1: Explain the nature and challenges of managing projects. CILO-2: Describe the stages of the project life cycle, and tasks and deliverables for each stage. CILO-3: Construct a project plan, incorporating project scope, schedule and budget. CILO-4: Apply various techniques in project execution and monitoring including diagramming techniques such as the critical path method, PERT analysis and project crashing. CILO-5: Explain basic quality management concepts.