The objective of this paper is to acquaint students with various aspects of Project Management including formulation, feasibility, planning, control, evaluation and reporting.
Course Outcomes (CO):
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MHR 422 |
Project Management |
CO 136 Analyze and evaluate various aspects and steps of Project Management CO 137 Examine various phases of Life Cycle of a project. CO 138 Use Networking based techniques in project planning and scheduling CO 139 Use various DCF techniques for evaluating a project proposal CO 140 Prepare a project report
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Approach in teaching: Interactive Lectures, Group Discussion, Tutorials, Case Study
Learning activities for the students: Self-learning assignments, presentations |
Class test, Semester end examinations, Quiz, Assignments, Presentation |
Concept, Definition, Characteristics of a Project, Classification of Projects, Project Management Vs General Management, Steps in Project Management, Roles and qualities of a Project manager, Life cycle of a project
Project Contracting-Concept, terms and conditions of a contract, Types of contracts, Terminology of contracts
Technical analysis and Market Analysis, Social Cost Benefit Analysis: Meaning, Approaches
(UNIDO & L-M approach), SCBA in India and Shadow Pricing.
Financial appraisal-Capital Budgeting- Introduction, Discounted cash flow techniques: Net Present Value and IRR, Capital Rationing, Risk Evaluation Techniques.
Project Organization: Functional, Task force & Matrix Organization structure
Introduction, Scheduling Techniques (Bar Chart, Network based scheduling-PERT &CPM)
Project Control: Information monitoring, internal & external project control, cost accounting systems for project control, control process, performance analysis, variance limits, and issues in project control
Meaning, Benefits of computer based PMIS, features of PMIS
Project Evaluation, Reporting & Termination: Project reviews & reporting, closing the contract.
*Case studies related to entire topics are to be taught.
• Harvey Maylor, Project Management,Pearson Education
• Prasanna Chandra “Project Planning, Implementation & Review” Tata McGraw-Hill, New Delhi
• Meredith, Mantel,Shafer, Project Management-A Managerial Approach, Wiley
• Harold, K, Project Management-A Syatems Approach to Planning, Scheduling and Controlling,Wiley
• Sanjiv Marwah, Project Management, Dreamtech press
• Rajeev M gupta, Project Management,PHI
• R B Khanna, Project Management, PHI
• Vasant Desai “Project Management”, Himalaya Publishing House.
• Nagrajan .K Project management New Age International Publishers
• Agarwal, Mishra, “Project Management”, RBD, Jaipur
• Agarwal MR- “Project Management” Garima Publication, Jaipur