Project Management

Course Code:

ISE 437

Course Type:

Area Elective

Credits:

3

Theoric:

3

Practice:

0

Laboratory Hour:

0

ECTS:

5

Course Language:

English

Course Objectives:

Effective project management ensures that a project is completed on time, within budget, and with high quality. Specific techniques for accomplishing these three goals are not always so obvious. The purpose of this course is to make these techniques more obvious, and expose you to a variety of techniques to manage the budget, schedule, and quality of projects that you are responsible for.

Course Content:

Topics covered include defining a project with its inputs and outputs, choosing projects in a strategic setting, preparing the work break down structure in a reasonable manner, project leadership and constructing project teams. Moreover, recent trends in the software environment in order to manage projects will also be introduced. For those who want to pursue the topic further professionally, certification systems will also be discussed.

Course Methodology:

1: Lecture, 2: Question-Answer, 3: Case-study

Course Evaluation Methods:

A: Testing, B: Homework, C: Project

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Course Learning Outcomes

Course Learning Outcomes	Program Learning Outcomes	Teaching Methods	Assessment Methods
1. Determines which topics can be tackled with project management environments	1,2,10	1,2,3	A,B,C
2. Chooses projects among candidates in order to align with the strategic management of the company	2,3,6,10	1,2,3	A,B
3. Defines the inputs and outputs of a project	3,10	1,2,3	A,B,C
4. Is familiar with the commercial tools that are essential in the modern project management environment	4	1	C
5. Breaks down the whole project to reasonable work chunks (WBS) and assigns reasonable time and resources to them	3,10	1,2,3	B,C
6. Tracks the progress of the project and compares it against a baseline	3,6	1	C
7. Defines the resources used in the project and tracks the progress of the resource usage against the plan	3,6	1,2,3	A,B,C
8. Defines the risks on the project and knows ways how to tackle them	2,3	1,3	A,B,C
9. Defines and tracks the project outputs and key performance indicators of the projects success	1,2,10	1,2,3	A,B,C
10. Acquires basic skills regarding team formation and leadership in project management settings	2,3,6	1,2,3	B,C
11. Has basic knowledge about the project management certification programs	1,4	1	B

Course Flow

COURSE CONTENT
Week	Topics	Study Materials
1	Definition of a project, basic building blocks of a project, importance of project management (Chap. 1)	Textbook, slides
2	Importance of projects in Strategic Management, project portfolio management (Chap.2)	Textbook, slides
3	Items that constitute a project: Scope, priorities, WBS, responsibility matrix, project communication plan (Chap. 4) Defining the project in MS Project software	Textbook, slides, case study, demonstrations
4	Project management models: Functional vs dedicated teams, matrix structure, choosing a model that fits the organization (Chap.3)	Textbook, slides
5	Estimating duration and costs in project management (Chap. 5)	Textbook, slides, case study
6	Building the project plan: project network, critical path, relations between work packages (Chap. 6) Defining and entering the WBS in MS Project	Textbook, slides, demonstrations
7	Managing project risks: Defining, classifying and managing risks (Chap.7)	Textbook, slides
8	Midterm Exam
9	Managing time and cost in project management: Scarce resources, managing of resources, crashing project duration (Chaps 8 & 9)	Textbook, slides
10	Leadership in project management: Project management vs. project leadership, ethical issues, properties of an efficient project leader (Chap. 10)	Textbook, slides
11	Building and managing project teams (Chap. 11)	Textbook, slides
12	Using outsourcing in projects and managing outsources resources (Chap. 12)	Textbook, slides
13	Project progress and tracking (Chap. 13)	Textbook, slides
14	Project closure, agile project management, PM Career paths (Chap. 14, 17,18)	Textbook, slides

Recommended Sources

RECOMMENDED SOURCES
Textbook	Project management The managerial process, Erik W. Larson, Clifford F.Gray, 5th ed., Mc Graw Hill
Additional Resources	Microsoft Project 2013, Step by Step, Carl Chatfield, PMP, Timothy Johnson, MCTS, Microsoft Press

Material Sharing

MATERIAL SHARING
Documents	Lecture notes and slides, case studies, sample exam questions
Assignments	Homeworks 1-4
Exams	Midterm 1, Quizzes 1-4, Final Exam

Assessment

ASSESSMENT
IN-TERM STUDIES	NUMBER	PERCENTAGE
Midterm	1	20
Quizzes-Homeworks	4	20
Term project	1	20
Final Exam	1	40
Total		100
CONTRIBUTION OF FINAL EXAMINATION TO OVERALL GRADE		40
CONTRIBUTION OF IN-TERM STUDIES TO OVERALL GRADE		60
Total		100

Course’s Contribution to Program

COURSE'S CONTRIBUTION TO PROGRAM
No	Program Learning Outcomes	Contribution
No	Program Learning Outcomes	1	2	3	4	5
1	Adequate background in Mathematics, Natural Sciences and the Industrial and Systems Engineering discipline.			X
2	Ability to identify, model and solve complex problems in the area of Industrial and Systems Engineering.				X
3	Ability to design a complex system, process, device or product under realistic constraints and conditions, in such a way as to meet the desired requirements.				X
4	Ability to employ information technologies effectively in Industrial and Systems Engineering applications and develop and/or use modern techniques and tools for these applications.				X
5	Ability to design and conduct experiments and interpret results to analyze problems in the area of Industrial and Systems Engineering.
6	Ability to take responsibility both individually and as a team member to solve unforeseen problems that arise in intra-disciplinary and inter-disciplinary projects.				X
7	Ability to access information in the area of Industrial and Systems Engineering and to report and communicate this information to others using a foreign language (English) at the European Language Portfolio C1 General Level.
8	Ability to follow current issues and recent developments in science and technology by accessing databases and other sources of information and to continue to educate oneself.
9	Awareness of scientific and ethical responsibility in professional matters.
10	Ability to initiate innovative projects in the area of Industrial and Systems Engineering and to manage these projects considering all aspects.					X
11	Ability to identify the impact of Industrial and Systems Engineering applications on health, environment and safety; awareness of the legal consequences of Industrial and Systems Engineering solutions.

ECTS

ECTS ALLOCATED BASED ON STUDENT WORKLOAD BY THE COURSE DESCRIPTION
Activities	Quantity	Duration (Hour)	Total Workload (Hour)
Course Duration (Excluding the exam weeks: 13x Total course hours)	13	3	39
Hours for off-the-classroom study (Pre-study, practice)	15	3	45
Midterm examination	1	2	2
Homework	4	2	8
Project	1	30	30
Final examination	1	2	2
Total Work Load			126
Total Work Load / 25 (h)			5.04
ECTS Credit of the Course			5

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