Project management V
R Li
6 points * One 2-hour lecture and one 1-hour tutorial per week * Second semester * Clayton * Prerequisites: BUS4520 or MBA5560
This subject provides an understanding of the different phases of planning, scheduling and controlling projects. Topics covered will include financial evaluation techniques, cost estimating, network analysis, time analysis and scheduling, CPM and PERT, resource allocation, resource scheduling, resource constraining and levelling, project costing, project implementation and project control. Examples will be discussed that cover a range of applications in both blue collar and white collar industries; the differences will also be discussed. Commercially available software will be reviewed and participants will have access to a PC-based project management package throughout the subject.
Assessment
Written: 25% * Examination (2 hours): 75%
Recommended texts
Cleland D and King W (eds) Project management handbook Van Nostrand, 1988
Graham R J Project management as if people mattered Primavera Press, 1989
Lockyer K and Gordon J Critical path analysis and other project network techniques 5th edn, Pitman, 1991
Moder J J and others Project management with CPM, PERT, and precedence diagramming 3rd edn, Van Nostrand, 1983
Reiss G Project management demystified Spoon, 1993
Stuckenbruck L C (ed.) Implementation of project management: The professional handbook Addison-Wesley, 1992
Weiss T and Wysocki R 5-phase project management, a practical planning and implementation guide Addison-Wesley, 1992
Willis R J Computer models for business decisions Project Software, 1994