Punjabi University Mba Syllabus
MBA Part-II (Semester-III)
301 Project Management
Course Overview The subject emphasizes on imparting the knowledge, skills, tools and techniques involved in carrying out project activities so as to ensure that projects are delivered within budget and schedule. The subject content would be spread over 32 hours (min.) on theoretical work and 16 hours (min.) on practical work.
Course Syllabus
Group I: Concepts of Project Management: Meaning and Definition of Project, Characteristics of a project, Project Life Cycle Phases, Role of a Project Manager, The Planning Process: Work Breakdown Structure, Cost Planning – tools & techniques, cost estimation, Time Planning – tools & techniques. Group II: Project Appraisal: Technical Feasibility, Economic Feasibility, Financial Evaluation, Appraisal Under Risk and Uncertainty, Sensitivity Analysis, Social Cost Benefit Analysis: Rationale, Fundamentals of Shadow Pricing, Basic approaches to Social Cost Benefit Analysis. Group III: Scheduling: Graphic representation of project activities, Network Analysis, Network Techniques: PERT and CPM. Resource Allocation, Overview of MS-Project 2000. Control of Projects: control systems, control of constraints – cost and time. Recommended Texts Harvey Maylor, Project Management, Pearson Education, New Delhi, 2nd Edition. Prasanna Chandra, Projects: Planning, Analysis, Selection, Implementation & Review, Tata McGraw-Hill Publishing Company Ltd., New Delhi, 6th Edition. United Nations Industrial Development Organisation, Guide to Practical Project Appraisal – Social Benefit Cost Analysis in Developing Countries, Oxford & IBH. Jack R. Meredith, Project Management: A Managerial Approach, Wiley Publications, 1st Edition. Instructions 1. Theory: Group-I and Group-II carry 30 marks each (External and Internal). 2. Practical: Group-III carries 40 marks which will be jointly evaluated by Internal and External experts. 3. Six questions to be set, three to be attempted, not more than two
301 Project Management
Course Overview The subject emphasizes on imparting the knowledge, skills, tools and techniques involved in carrying out project activities so as to ensure that projects are delivered within budget and schedule. The subject content would be spread over 32 hours (min.) on theoretical work and 16 hours (min.) on practical work.
Course Syllabus
Group I: Concepts of Project Management: Meaning and Definition of Project, Characteristics of a project, Project Life Cycle Phases, Role of a Project Manager, The Planning Process: Work Breakdown Structure, Cost Planning – tools & techniques, cost estimation, Time Planning – tools & techniques. Group II: Project Appraisal: Technical Feasibility, Economic Feasibility, Financial Evaluation, Appraisal Under Risk and Uncertainty, Sensitivity Analysis, Social Cost Benefit Analysis: Rationale, Fundamentals of Shadow Pricing, Basic approaches to Social Cost Benefit Analysis. Group III: Scheduling: Graphic representation of project activities, Network Analysis, Network Techniques: PERT and CPM. Resource Allocation, Overview of MS-Project 2000. Control of Projects: control systems, control of constraints – cost and time. Recommended Texts Harvey Maylor, Project Management, Pearson Education, New Delhi, 2nd Edition. Prasanna Chandra, Projects: Planning, Analysis, Selection, Implementation & Review, Tata McGraw-Hill Publishing Company Ltd., New Delhi, 6th Edition. United Nations Industrial Development Organisation, Guide to Practical Project Appraisal – Social Benefit Cost Analysis in Developing Countries, Oxford & IBH. Jack R. Meredith, Project Management: A Managerial Approach, Wiley Publications, 1st Edition. Instructions 1. Theory: Group-I and Group-II carry 30 marks each (External and Internal). 2. Practical: Group-III carries 40 marks which will be jointly evaluated by Internal and External experts. 3. Six questions to be set, three to be attempted, not more than two