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Project Management for Managers
The paper encapsulates various facets pertaining to the selection and successful implementation of a project
Week 1: Project Management Fundamentals
1.1. Introduction to Project Management
1.2.Project Success
1.3.Types of Structure organizations
1.4. Project management office
1.5.Stakeholders management
Week 2: Project life cycle analysis
2.1 Types of projects and project life cycle
2.2 Project life cycle phases & project appraisal
2.3 Methods of project selection-I
2.4 Methods of project selection-II
2.5 Methods of project selection (MCDM-I)
Week 3: Project selection methods
3.1 Methods of project selection (MCDM-II)
3.2 Methods of project selection (MCDM-III)
3.3 Market and Demand analysis-I
3.4 Market and Demand analysis-II
3.5 Financial analysis
Week 4: Capital budgeting techniques
4.1 Capital budgeting techniques-I
4.2 Capital budgeting techniques-II
4.3 Financing of projects
4.4 Risk management-I
4.5 Risk management-II
Week 5: Risk management
5.1 Risk management (control & documentation)
5.2 Standalone risk analysis-I
5.3 Standalone risk analysis-II
5.4 Hillier model
5.5 Simulation analysis
Week 6: Risk and technical analysis
6.1 Decision tree analysis-I
6.2 Decision tree analysis-II
6.3 Abandonment analysis
6.4 Technical analysis
6.5 Project mix and plant capacity analysis
Week 7: HRM issues in project management
7.1 Project team building, conflict and negotiation
7.2 HRM issues and time management
7.3 Project time management- Introduction
7.4 Project time management – Project scheduling
7.5 Project time management – Numbering of nodes
Week 8: PERT and CPM
8.1 Project time management – PERT networks
8.2 Project time management – CPM
8.3 Project time management – Laddering in PERT/CPM
8.4 Probability models in networks – I
8.5 Probability models in networks – II
Week 9: Probability models in networks
9.1 Probability models in networks – III
9.2 Probability models in networks – IV
9.3 Simulation of networks – I
9.4 Simulation of networks – II
9.5 Slacks & Floats – I
Week 10: Crashing of networks
10.1 Slacks & Floats – II
10.2 Time and cost relationship
10.3 Crashing of networks – I
10.4 Crashing of networks – II
10.5 Crashing of networks – III (Free float method)
Week 11: Cost management and cost control
11.1 Crashing of networks – IV
11.2 Introduction to project cost management
11.3 Cost control (Tools and techniques)
11.4 Cost estimation
11.5 Introduction to quality management
Week 12: Quality and procurement management
12.1 Cost of quality
12.2 Quality management (Sources of variability and six sigma)
12.3 Quality management (Six sigma tools)
12.4 Procure management – I
12.5 12.4 Procure management – II and Project termination
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