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Syllabus
The objectives of this course are made official in the Course Charter.

The most up-to-date version of the syllabus will always be available for download below.

Class Schedule and Lectures Slides
     
 1 - January 21: Introduction to Project Management
 1 - January 21: Group Project Initiation
 2 - January 28: Projects in Contemporary Organizations (Chapter 1)
 3 - February 4: Introduction to MS Project
 4 - February 11: Project Activity and Risk Planning (Chapter 6)
 5 - February 18: Budgeting: Estimating Costs and Risks (Chapter 7)
 6 - February 25: Scheduling (Chapter 8)
 7 - March 4: Resource Allocation (Chapter 9)
 8 - March 11: Exam 1 Review Slides
 -  - March 18: Spring Break
9 - March 25: Strategic Mgmt and Project Selection (Chapter 2)
10 - April 1: The Project Manager (Chapter 3)
10 - April 1: Managing Conflict and Negotiation (Chapter 4)
11 - April 8: Projects in the Organizational Structure (Chapter 5)
12 - April 15: Monitoring and Controlling (Chapter 10)
12 - April 15: (Chapter 11)
13 - April 22: Project Termination, (Chapter 13)
13 - April 22: Agile/IT Management
14 - April 29: Project Presentations
 --  - --------: Exam 2 Review Slides

Assignments, PDFs and MS Word Documents
      
Excel Files (posted after corresponding class)
  • Example of a learning curve problem: PM2-7.xls
  • Template for PERT problems: PERT_Template.xls
  • Example of a PERT problem: PM2-14.xls
  • Solutions to the Chapter 7 Homework: PMch07HW.xls
  • Solution to AdditionalPERT: PM2-19.xls
  • Solutions to the Chapter 8 Homework: PMch08HW.xls
  • Crashing the slides example using Excel/Solver: PM2-21.xls
  • Solutions to 9.15 and 9.12 done in class: PM2-26.xls
  • Solutions to the Chapter 9 Homework: PMch09HW.xls
  • Showing how to do NPV and IRR from the slides: PM3-14.xls
  • Showing how to do Earned Value on 10.13: PM3-28.xls
  • Solutions to the Chapter 2 Homework: PMch02HW.xls
  • Solutions to the Chapter 10 and 11 Homework: PMch10and11HW.xls

Microsoft Project Files (posted after corresponding class)
  • A book problem done in class to demonstrate the basics of Critical Path, Slack, ES, LS, etc...: Project8.8
  • Made up in class, talking about units and lags: Painting
  • Part of the solutions to the Chapter 8 homework: Project8.11
  • Made up in class, talking about leveling: Leveling1
  • A book problem done in class to demonstrate leveling a generic resource: Project9.5before & Project9.5after
  • Part of the solutions to the Chapter 9 homework: Project9.13
  • Made up in class, talking about monitoring and controlling: TrackingExample.mpp
  • A book problem done in class to demonstrate Earned Value Analysis: Project10.13
  • Part of the solutions to the chapter 10 Homework Assignment: Project10.10

Instructors
Craig Calvert
Email: craig_a_calvert@yahoo.com
Phone: (860) 486-5293
Office Hours: Tuesday and Thursday, 12:30pm-1:30pm, or email for an appointment

 Steve Chapron
Email: steve.chapron@gmail.com
Phone: (860) 486-5293
Office Hours: Tuesday and Thursday, 12:30pm-1:30pm, or email for an appointment

Course Requirements and Grading Policy
Required Text
J. Meredith and S. Mantel. Project Management: A Managerial Approach. Eighth Edition. Wiley.

 Other Recommended Texts
B. Biafore. Microsoft Project 2010: The Missing Manual. R. Mulcahy. CAPM Exam Prep. Second Edition.

 Computer requirements
A laptop is required, and you are required to be able to run Windows. You will be required to install Microsoft Project 2010. Complete instructions are given here, but the easiest process will be for you to perform the first set of steps to get a product key, and then use a copy of the disc I will pass around class. We will also use Microsoft Excel (version 2007 or later.)

 Grading
Students will be graded on the following activities:
  • Midterm on Planning, Chapters 1, 6-9
  • Assignments
  • Group Project Proposal
  • Midterm on Initiation and Execution, Chapters 2-5, 11, 13
  • Group Project
  • Class participation
Class participation will be evaluated by the instructor. Unless I know you are someone who regularly misses class without an explanation, or does not pay attention or participate when in class, you should receive full credit for class participation.

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Academic Dishonesty
Behavior that appears to be cheating cannot and will not be tolerated and will be punished appropriately (from earning NO CREDIT on a quiz or assignment to a failing grade in the class.)Behavior that appears to be cheating should be prevented by students and/or reported to the instructor.For each quiz there will be at least two different versions, and different versions will be printed on different colored paper, allowing the instructor to visually verify that adjacent students take different versions. This is designed to nullify any benefit of looking at an adjacent student's answers. However, if a student is foolish enough to write down an answer that could only apply to a different version of the quiz/test, that student will automatically receive a failing grade on that quiz/test.
School of Business Academic Honesty Statement.

Disclaimer
The instructor reserves the right to amend, adjust, or otherwise modify this course outline at any time during the course. The students will be notified in a timely fashion of any modification, by email or announcement in class.
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