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Campus
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College of E&ME
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Programs
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PG
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Session
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Fall Semester 2016
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Course Title
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Project Management
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Course Code
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MEM-801
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Credit Hours
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3-0
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Pre-Requisutes
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nil
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Course Objectives
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To develop individual skill in project definition, network construction and critical path analysis. To create an attitude to understanding and developing project management applications across a range of engineering scenarios. To extend numerate competence to cover selected advanced project management procedures, transferring experience and skill in the use of widely available PERT / CPM software package.
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Detail Content
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- Concept of a project and its definition
- Introduction to planning, scheduling and control of projects
- Network model and its applications
- Probabilistic and deterministic approaches
- Gantt charts, PERT and CPM
- Network simulation
- Latest software on project management
- Determination of resource requirements of a project
- Work break down structure (WBS)
- Request for proposal (RFP)
- Resource leveling
- Project scheduling under limited resources
- Project crashing and alternatives analysis
- Case studies and problem solutions
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Text/Ref Books
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- Management – A global Perspective by Heinz Weihrich and Harold Knootz
- Modern Project Management Techniques for the Environmental Remediation Industry by Timothy J. Havranek
- Production and Operation Management, 8th ed. by Norman Gaither and Greg Fazier, South – Western College Publishing
- Project Management 7th ed. by Harold Kerzner published by Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data
- Production and Operation Management, 6th ed. by Alan Muhlemann, John Oakland and Keith Lockyer - 1995 reprint Pitman Publishing London
- Hand Book of Industrial Engineering, edited by Gavriel Salvendy, John Willey and Sons, New York
- Modern Production and Operation Management by Elood S. Buffa, 7th ed. John Willey and Sons, New York
- Operation Management by Roger G. Schroeder 3rd ed. McGraw Hill
- Operation Management by Hamdy A. Taha 4th ed. Macmillan Publishing Company, New York
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Time Schedule
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Fall 2015
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Faculty/Resource Person
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Dr. Engr Syed Athar Masood
PhD (Management/Manufacturing), Loughborough University, UK
Discipline: Engineering Management
Specialisation: Management, Leadership & Organisational Culture, HRM, Project Management, Manufacturing
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