BUS-241 Project Management

This is an information management course in which students learn tools for e-mailing, managing e-mails and contact lists, organizing schedules, and maintaining a calendar. Outlook and a web-based system are utilized.

Credits

3

Department

• Business

For more detailed course information view the Course Outline

BUS 241: Project Management

Department

Business

Course Description

This is an information management course in which students learn tools for e-mailing, managing e-mails and contact lists, organizing schedules, and maintaining a calendar. Outlook and a web-based system are utilized.

Credit Hours

3

Contact Hours

Lecture	3
Lab	0
Other	0

Grading Scheme

Letter

Course Learning Outcomes

1. Identify the parts of a project and plan one
2. Create a project schedule and execute the schedule
3. Communicate project information
4. Assign resources and costs to a project
5. Track the progress of a project
6. Close the project
7. Use project management software to complete each part of the project

Topic Outline

1. Planning a Project 
   1. Establish Project Goals 
   2. Learn Terminology
   3. Determine Process Groups  
   4. Understand the Benefits of Project Management Software 
2. Creating a Project Schedule 
   1. Start a New Project and Examine Schedule Defaults 
   2. Review Task Information 
   3. Examine Project Calendars 
   4. Enter and Edit Tasks, Durations, and Milestones 
   5. Understand, Create, and Edit Task Dependencies 
   6. Create a Work Breakdown Structure 
3. Communicating Project Information 
   1. Create Reports 
   2. Understand the Critical Path 
   3. Filter Tasks 
   4. Format a Gantt Chart, Entry Table, and Timescale 
   5. Work with Network Diagram 
   6. Change Task Information, Calendars, and Task Constraints 
4. Assigning Resources and Costs 
   1. Enter Cost and Resource Data 
   2. Explore Resource Information 
   3. Assign Resources to Tasks 
   4. Understand the Relationship Among Work, Duration, and Units 
   5. Create a Fixed-Duration Task  
   6. Examine Resource Information 
   7. Level Over Allocations 
   8. Use Level Tools
   9. Understand the Relationship Between the Critical Path, Free Slack, and Total Slack
   10. Communicate Custom Reports 
   11. Use the Team Planner 
   12. Project Summary Information 
5. Tracking Progress and Closing the Project 
   1. Understand Baseline and Interim Plans 
   2. Track Variance 
   3. Create an Interim Plan
   4. Understand Conflicts and Update the Project 
   5. Track Costs 
   6. Work with Baselines
   7. Create Custom Table and a Custom View 
   8. Examine Slack and Slippage 
   9. Use Progress Lines and Project Progress Reports 
   10. Develop a Custom Report 
   11. Closing a Project