Course Overview
This course covers project management for the engineering profession with reference to the project life cycle; project stakeholders; organizational influences; key general management skills; social-economic-environmental influences. A detailed elaboration is presented of the management processes associated with the initiating, planning, controlling executing and closing phases of a project. Students will be expected to apply the principles covered in this course to their Capstone Project.
Prerequisite(s)
- Substantial completion of Level 5 and 6.
Credits
5.0
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Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion of this course, the student will be able to:
- Identify different corporate structures with reference to project management. [11]
- Describe the five PMI-defined project management process groups. [11]
- Describe the 12 PMI-defined project management knowledge areas. [11]
- Map project management processes to process groups and the knowledge areas. [11]
- Evaluate the application of course knowledge towards obtaining professional certification in project management. [12]
- Develop a project management plan based on PMI-defined project management processes. [6, 7, 11]
- Develop a Request for Proposal from the perspective of a project sponsor. [6, 7, 11]
- Develop and present a project proposal in response to a Request for Proposal. [6, 7]
- Conduct a literature survey related to the project topic area. [3, 6, 12]
- Explore different design concepts. [2, 3, 4, 5, 6]
- Apply a decision-matrix methodology to identify an optimal concept. [2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9]
Effective as of Fall 2018
Related Programs
Capstone Project 1 (MECH 8190) is offered as a part of the following programs:
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- Indicates programs eligible for students to apply for Post-graduation Work Permit (PGWP).
School of Energy
- Mechanical Engineering
Bachelor of Engineering Full-time
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