Project Management OPMT 1165

Upon successful completion of the course, the student will be able to:

• Project Planning and Controlling:
• Define a project and its attributes.
• Describe the 4 constraints within which a project must be managed.
• Describe the life cycle of a project.
• Explain the common characteristics of project life cycles.
• Explain the project management process for a successful project.
• Define a baseline plan.
• Explain the basic steps for controlling a project.
• List the elements of project planning.
• Project Management Tools:
• Explain how to develop an accurate list of project activities and time estimates.
• Describe a work break down structure.
• Create and use a Gantt chart.
• Draw precedence diagrams for project activities.
• Draw a network diagram.
• Calculate the early/late start and finish times for activities on a network diagram.
• Identify the critical path on a network diagram.
• Calculate the slack time for activities.
• Calculate the project duration.
• Explain how to construct a responsibility matrix.
• Describe the content of a typical project weekly report.
• Explain the purpose of a project team effectiveness checklist.
• Statement of Work:
• Identify project stakeholders and list there responsibility.
• Define a project in terms of a purpose statement.
• Describe a project in terms of objectives.
• Describe a project in terms of scope.
• Explain the importance of identifying project assumptions and constraints.
• Explain the significance of a formal sign-off schedule for project milestones.
• Know how to setup a reporting plan.

Project Management Report Writing:

• Explain the 5 main components of a project report.
• Prepare a project report for a student project including the following elements:
• Purpose statement
• Objectives
• Scope
• Stakeholders and Responsibilities
• Assumptions and/or Constraints
• Sign-off and Review
• Reporting and Communication Plan
• Project Deliverables
• Methodology
• Schedule of Activities
• MS Project Software:
• Setup a project with a specific start date.
• Enter tasks and create a work break down structure.
• Determine the duration of work for a series of tasks.
• Sequence a series of tasks.
• Modify predecessor and successor relationships.
• Establish constraints.
• Assign resources to tasks.
• Create and edit base calendars for a project.
• Assign a calendar to a project.
• Change the appearance of the Gantt chart for printing.
• Adjust, hide and insert columns in the Gantt table.
• Adjust orientation and scaling for a print-out.
• Control the printing of Gantt table columns.
• Insert text and data fields in the Gantt chart printout legend.
• Change bar patterns for critical activities.
• Track changes in start and finish dates for activities.
• Use the tracking tool bar to update a project.
• Convert project text information into HTML.
• Create a graphical image of a Gantt chart.
• Create hyperlinks to link to text files from within MS project.

Effective as of Winter 2005