FALL 2003

CBA 675 PROJECT MANAGEMENT

COURSE POLICY

INSTRUCTOR

Aydın ULUCAN         aulucan@hacettepe.edu.tr         Office Hours: Friday 10.00-11.00

 

COURSE SCHEDULE

Lecture     : Monday     13.00-16.00     HÜFAM

 

COURSE OUTLINE

Introduction to Project Management

Scheduling with Resources

Understanding Project Scheduling

Managing Resource Workloads

Learning MS Project Basics

Scheduling Task Constraints

Working with Project Tasks

Tracking Project Progress

Outlining a Poject

Applying Filters and Sorting Data

Establishing Task Dependencies

Customizing Tables, Views, and Reports

Managing Project Resources

Working with Multiple Projects

Working with Calendars

Customizing the Project Environment

 

COURSE GRADING

Midterm    : 10 percent             Book Presentation    : 30 percent

Final         : 30 percent             Project                    : 30 percent

 

COURSE EXAMINATION SCHEDULE

Midterm                         will be announced later by the department

Final                              will be announced later by the department

Book Presentations          November-December

Project Presentations      January

 

EXAMINATIONS

All the examinations given in this course are closed books and closed notes. Any objection to the grades in an examination may be placed within one week upon the announcement of the exam scores. You will be informed about the outcome in a week following your objection. Definitely no inquiries or objections with regard to grades will be accepted beyond this one-week period.

 

MAKE-UP EXAMINATIONS

Make-up exams may be given to those who have valid excuses which are approved by the department. If you believe that you are eligible to take any of the make-up exams, you must contact with the course instructor within one week after the regular exam date. Do not be surprised if you find comparatively difficult questions in make-ups.

 

BOOK PRESENTATIONS

Your effort on book presentation will be dominant on your grade (30 percent). Book presentation study will continue whole semester. Everybody will present one chapter of a project management book. Also you are expected to prepare presentation notes. You’ll get your credits both from presentation and notes.

 

PROJECT

Your effort on project will be dominant on your grade (30 percent). Project study will continue whole semester and you probably get important benefits from its practical value. This study may be a basement for your future career.

 

TEXTBOOKS

GRAY and LARSON, Project Management: The Managerial Process, McGraw-Hill, Singapore, 2000

“ Step by Step Microsoft Project 2000”, Catapult and Microsoft Press, USA, 2000.