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.