IL4092 Project Management Syllabus:

IL4092 Project Management Syllabus – Anna University PG Syllabus Regulation 2021

OBJECTIVES:

  • Compare various models used in project selection.
  • Define project planning, and estimate the cost involved.
  • Apply network techniques for project scheduling and resource allocation.
  • Summarize the information needed planning, monitoring and controlling cycle of a project.
  • Recognize the values of project audit.

UNIT I STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT AND PROJECT SELECTION

Project selection models, Project portfolio process, Analysis under uncertainty, Project organization, Matrix organization

UNIT II PROJECT PLANNING AND COST ESTIMATION

Work breakdown structure, Systems integration, Interface coordination, Project life cycle, Conflict and negotiation, Estimating Project Budgets, Process of cost estimation.

UNIT III PROJECT IMPLEMENTATION

Scheduling: Network Techniques PERT and CPM, Risk analysis using simulation, CPM- crashing a project, Resource loading, leveling, and allocation.

UNIT IV MONITORING AND INFORMATION SYSTEMS

Information needs and the reporting process, computerized PMIS, Earned value analysis, Planning Monitoring-Controlling cycle, Project control: types of control processes, design of control systems, control of change and scope

UNIT V PROJECT AUDITING

Construction and use of audit report, Project audit life cycle, Essentials of audit and evaluation, Varieties of project termination, the termination process, The Final Report – A project history

OUTCOMES:

CO1 – Understand various models used in project selection.
CO2 – Acquire knowledge in project planning, and estimate the cost involved.
CO3 – Prepare Project Scheduling and resource allocation.
CO4 – Understand about planning, monitoring and controlling cycle of a project.
CO5 – Understand the values of project audit.

REFERENCES:

1. Harold Kerzner, Project Management – A Systems Approach to Planning, Scheduling and Controlling, John Wiley and Sons, 12th edition, 2017.
2. Jack R. Meredith, and Samuel J. Mantel Jr, Project Management – A Managerial Approach, John Wiley and Sons, 10th edition, 2017.
3. Panneerselvam .R, Senthil Kumar .P, Project Management, PHI, 2009.