Use of project management tools for developing a project plan including timelines, milestones, scheduling, life cycle phases, management frameworks, skills, and processes.
Upon completion of the course the student will be able to:
- Use project management tools to plan and manage a project; organize and evaluate project phases; produce documents applicable to the project; determine project tasks; and demonstrate teamwork
CONTEMPORARY PROJECT MGMT.-MINDTAP
Author: KLOPPENBORG
Edition: 5TH 23
Published Date: 2023
ISBN: 9780357715765
Publisher: CENGAGE L
Proctored Exams (three exams), 60%
Assignments, 40%
Final grades will be calculated by the following scale:
A: 90% and above
B: 80 to 89%
C: 70 to 79%
D: 60 to 69%
F: less than 60%
Lecture, hands-on computer activities, reading and writing assignments, quizzes, and exams. Reading, lab practice, exams, and assignments are accessed and submitted through the Canvas virtual classroom.
Additional requirements for use from home or office:
- Desktop or Laptop Computer
- Internet Access
- Webcam
Information Technology Certificates and Degrees
Upon successful completion of this course the student will be able to:
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Discuss the concepts of project, program, and portfolio management and their importance to enterprise success.
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Examine key elements of the project management framework, including project stakeholders, project management knowledge areas, common tools and techniques, and project success factors.
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Describe the various approaches for selecting projects, programs, and portfolios.
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Identify and explain the main tasks involved in and outputs of initiating, planning, executing, monitoring and controlling, and closing projects.
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Utilize project management tools and techniques including selection methods, SWOT Analysis, Work breakdown structures, Gantt charts, network diagrams, and critical path analysis.
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Explain various motivation and team building theories.
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Demonstrate how to create cost estimates and calculate net present value, return on investment, payback, and the weighted score for a project.
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Prepare documents such as stakeholder analysis, business case, project charter, kick-off meeting, project scope, and team contract.
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Identify tasks and outputs utilized for project quality, human resources, communications, risk, and procurement management.
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Examine make-or-buy analysis, procurement management plans, requests for proposal/quote, contract statements of work, and supplier evaluation matrices.
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Explain the monitoring and controlling of work done as part of project human resource management to help manage project teams and stakeholders.
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Summarize methods for performance reporting, communications management, and closing a project.
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Utilize project management software to plan and manage a project; organize and evaluate project phases; produce and analyze reports and charts; distinguish task relationships; and demonstrate teamwork.
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Apply project management concepts by working on a team project.
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Describe the project management profession and the importance of certification and ethics.
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Examine best practices and identify examples of good and bad project management.
Any student with a documented disability (e.g. learning, psychiatric, vision, hearing, etc.) may contact the Office on the Weatherford College Weatherford Campus to request reasonable accommodations. Phone: 817-598-6350 Office Location: Office Number 118 in the Student Services Building, upper floor. Physical Address: Weatherford College 225 College Park Drive Weatherford, TX.
Academic Integrity is fundamental to the educational mission of Weatherford College, and the College expects its students to maintain high standards of personal and scholarly conduct. Academic dishonesty of any kind will not be tolerated. Academic dishonesty includes, but is not limited to, cheating on an examination or other academic work, plagiarism, collusion, and the abuse of resource materials including unauthorized use of Generative AI. Departments may adopt discipline specific guidelines on Generative AI usage approved by the instructional dean. Any student who is demonstrated to have engaged in any of these activities will be subject to immediate disciplinary action in accordance with institutional procedures.
Any student who faces challenges securing basic resources such as food, clothing, or housing and believes this may affect their performance in their course of study is urged to contact the Director of Student Resources, Dr. Deborah Cregger, for support at (817) 598-6444. Her office is on the first floor of Student Services. If the student prefers, they may contact their instructor, who can reach out on their behalf.
A student shall retain all rights to work created as part of instruction or using College District technology resources.
The Secretary’s Commission on Achieving Necessary Skills (SCANS) identified competencies in the area of Resources, Interpersonal, Information, Systems, and Technology; and foundation skills in the areas of Basic Skills and Personal Qualities.
WORKPLACE COMPETENCIES — Effective workers can productively use:
- Resources — They know how to allocate (C1) time
- Information — They can (C5) acquire and evaluate data, (C6) organize, and maintain files, and (C8) use computers to process information.
- Interpersonal Skills — They can work on (C9) teams, and (C14) work well with people from culturally diverse backgrounds.
- Systems — They (C15) understand social, organizational, and technological systems
- Technology — They can (C19) apply technology to specific tasks
FOUNDATION SKILLS — Competent workers in the high-performance workplace need:
- Basic Skills — (F1) reading, and (F5) listening
- Thinking Skills — (F8) to make decisions, (F9) to solve problems, (F10) to visualize, (F11) the ability to learn, and (F12) to reason.
- Personal Qualities — (F13) individual responsibility, (F14) self-esteem, (F15) sociability, (F16) self-management, and (F17) integrity