Course Outline
ISOM 4750 Business Project Management
Fall 2013
Department of Information Systems, Business Statistics, and
Operations Management
COURSE:
ISOM 4750 Business Project Management (3-0-0:3)
This course covers basic principles and practices of project management.
Special emphases are on project planning, scheduling, and control while addressing both the technical and the social aspects of managing business projects.
Fall 2013
Time: 9:00–10:20 p.m., Monday and Wednesday
Venue: LSKG005
Website: http://lmes2.ust.hk
INSTRUCTOR:
Dr. Qing LI (imqli@ust.hk)
Office: Room 4071, LSK Business Building
Phone: 2358-7749
Office hours: 2:00 – 3:00 p.m. MW or by appointment
TEACHING
ASSISTANT:
Edmond Ho (imhcf@ust.hk)
Office: Room 4065, LSK Business Building
Phone: 2358-8543
TEXTBOOK:
Project Management: The Managerial Process, 5th edition, by Gray and Larson (McGraw-Hill, 2011)
GRADING
POLICY:
Final course grade will be determined by the following criteria and distribution. University's guidelines on grade distribution will be observed if the class performance is significantly deviated from the
University's recommended grade distribution.
Participation (class and LMES)
Group project
Exercises and lab assignments
Comprehensive final exam
Total
10%
20%
20%
50%
100%
Class attendance is expected. Each absence (for whatever reasons) beyond two allowable absences will result in 1-point reduction from your total course score unless you have a valid, compelling reason.
Late to class (beyond 15 minutes) twice will be counted as 1 absence.
You can earn participation points by: (1) Making contribution in class discussions and (2) Active use of discussion board at LMES. Points will be awarded according to the relevance, quality, and pattern of your contribution. The maximum participation points will be 10 for the course and 1 for each week.
LEARNING
GOALS:
(with matching PILO)
1. Master key concepts, techniques,
Fall 2013
Department of Information Systems, Business Statistics, and
Operations Management
COURSE:
ISOM 4750 Business Project Management (3-0-0:3)
This course covers basic principles and practices of project management.
Special emphases are on project planning, scheduling, and control while addressing both the technical and the social aspects of managing business projects.
Fall 2013
Time: 9:00–10:20 p.m., Monday and Wednesday
Venue: LSKG005
Website: http://lmes2.ust.hk
INSTRUCTOR:
Dr. Qing LI (imqli@ust.hk)
Office: Room 4071, LSK Business Building
Phone: 2358-7749
Office hours: 2:00 – 3:00 p.m. MW or by appointment
TEACHING
ASSISTANT:
Edmond Ho (imhcf@ust.hk)
Office: Room 4065, LSK Business Building
Phone: 2358-8543
TEXTBOOK:
Project Management: The Managerial Process, 5th edition, by Gray and Larson (McGraw-Hill, 2011)
GRADING
POLICY:
Final course grade will be determined by the following criteria and distribution. University's guidelines on grade distribution will be observed if the class performance is significantly deviated from the
University's recommended grade distribution.
Participation (class and LMES)
Group project
Exercises and lab assignments
Comprehensive final exam
Total
10%
20%
20%
50%
100%
Class attendance is expected. Each absence (for whatever reasons) beyond two allowable absences will result in 1-point reduction from your total course score unless you have a valid, compelling reason.
Late to class (beyond 15 minutes) twice will be counted as 1 absence.
You can earn participation points by: (1) Making contribution in class discussions and (2) Active use of discussion board at LMES. Points will be awarded according to the relevance, quality, and pattern of your contribution. The maximum participation points will be 10 for the course and 1 for each week.
LEARNING
GOALS:
(with matching PILO)
1. Master key concepts, techniques,