PROJ 592 Project Cost and Schedule Control
Week, TCOs, and Topics
Readings
Assignments
Week 1
TCOs A & B
Project Definition, WBS, and Cost
Project Management for Business, Engineering and Technology
Chapter 5: Planning Fundamentals (pp.157-195)
Earned Value Project Management
Chapter 6: Scope the Project (pp.47-61)
You Decide
Graded Discussion Topics
Week 2
TCOs B & C
Financial Plan
Project Management for Business, Engineering and Technology
Chapter 8: Cost Estimating and Budgeting (pp. 289-331)
Assignment Problems
Graded Discussion Topics
Week 3
TCOs C & E
Scheduling Networks
Project Management for Business, Engineering and Technology
Chapter 6: Project Time Planning and Networks (pp.196-231)
Graded Discussion Topics
Quiz
Week 4
TCO E
Advanced Scheduling and Crashing
Project Management for Business, Engineering and Technology
Chapter 6, Section 6.6: Scheduling with Resource Constraints (pp. 217-225)
Chapter 7: Advanced Project Network Analysis and Scheduling (pp. 240-272, 275-277)
Earned Value Project Management
Chapter 7: Plan and Schedule the Project (pp. 63-74)
Course Project, Part 1 (CP-1) Due
Graded Discussion Topics
Week 5
TCO F
Project Monitoring and Control
Project Management for Business, Engineering and Technology
Chapter 11: Project Execution and Control (pp. 404-444)
Earned Value Project Management
Chapter 1: If Earned Value is so hot... (pp. 1-4)
Chapter 2: Earned Value Project Management (Introduction) (pp. 5-13)
Chapter 3: Earned Value Project Management (Overview) (pp. 15-25)
Chapter 5: The Earned Value Body of Knowledge (pp. 35-46)
Chapter 9: Establish the Earned Value Project Baseline (pp. 85-108)
Assignment Problems
Graded Discussion Topics
Week 6
TCO G
Cost and Schedule Management
Earned Value Project Management
Chapter 10: Employ Earned Value Measurement on Project Procurements (pp. 109-123)
Chapter 11: Monitor Performance