Project Management
M.B.A.
Paper – 3.2
PROJECT MANAGEMENT
Project Management
Unit – 1
Concepts of Project Management: Project – Meaning – Nature – Types of project and project life cycle – Project management – Nature and scope of project management – Project management as a profession – Role of project manager.
Unit – 2
Project Identification and Formation: Project environment – Identification of investment opportunities – Project screening – preferability study – Project selection – Project formulation – Stages in project formulation – Project report preparation – Planning Commission’s guidelines for project formulation.
Unit – 3
Project Appraisal: Objectives, essentials of a project methodology – Market appraisal – Technical appraisal – Financial appraisal – Socio-economic appraisal – Managerial appraisal
Unit – 4
Project Planning and Scheduling: Objectives – Process or planning components or good planning – Project designing and project scheduling and time estimation – Scheduling to match availability of man power and release of funds – Cost and time trade cost.
Unit – 5
Project Execution and Administration – Project contracting: Contract pricing, Types – Project organization: Forms of organization – Project direction – Project communication – Project coordination – Factors influencing effective project management – Project time monitoring and cost monitoring – Project over runs.
Unit – 6
Project Control: Control techniques – PERT, CPM – Proper review – Project audit.
References
1. Prasanna Chandra, Projects Planning, Analysis, Selection, Implementation and Review.
2. Gopalakrishnan P & Ramamoorthy V.E, Textbook of Project Management.
3. Kerner Harold, Project Management.
4. Dennis Hock, Project Management Handbook.
5. Choudhry S, Project Management
6. Goel B.B, Project Management: A Development Perspective
Lesson 1
Concepts of Project Management
Objectives
Paper – 3.2
PROJECT MANAGEMENT
Project Management
Unit – 1
Concepts of Project Management: Project – Meaning – Nature – Types of project and project life cycle – Project management – Nature and scope of project management – Project management as a profession – Role of project manager.
Unit – 2
Project Identification and Formation: Project environment – Identification of investment opportunities – Project screening – preferability study – Project selection – Project formulation – Stages in project formulation – Project report preparation – Planning Commission’s guidelines for project formulation.
Unit – 3
Project Appraisal: Objectives, essentials of a project methodology – Market appraisal – Technical appraisal – Financial appraisal – Socio-economic appraisal – Managerial appraisal
Unit – 4
Project Planning and Scheduling: Objectives – Process or planning components or good planning – Project designing and project scheduling and time estimation – Scheduling to match availability of man power and release of funds – Cost and time trade cost.
Unit – 5
Project Execution and Administration – Project contracting: Contract pricing, Types – Project organization: Forms of organization – Project direction – Project communication – Project coordination – Factors influencing effective project management – Project time monitoring and cost monitoring – Project over runs.
Unit – 6
Project Control: Control techniques – PERT, CPM – Proper review – Project audit.
References
1. Prasanna Chandra, Projects Planning, Analysis, Selection, Implementation and Review.
2. Gopalakrishnan P & Ramamoorthy V.E, Textbook of Project Management.
3. Kerner Harold, Project Management.
4. Dennis Hock, Project Management Handbook.
5. Choudhry S, Project Management
6. Goel B.B, Project Management: A Development Perspective
Lesson 1
Concepts of Project Management
Objectives