Engineering Project Management Part 2

Overview

Examines the theory and practice of managing projects. Explores human, mathematical, entrepreneurial, managerial, and engineering aspects of project management. The systems development life cycle is the framework for the course. Addresses needs analysis, requirements definition, design, and implementation in the context of project management. Introduces mathematical and software tools for planning, monitoring, and controlling projects.

Syllabus

Project Networks and Scheduling

This module teaches how to transform Work Breakdown Structures into actionable timelines using network diagrams (AON, AOA), Gantt charts, PERT/CPM diagrams, and critical path analysis.

Advanced Project Planning

This module addresses advanced planning concepts including the fallacy of the man-month metric, probability in project scheduling, statistical analysis, and the use of uncertainty machines in scheduling.

Human Resource Planning

This module covers project crashing and fast tracking, resource loading and leveling, balancing resources using heuristics, and the Critical Chain Method (CCPM).

Monitoring Project Execution

This module focuses on monitoring project performance through feedback systems, Earned Value Management (EVM), forecasting project delays and expenses, and understanding performance variances and indices.

Controlling Project Execution

This module examines project control mechanisms, including types of control (cybernetic, go/no-go, phase/gated, post control), critical ratio analysis, balancing competing constraints, and managing scope creep.

Project Assessment and Evaluation

This module covers project audits, evaluation methodologies, the five dimensions of project success, the NTCP classification system, spider diagrams for visualizing project profiles, and recommendations for effective evaluations

Project Termination and Retrospective

This module explores the critical final phase of the project lifecycle, examining how projects conclude through four distinct types of termination (extinction, addition, integration, starvation), reasons for termination, critical success factors, and proper closure procedures.