PMGT 403 - Project Management:Initiating the Project and Planning Scope and Schedule

Institution:

Lehigh University

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Description:

Students will learn techniques for deciding whether to undertake a project and for planning project outcomes and schedules. The relationship of projects to organizational planning and budgeting, information and performance appraisals systems will be discussed. Approaches will be shared for identifying and classifying project stakeholders and designing and conducting a cost benefit analysis. How to define desired project outcomes clearly and completely and how to determine project work to be performed using decomposition and templates will be addressed. Students will learn how to develop a project charter, a scope statement, a Work Breakdown Structure, a WBS dictionary and a Linear Responsibility Chart. How to create a network diagram and analyze schedule possibilities using the Critical Path Method (CPM) and the Program Evaluation and Review Technique (PERT) will be explained. Fast tracking and crashing a schedule will also be explored. Displaying a schedule with a Gantt Chart, key events list and activities will be illustrated. How to support these activities using MS Project will be demonstrated. Prerequisites: PMGT 401, PMGT 402

Credits:

2.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.lehigh.edu

Phone Number:

(610) 758-3000

Regional Accreditation:

Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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