IT 230 - Project Management & Statistical Process Control

Institution:

The University of Montana-Western

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Description:

The project management portion of this course is about the study of optimizing tasks, times, resources, and costs while finishing projects as planned. The course presents an overview of traditional project man-agement concepts and techniques (e.g., Gantt charts, PERT, CPT), along with several technical issues related to their effective use, as well as the problems associated with effective management and coordination of multiple discrete projects within an overall system. Microsoft Project will be used to manage the individual projects. The statistical process control portion of this course is the study of using statistics to improve product quality. Control charting and interpretation are emphasized; theory and use of statistical process control (SPC) tools for problem solving and continuous improvement; variables and attributes control charts for both discrete and continuous flow/batch process; process capability and performance analysis including strengths and weak-nesses of Cpk and Ppk indices; introduction to acceptance sampling.

Credits:

3.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.umwestern.edu

Phone Number:

(406) 683-7011

Regional Accreditation:

Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities

Calendar System:

Semester

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