Course Title: Mgt 4010 - Fundamentals of Project Management

Text: Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK) - 5th Edition Duties: Lecture, administer and grade exams, papers, and projects

Featured Lecture Topics:

Introduction to the PMBOK and the Project Management Institute

• The five project management lifecycle phases
• The five project management process groups
• The ten knowledge areas of project management
• Managing project constraints
• Earned value management and analysis
• Project budget management
• Developing a project charter
• Developing a project schedule
• Developing a project scope statement
• Critical path analysis-activity duration and estimating
• Work breakdown structure - decomposing and progressive elaboration
• Roles and responsibilities of a Project Manager
• Program vs. Project Management
• Managing a project team
• Team dynamics
• Monitoring and controlling a project
• Business case analysis and feasibility study
• Effective project meetings and developing status reports
• Baselining a project