Promoción Internacional Estatal

COURSE DESCRIPTION

As organizations continue to look for ways to reduce costs, managers are often expected to oversee special projects in addition to their traditional responsibilities. When a project is too complex for one person to handle, the project manager is expected to lead a team of diverse employees to complete the assignment. This course will assist the project manager to break down a complex project into manageable segments, lead a diverse project team, and use effective tools to ensure that the project meets its deliverables and is completed within budget and on schedule.

COURSE OBJECTIVES

Upon completion of this course, the student will be able to:

• Implement the key steps involved in managing a project

• Organize the project into manageable components

• Successfully lead project teams and work with stakeholders

• Use effective tools to oversee and monitor complex projects

• Develop project budgets and schedules

• Bring complex projects to successful completion

• Use Microsoft Project to create a project plan and monitor progress

• Develop a comprehensive project plan which is ready for implementation

CLASS ATTENDANCE

Attendance at the lectures is critical for successful completion of the course. Students will be expected to download course materials from Blackboard prior to class, and are responsible for taking notes. Lecture notes, if made available, may not be provided until after the class is over.

MICROSOFT PROJECT 2010 TUTORIAL

By the end of this course, students are expected to have acquired basic skills with Microsoft Project 2010, a commonly used project management software product employed in many industries. In-class tutorials will be held in a computer cluster on Tuesday February 12 and Thursday February 14, 2013. Please refer to the syllabus for specific room assignments.

REQUIRED READINGS

There is no required textbook for the class. Students are, however, required to read cases which will be discussed in class and available on Blackboard.

Many students prefer to supplement class lectures with readings, so the following books are recommended, but are not available in the CMU bookstore:

• Custom textbook which was used in prior semesters which can be purchased used from a fellow student: Project Management for 94-813 Project Management, Pearson Publishing.

• Original textbook from which the custom version was excerpted: Pinto, Jeffrey K., Project Management, Achieving Competitive Advantage (2nd Edition), Prentice Hall 2009 I ISBN-10: 0136065619 I ISBN-13: 978-0136065616

• Project Management Institute, A Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK Guide) (4th Edition)

• Mantel, Samuel J., Jack R. Meredith, Scott M. Shafer, Margaret M. Sutton, Project

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