BUSA 3700 Project Management

This course addresses concepts and techniques for the management of business and technology projects and their associated activities, personnel, and resources. The content deals with planning, scheduling, organizing, and managing projects such as new product development, construction, system implementation, and special events. Primary class emphasis is on the project management process and tools. The course covers the project planning process in detail, addressing project scope, and objectives, deliverables, milestones, tasks, work breakdown structure, responsibility and authority, project network, critical path analysis, costs, and resource allocation. The course also addresses the formation and organization of the project team, including the selection of successful project managers, key staffing, and group process issues, and the various organizational approaches used to structure projects. Topics covered include the project life cycle, project planning, project scheduling, project cost estimating, project risk analysis, project control techniques, project organizations and functions, project manager responsibilities, and teambuilding.

Credits

3

Prerequisite

none

Typically Offered

Athens Campus: fall evening, summer hybrid — Demorest Campus: fall day, spring day, spring evening, summer hybrid

Student Learning Outcomes

At the successful completion of this course, students will be able to:

1. Use a vocabulary of project management terms and concepts.
2. Recognize and manage the triple constraints of cost, time, and quality when managing a project.
3. Decompose project work into identifiable tasks that are cross-referenced to the departments in organizational structure. 
4. Network project tasks, with staffing requirements, to create the project schedule and budget.
5. Understand the complex communications required for providing information to all project stakeholders, including team and sponsor.
6. Demonstrate familiarity with industry-standard project management software as well as the types of functions to expect of project management technology.
7. Demonstrate familiarity with project management themes including scheduling and cost control, critical path management, risk management, project phases, and change control.