BUSA 4610 Advanced Project Management

This course, informed by the Project Management Institute's Body of Knowledge, emphasizes the role that successfully executed projects play in continuous improvement efforts such as Six Sigma. Students will critically assess both P.E.R.T. and C.P.M to understand the pros and cons of each approach to network analysis and therefore know when to apply each approach. Finally, students will learn that when they employ project management techniques in the continuous improvement cycle (the Deming Cycle), reducing the time required to complete one loop of the Deming Cycle can be the basis for competitive advantage.

Credits

3

Student Learning Outcomes

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

1. Understand the concept of the project as a management technique to get work done in a business organization – on time and on budget.
2. Develop the ability to perform project selection to achieve organizational objectives.
3. Develop the ability to review, analyze and assess the creation of a project work breakdown structure.
4. Develop the ability to determine and analyze the critical components of independent project networks and interdependent project networks.
5. Develop the ability to estimate, analyze, and assess the cost of a project.
6. Learn to utilize modern, readily available, computer software program(s) to plan organize and control all elements of the business project.