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Management 5017R Winter 2013        
  Dr Jay Billings   512-5555 (office)   jay@dsmc.us PMBOK Guide    
  Project Management Tenth Edition Kerzner ( recommend buying from half.com)
    Class Syllabus (Schedule, Disclosure, CASE Grade Sheet, Book Report Grade Sheet)    
To download course notes to your computer, right click and choose Save Target As, and then choose a location on your computer.  Login and password are required. If you have any problems, email support@dsmc.us      LOGIN: MGMT5017 PASSWORD: Given in class. Case Sensitive                                       updated Sept. 10, 2013 PMBOK Guide  
 

A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge

 
Dates Class Number Class Topic Assignment Case Book Report PM Opportunity PM Responsibility Case

08/2013

1 Overview of PM Theory  K 1, 2       Disclosure

08/27/13

2 PM Organization K 3, 4     Boys and Girl Club Disclosure

09/03/13

3 Scope Management K 11     Class SOW  

09/10/13

4 Time Management K 4, 5     Conflict Management Violence Case

09/17/13

5 Cost Management K 14,15 & 18     PM Paper Clip (2)  

09/24/13

6 EXAM #1          

10/01/13

7 Risk Management K 17 Jones (p 136 K)   PM Chemical Company PM Chemical Company

10/08/13

8 Quality Management K 18  

Facilities (p 311 K)

  PM Candy, Beverage, Metrics  

10/15/13

9 Fall Break notes on class  website        Test Manager PM Testing

 

10/22/13

10 Testing no chapter Team#3 Bathtub Case (p 623 K)      
10/29/13 11 Communications Management &Personnel Management   K13 & K5 Team#4 Case based on outside reading provided by Dr. Billings   Bean Counter  & PM/Functional Manager

 

Spin

11/05/13

12 EXAM #2          

11/12/13

13 Contract  Management -Crises Management K 21 Hand out crises cases   PM as Contracting Officer Theft of Intellectual Property

11/19/13

14 Crises Project Management   Each team present a crises report. Assignment will be provided in previous week      

11/26/13

15 Book Reports Abeliene Paradox        

12/03/13

16 Book Reports Project Close Out     PM Abeliene  

12/10/13

Final Final Exam           
    Grading

A=100-91

B=81-90

C=71-80

F/D=0-70

Read these chapters in Kerzner prior to the class Cases  Team Presentation  (a) What is the situation (b) What is the Problem   (c) What is Relevance to Kerzner Chapter  (d) What is your recommendation --include "project" implementation-- See grade sheet for additional details Book selected by team should be  a topical management book.  Book Reports 

(1) Summarize main points of book

(2) Relevance of K 9, 10, and 21

(3)How could a PM use this book in the project?

(4) 4 of the 16 Principles of Modern PM and the book

   
 
 

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