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RENUKA SHARMA

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Program Name : BBA (G)/HA Semester: IV

Course: Project Management Code:06040411/06050412

Teaching Scheme Evaluation Scheme

Classroom Session/ Practical/ Tutorials Credit Continuous Term End Examination

Lectures
Group work Evaluation (TEE)

40 - - 4 40 60

Course Rationale:
It is important for management students to understand Project financing for its sheer size and its impact on
the economic development. Ignited by the changing economic priorities of the country, billions of Rupees are
invested in infrastructure every year by the Government and Private Sector. Huge investments are being made
in the development of Road and Rail networks, Urban Transportation, Electricity generation and distribution,
Energy & Power, Solid Waste management, passenger airlines; waterways, and communication sectors. This
course encompasses project planning, project feasibility, network analysis techniques, and Social cost benefit
analysis.

Course Objectives:
1. To acquaint students to the nitty gritty of project management.
2. To make understand students the project feasibility techniques.
3. To make students learn about the network analysis techniques.
4. Provide an overview of contemporary developments, both in India and outside.
Learning Outcomes:
After completion of the course, students would be able to:
1. Understand the different types of projects, project management process
2. Students will be able to make use of network analysis techniques.
3. Learn about the contemporary project management internationally.

Prerequisite(s):
Know the concept of Capital Budgeting.

Pedagogy:
The pedagogy will be a mix of Lectures, presentations, Class Room Discussion and Projects/Assignments

Syllabus:
Unit- 1
Project Planning: Concept, Characteristics, Types of projects, Stages in Project life cycle ,Project selection
process, project family tree, project management process, tools and techniques of project
management, importance of project management.
Case Study: The Delhi Metro Project: Effective Project Management in the Indian Public Sector
 Unit-2
Project Feasibility: Market analysis, technical analysis, Financial Estimates and Projections- means of
finance, cost of production, sources of project financing.
Unit-3
Overview of Capital budgeting- meaning, techniques .Project Risk Analysis-sources, measures, and
perspectives on Risk, sensitivity analysis, break-even analysis, decision tree analysis, managing risk ,
project selection under risk.
Unit-4
Network Analysis : PERT - Introduction, various types of floats and its application, Construction of
networks, Critical Path Method- Time cost relationship, crashing for optimum time and cost.
Unit- 5
Project Monitoring and Control, Earned Value Analysis, Social Cost Benefit Analysis, UNIDO approach,
shadow pricing, Reasons for project failure. Project Management at international paradigm.
A Comparative Approach of Japanese Project Management in Construction, Manufacturing and IT Industries

Textbook:
 Prasanna Chandra, Projects: Planning, Analysis, Selection, Financing, Implementation, and
Review,8th edition,2017, Mc Graw Hill Education (India) Private Limited
 Jack R. Meredith, Samuel J. Mantel, Project Management – A Managerial Approach,
 International Student Version, 8th edition, Wiley.
 P Gopalakrishnan, V E Rama Moorthy – Textbook of Project Management, 1st edition ,2014,
Trinity press.
 Timothy Kloppenborg, Contemporary Project Management,4th edition, 2018,Cengage
Learning
 David R. Anderson,Dennis J. Sweeney,Thomas A. Williams,Jeffrey D. Camm, Kipp
Martin,Quantitative methods for Business, Cengage,12 edition,2017.

Reference Books:
 Narendra Singh, project management and control, 6th revised edition, 2016, Himalaya Publishing
house.
 Clifford F. Gray, Erik W. Larson, Gautam V. Desai, Project Management: The Managerial Process,
6th edition, 2014, Mc GrawHill Education.
 Jeffery K.Pinto, Project Management- Achieving Competitive Advantage,5 th edition, 2019 , Pearson.
 David R. Anderson,Dennis J. Sweeney,Thomas A. Williams,Jeffrey D. Camm, Kipp
Martin,Quantitative methods for Business, Cengage,12 edition,2017.

Journals:
 International Journal of Project Management
 Project Management Journal

Links to websites:
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Evaluation Scheme:
 Class participation and attendance 05marks
 Mid Term Exam20marks
 Assignment05marks
 Team Project Presentation 10marks
 Term-End Exam60marks
Total 100marks

Session Plan:

Session Topic (including subtopics) Learning Outcomes Pedagogical Textbook

Tool Chapters &
Readings
1-2
 Project Planning: Student learn Lecture, Class Presentation,Not
Concept, Characteristics, Types of about the concept discussion es provided by
projects of project faculty

3  Project Planning: Knowledge of Lecture, Class Presentation,Not

Stages in Project life cycle ,Project Project life cycle discussion es provided by
selection process faculty

4  Project Planning: Understand Lecture, Class Presentation,Not

Project family tree, project Project family tree discussion es provided by
management process faculty

5  Project Planning: Learn tools and Lecture, Class Presentation,Not

Tools and techniques of project techniques of project discussion es provided by
management, importance of project management. faculty
management.

6 Case Study: The Delhi Metro Understand the Class

Project: Effective Project implementation of discussion
Management in the Indian Public project.
Sector

7  Project Feasibility: Understand about the Lecture, Class Textbook -1

Market analysis market analysis discussion Chapter-4
8  Project Feasibility: Understand about Lecture, Class Textbook-1
Technical analysis technical feasibilty discussion Chapter -5

9  Project Feasibility: Understand about Lecture, Class Textbook-1

Financial Estimates and Projections- financial feasibilty discussion Chapter -6
means of finance.

10  Project Feasibility: Lecture, Class Textbook-1

Cost of production, sources of Understand about discussion Chapter -5
project financing. financial feasibility,
sources of finance

11-14  Overview of Capital Understand the Lecture, Class Notes provided

budgeting- concept of capital discussion, by faculty
Meaning, techniques budgeting Board

15  Project Risk Analysis- Lecture, Class Textbook-1

sources, measures Knowledge of risk discussion Chapter-11
analysis of project

16  Project Risk Analysis- Understand the Lecture, Class Textbook-1

Perspectives on Risk, sensitivity concept of discussion Chapter-11
analysis sensitivity analysis
17  Project Risk Analysis- Lecture, Class Textbook-1
Break-even analysis, decision tree Understand the discussion Chapter-11
analysis concept of break
even analysis

18  Project Risk Analysis- Will learn about Lecture, Class Textbook-1

Managing risk, project selection managing risk and discussion Chapter-11
under risk. how to select
project under
uncertainity.

19  Network Analysis Understand the Lecture, Class Textbook 1

PERT - Introduction, concept of PERT discussion, Chapter-
various types of floats and Board 22 ,Notes
its application provided by the
faculty

20-23  Network Analysis Understand the Lecture, Class Textbook 1

Construction of networks, Critical concept of Critical discussion, Chapter-22,
Path Method- Time cost relationship Path analysis Board Notes provided
by the faculty

24-29  Network Analysis Understand the Lecture, Class Textbook-1

Crashing for optimum time and cost. concept of crashing discussion, Chapter-22,
Board Notes provided
by the faculty

30  Project Monitoring and Understand the Lecture, Class Notes provided

Control concept of Earned discussion by faculty
Earned Value Analysis value analysis
31-32  Project Monitoring and Understand the Lecture, Class Notes provided
Control concept of UNIDO discussion by faculty

UNIDO approach. Shadow

pricing

33-36  Project Monitoring and Understand the Lecture, Class Notes provided
Control reasons for project discussion by faculty
Reasons for project failure. Project failure.
Management at international
paradigm

37
A Comparative Approach of Will know project Class
Japanese Project Management in management at discussion
Construction, Manufacturing and IT international
Industries paradigm.

38-40
 Student Presentation