BA 352: Project Management {Spring 2019}

General Course Material: 

• Syllabus
• Canvas

Videos:

1. Alton Bridge (Intro to PM), VA1

2. Causes of Project Failure, VA 2

3. Critical Chain Project Management

4. Agile Project Management

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Exam 1 Material:  CPM/PERT/Crashing/Project Simulation

Take Home Exam 1

Notes:  M 1/7, W 1/9, F 1/11: ICE 1, M 1/14, W 1/16 F 1/18: Solve Example from 1/14 with MS Excel Solver, F 1/18 M 1/21: ICE 1 and ICE 2, W 1/23: PERT, F 1/25: More PERT & ICE 3, M 1/28: Big Beta, W 1/30: Simulation, F 2/1: Work on THE1, M 2/4: First Look at MS Project, W 2/6: Work on ICE 4 and THE1, F 2/8: In Class Exam 1 Work on THE1 in EBH 030, M 2/11: In Class Exam 1

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• Assignment 1
• ICE 1
• Keys:  1.2.a, 1.2.b, 1.2.c
• Assignment 2
• ICE 2
• Hints on how to find minimum completion time.
• Crashing Using Solver
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• PERT (updated 1/25)
• Picture of a beta distribution
• ICE 3
• Article on using Beta
• One Big Beta and Simulation (file for 1/30)

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MS Project Material

Notes: W 2/13 & F 2/15: Return Exams, Resource Allocation – ICE 5, Weeks 7 & 8, M 3/11: Return multiple assignments, work on Case 1.

· Triple Graph from THE1

o Extra Credit: Email me the three beta parameters that “best-fit” the simulation results by Friday 3/1.

· ICE 4

· ICE 5

· ICE 6

· Case 1 Proposal

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Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBoK) 6e/Certified Associate in Project Management (CAPM) Material

· Case 1

· Take Home Exam 2 (Due on Monday 4/22 by 10am)

• Simulation from THE1

Notes: W 3/13: Intro to PMBoK 6e and CAPM & ICE 7, F 3/15: Guest Speaker: Darren Stewart PE, Project Manager, Russell Planning and Engineering, Week 10, M 3/25, W 3/27: Notes, ICE 10, F 3/29: PM Trivia 2, M 4/1: Start THE2, W 4/3: Guest Speaker: Mark Gutt, FLC Project Manager (Whalen), F 4/5: Work on THE 2, M 4/8, W 4/10: Guest Speaker: LeRoi Matthew-Pierre Smith IV, PMP, F 4/12: PM Trivia 3, M 4/15: Guest Speaker: Jon Quinn, Project Manager, Allied Pipeline Technologies, W 4/17, F 4/19: In Class Exam 2

· ICE 8

· PMBoK 6e Chapter Outlines Assignment 1

o See notes from Week 10 link.

· ICE 9: 9 Trivia questions from PMBoK chapters 4, 5 and 6 due by Wednesday 3/27.

· Chapter Outlines Assignment 2: Chapters 4, 5 and 6, assigned in class.

· ICE 10

· PMBoK 6e Outline – All Chapters

· Trivia 1

· Trivia 2

· Trivia 3