Graduate Project Management in Business Cluster

Students will analyze project management roles and responsibilities in the business organization and apply project management concepts. Organizational structures and their effect on project management are studied using a case analysis approach. Other topics include: organizing and staffing the project team, project office functions, time management and conflict management.

Managing the portfolio of projects in the business organization is the main focus of this course with emphasis on best practices and models for the strategic selection of projects. Students will prepare a project proposal as one of the main deliverables of this course.

In this course, students will define the scope of a project, and develop a project charter, a work breakdown structure, a project schedule using MS Project and a project budget. Other topics include an analysis of the project lifecycle, canceled and failed projects, network scheduling techniques, and estimating time and cost. Students will prepare a comprehensive project plan and schedule as the main deliverables of this course.