Course Project Management B. Tech.
VII Semester
Title
Course Category Hours/Week Credits Maximum Marks
Code
Humanities Continuous End
L T P C Total
1825701 & Internal Exam
Social Assessment
Sciences
(HSMC) 3 0 0 3 70 30 100
Mid Exam Duration : 2Hrs External Exam Duration: 3Hrs
Course Objectives: The main objective of the course is to learn
• To impart the basic concepts of Project selection.
• To develop an understanding of Project Planning and design, construction and execution,
monitoring and control, completion.
• To achieve the Projects main goal within the constraints.
• To optimize the allocated necessary inputs.
• To shape and reform the clients vision or to negotiate with them as regards the project's
objectives.
Course Outcomes: On successful completion of this course, the students will be able to
CO 1 Remembering and recalling the principles of project management and
methods involved in the process of project management.
CO 2 Understanding of Project Planning, design, construction, execution,
maintaining and controlling
CO 3 Applying techniques in Project Evaluation, Scheduling and controlling.
CO 4 Classifying and analysis risks in Project management and project scheduling
UNIT - I
Introduction to Project Management: Need for Project management, Taxonomy of
project, Project life cycle, Project management Process, Principles of Project
Management. Project Identification and Selection, Pre – feasibility study, Project
Planning Process, Resources allocation, Project Break-even Point.
UNIT - II
Financial Evaluation of Projects: Cost of the Project, Means of finance, Financial
Evaluation of projects – Payback period method, Accounting Rate of Return method,
Net Present Value method, Internal Rate of Return method, Benefit Cost Ratio
method (Profitability Index), (simple Problems).
UNIT - III
Project Risk & Quality Management: Introduction, Role of Risk management, Risk
identification – Steps in risk management –, Risk analysis (Decision trees, Simulation
and Break-even analysis), Techniques for managing risk. Project Quality Management
and Value Engineering: Quality, Quality Concepts and Value Engineering.
UNIT - IV
Project Scheduling (Network Analysis): Development of Project network, Time
estimation, Determination of the critical Path, PERT Model, Project Crashing.
(Simple Problems)
UNIT - V
Project Execution & PMS: Process of Project Execution and Control, Project
Management Information System (PMIS), Project Performance Measurement and
Evaluation (PPME).
Project Management Software: Essential Requirement of Project Management
Software, Common Features available in most of the project management software.
Text Books
1. Prasanna Chandra, Projects, Tata McGraw Hill.
2. Nagarajan K, Project Management 4th edition, New Age International (P) Ltd.
3. L S Srinath, PERT/CPM, Affiliated East-West Press 2005.
Reference Books
1. Nicholas J.M.& Steyn H., Project Management, Elsevier, Himalaya publications.
2. Narendra Singh, Project Management and Control, HPH, 2003.
3. Harvey Maylor, Project Management, Pearson Education.
4. Panneerselvam & Senthilkumar, Project Management, PHI.
