ISE 315 Project Management

ISE 315L: Project Management

Fall 2015, Tue/Thu 12:30-1:50 (VHE 206)

Prerequisite: ISE 225 or ISE 330

COURSE DESCRIPTION

Organizations of all types (profit, nonprofit, government) are increasingly using contract/subcontract work to accomplish their business objectives. To do so, they are relying on project-based and team-based work structures. Therefore, they need skillful project managers to manage the entire project in a systematic approach. This course is designed for the students to learn the basic concepts and skills of project management. The course begins with the question of why we need project management skills and continues to provide a deep understanding of project life-cycle (initiating, planning, executing and closing). The course provides both the theoretical and practical concepts underlying each section and uses examples from MS Project software. The learning modes include lecture discussions, student group discussions and presentations, case studies, individual research, and a team-based term project.

Textbook (Required):

Project Management: Achieving Competitive Advantage (Fourth Edition), 2016, by Jeffrey K. Pinto. Publisher: Pearson Higher Education. ISBN: 978-0-13-379807-4

This book is expensive if you purchase it as hard cover. The e-textbook version is much cheaper and can be found at: http://www.coursesmart.com/IR/1715802/9780133798210?__hdv=6.8

The e-textbook version can be viewed online or offline inside your browser.

Software (Required):

·  Copies of Microsoft ® Project are available free of charge to USC students and faculty. Please follow these steps for a free download to your computer:
a)http://viterbi.usc.edu/resources/vit/services/dreamspark.htm- Scroll down and click on - I agree - Take me to the Download site
It will take you to
b)http://e5.onthehub.com/d.ashx?s=mopjorpfoo- Click on - Start Shopping
This will take you to
c)https://e5.onthehub.com/WebStore/ProductsByMajorVersionList.aspx?ws=03af59fa-db17-e211-a76f-f04da23e67f6&vsro=8
where you will find MS Project 13. Click on it and start the registration process, receive a code, and download.

·  You may also download Microsoft Visio using the above procedure. Visio could be used to draw a picture of the Work Breakdown Structure in a hierarchical format to check the accuracy of your WBS. We will discuss this later during the semester. Instead of Visio, you may use Word, PowerPoint, or any other drawing software.

·  The textbook has a tutorial on MS Project in Appendix B. Refer to this section before using the software for your homework and integrated project.

·  There is a set of video tutorials for MS Project called Project N Motion at the following web site: http://www.tech.uh.edu/projectnmotion/. We will use these video tutorials as our lab learning tools. They are referred to as PNM in the course schedule below.

Project Management Standards (optional):

Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK): Available from the Project Management Institute website (www.pmi.org). The Fifth Edition (2013) is also recognized by theAmerican National Standards Institute(ANSI) as American National Standard BSR/PMI 99-001-2013. At the end of each chapter in the textbook, there are a set of questions and their connections to the PMBOK standard.

Other (Required):

You need a calculator with a basic math and algebraic functions, like x square, square root, and log based 2 and 10. You need to bring this calculator to your exams. Your cellphones should be turned off during the exam sessions.

External Links (Optional):

Sometimes during the semester, take a look at the following project management organizations:

·  Project Management Institute (PMI) -http://www.pmi.org/CareerDevelopment/Pages/Obtaining-Credential.aspx

·  International Project Management Association (IPMA) -http://ipma.ch/certification/

·  APM Group Ltd (APMG) -http://www.apmg-international.com/APMG-UK/PRINCE2/PRINCE2Home.aspx

You can find plenty of useful information from these sources.

For information on student scholarships, grants, outreach opportunities and educational information on project management, please view the Project Management Institute (PMI) Educational Foundation website athttp://www.pmi.org/pmief/

QUALITY EXPECTATIONS

Professional deliverables are expected at all times for your homework, project, papers and presentations. All assignments should have:

·  Your name and/or your team member names

·  Date and document title

·  No spelling mistakes

·  Professional analysis, conclusions and/or recommendations

·  All emails should have the ISE 315 in the subject

COURSE SCHEDULE

FORMATION OF TEAMS

General Rules for Teams

You begin forming a team in first session. If you need help, talk to TA/Instructor. Some rules are:

·  All team members will receive equal grades, but each member has the opportunity to evaluate the other members based on a peer evaluation process. Use the peer evaluation form in this syllabus.

·  All team members must participate in the presentation with equal workload assigned to each member.

·  All activities internal to each team is assigned, performed and managed by the team members. The instructor will only intervene when one or more of the team members deviate from acceptable norms of team behavior.

Peer Evaluation Form

Print your name: (first, last) Date:

Team number and title of the project:

·  All peer evaluations in this class will be kept strictly confidential.

·  Please be honest and truthful in your evaluation of your team members. We want you to maintain a strong ethical approach toward evaluation of your peers, since you will be asked to do the same in the real world projects.

·  Email your completed form to the TA on time. If you fail to deliver your peer evaluation on time, a zero will be assigned to your own evaluation score.

INTEGRATED PROJECT = Term Project

We have a term project for this course which is called “Integrated Project” by your book. The term project is designed so that you go through the important concepts in project management using a real project that you design and implement. Your textbook has a detailed description of each step of the steps you should go through in sections called: Integrated Project. The first attempt at the project definition is on page 72, and continues throughout the textbook (see the page numbers for each project step in the course schedule above). To give you an idea of what to do with your project, in each section of the book where the Integrated Project step is described, a sample project has been worked on (or solved) in detail. The name of the sample project in our textbook is ABCups. Read this section before working on your project.

In choosing your project, I want you to think about projects that not only have financial value, but also have social and environmental contributions to make. This makes the project more interesting, and since transforming social and environmental benefits into financial terms are more challenging. For example, you may want to consider a project to contract and install a solar system to make your home carbon neutral. Also, the following features make your project more interesting: multi-cultural team members, multi-location efforts, multi-agency requirements, and projects with global implications.

Read Appendix B: Tutorial for MS Project 2013. Throughout your project, follow instructional on this appendix to get yourself familiar with MS Project. You will need to use this in your project.

Read Appendix C: Project Plan Template. You need to follow the information in this appendix before submitting your project proposal. Your project proposal needs to be approved by the instructor.

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STATEMENT FOR STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES

Any student requesting academic accommodations based on a disability is required to register with Disability Services and Programs (DSP) each semester. A letter of verification for approved accommodations can be obtained from DSP. Please be sure the letter is delivered to me (or to TA) as early in the semester as possible. DSP is located in 3601 Watt Way (GFS 120) and is open 8:30 a.m.–5:00 p.m., Monday through Friday.Website for DSPand contact information:(213) 740-0776 (Phone), (213) 740-6948 (TDD only), (213) 740-8216 (FAX).

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EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS/COURSE CONTINUITY IN A CRISIS

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