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COURSE SYLLABUS – ADMN 898/MOT 942

PROJECT MANAGEMENT

FALL TERM 1 2013

PROFESSOR: CRAIG H. WOOD

CLASS DAYS MR 5:30-9:15

OFFICE HOURS: By appointment

OFFICE: Paul 370H

TELEPHONE: Office: 862-3355 Home: 292-5526 (9 a.m. to 9 p.m.)

SECRETARY: Stacy Hokinson: 862-3388

E-MAIL craig.wood@unh.edu

COURSE DESCRIPTION:

A course that focuses on both the science of project management and the art of managing projects and provides a comprehensive, integrative understanding of the project management process. Major topics include defining the project, developing a network plan, managing risk, reducing project time, scheduling resources, managing project teams, progress and performance measurement and evaluation, closing projects, and professional and social responsibility.

COURSE OBJECTIVES:

1. To master project management tools and techniques and the dynamics of team development and interpersonal problem solving.

2. To understand the critical dimensions of project scope, time, and resource allocation.

3. To explore a variety of ‘best practices’ including anticipating, preventing, and overcoming barriers to project success.

4. To more fully understand the policies and systems used by participants’ organizations to develop and control projects.

READINGS:

Required: A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK Guide), 5th Edition, Project Management Institute, Inc., 2013, ISBN 978-1-935589-67-9.

Case Packet

Recommended for PMP Exam: PMP Practice Makes Perfect, Estrella, Duncan, Zahran, Haner, and Jen, John Wiley & Sons, 2012, ISBN 978-1-118-16976-6. (Covers PMBOK 4th Ed.)

COURSE FORMAT: The course will be taught using cases, lecture, group discussion, and presentations. You should come to class prepared to participate intelligently and actively in all discussions. Since we meet in class for only five weeks, it is imperative that you keep up with the material....