This course takes a look at fundamental skills and tools of the project management discipline, with a real world approach. The course covers topics about how to manage the project teams, schedules, costs, risks, resources, and deliver a successful outcome. The project management tools, processes, and planning skills required for efficient use of resources and effective achievement of goals will be discussed throughout the course.
Prerequisite(s)
Corequisite(s)
Special Requisite(s)
Instructor(s)
Assoc. Prof. Yaşar Dilek Ünalan, Pınar Sarp
Course Assistant(s)
Schedule
Tuesday, 15.00 - 16.50, Online
Office Hour(s)
Tuesday, 16.50-17.50, Online
Teaching Methods and Techniques
-Presentation
Demonstration
Principle Sources
-Zandhuis, A. and Wuttke, T. (2020) A Pocket Companion to PMI’s: PMBOK Guide (6th ed.), Van Haren Publishing, Amersfood-NL.
Other Sources
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Course Schedules
Week
Contents
Learning Methods
1. Week
Introduction to Project Management (PM)
Presentation
2. Week
Project Life Cycles and the PM Framework
Presentation and demonstration
3. Week
The Organizational Context: Strategy, Structure and Culture
Presentation and demonstration
4. Week
Leadership and Project Manager
Presentation and demonstration
5. Week
Project Scope Management
Presentation and demonstration
6. Week
Project Scope Management
Presentation and demonstration
7. Week
Project Cost Management
Presentation and demonstration
8. Week
Midterm Exam
9. Week
Midterm Exam
10. Week
Project Quality and Risk Management
Presentation and demonstration
11. Week
Project Team Building, Conflict and Negotiation
Project Stakeholder Management
Presentation and demonstration
12. Week
Project Team Building, Conflict and Negotiation
Project Stakeholder Management
Presentation and demonstration
13. Week
Project Evaluation and Control
Presentation and demonstration
14. Week
Mega and Government Projects
Presentation and demonstration
15. Week
16. Week
17. Week
Assessments
Evaluation tools
Quantity
Weight(%)
Midterm(s)
1
20
Attendance
14
10
Final Exam
1
70
Program Outcomes
PO-1
Demonstrates a basic level of understanding in related disciplines (such as economics, sociology, psychology, quantitative sciences, etc.) that form a foundation for business administration, and makes use of and applies them to the field of business.
PO-2
Applies mathematical, scientific and social knowledge to business problems.
PO-3
Demonstrates a basic level of understanding in business functions and management (such as management, production, marketing, accounting, finance, human resources, behavioural sciences, etc.) and interprets the theoretical arguments focusing on interactions between the actors and the cultures in the field.
PO-4
Determines how to use acquired theoretical and practical knowledge and skills related to business in application and field analysis and applies them.
PO-5
Identifies and evaluates the relations in the field of business; describes the problems and presents analytical solutions through modelling and interpreting (critical thinking).
PO-6
Designs a business process in any functional stage that complies with identified objectives.
PO-7
Develops effective business communication skills (written-verbal/formal-informal).
PO-8
Owns effective working skills individually or on a team in business and multidisciplinary fields.
PO-9
Acts with a sense of professional and ethical responsibility.
PO-10
Improves effective verbal and written communication skills in English, and acquires competence in minimum one foreign language.
Learning Outcomes
LO-1
a basic knowledge of the project life cycle
LO-2
an understanding of project scope management
LO-3
an ability to describe management of framing and scheduling for a project
LO-4
an ability to describe how to manage costs and risks of a project
LO-5
an ability to describe how to evaluate and control a project
