ÃœYS647 - PROJECT MANAGEMENT
| Course Name | Code | Semester | Theory (hours/week) |
Application (hours/week) |
Credit | ECTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PROJECT MANAGEMENT | ÃœYS647 | 1st Semester | 3 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| Prequisites | ||||||
| Course language | English | |||||
| Course type | Elective | |||||
| Mode of Delivery | Face-to-Face | |||||
| Learning and teaching strategies | Lecture | |||||
| Instructor (s) | Prof. Dr. Aydın ULUCAN | |||||
| Course objective | The course aims to give the student the basic theoretical and practical knowledge to design computer aided project management methodology and apply this methodology to the main areas of business such as production, finance and marketing. During the course, successful project management case studies are discussed. | |||||
| Learning outcomes |
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| Course Content | Introduction to Project Management, Project Organization, Leadership and Project Teams, Working with Project Tasks, Outlining a Project, Establishing Task Dependencies, Scheduling, Tracking Project Progress, Project Reports, Forms, and Plans, Managing Project Risk, Project Management Software, Project Presentation | |||||
| References | - Gray, C.F., E.W.Larson, Project Management, (2000) 1th ed. Mc Graw Hill., ISBN 0-07-116316-6. - Meredith, J.R., S.J.Mantel, Project Management: A Managerial Approach, (1995) 3rd ed. Wiley, ISBN 0-471-01626-8. - Chatfield C., T.Johnson, MS Project 2003, (2004), ArkadaÅŸ Kitabevi, ISBN 975-509-398-2. | |||||
Course outline weekly
| Weeks | Topics |
|---|---|
| Week 1 | Introduction to Project Management |
| Week 2 | Project Life Cycle and Organization |
| Week 3 | Project Management Processes |
| Week 4 | Project Organization |
| Week 5 | Leadership and Project Teams |
| Week 6 | Working with Project Tasks |
| Week 7 | Mid-term Exam |
| Week 8 | Outlining a Project, Establishing Task Dependencies |
| Week 9 | Scheduling |
| Week 10 | Tracking Project Progress |
| Week 11 | Project Reports, Forms, and Plans |
| Week 12 | Managing Project Risk |
| Week 13 | Project Management Software |
| Week 14 | Project Presentation |
| Week 15 | Recitation |
| Week 16 | Final Exam |
Assesment methods
| Course activities | Number | Percentage |
|---|---|---|
| Attendance | 14 | 5 |
| Laboratory | 0 | 0 |
| Application | 0 | 0 |
| Field activities | 0 | 0 |
| Specific practical training | 0 | 0 |
| Assignments | 0 | 0 |
| Presentation | 0 | 0 |
| Project | 2 | 20 |
| Seminar | 0 | 0 |
| Midterms | 1 | 25 |
| Final exam | 1 | 50 |
| Total | 100 | |
| Percentage of semester activities contributing grade succes | 17 | 50 |
| Percentage of final exam contributing grade succes | 1 | 50 |
| Total | 100 | |
WORKLOAD AND ECTS CALCULATION
| Activities | Number | Duration (hour) | Total Work Load |
|---|---|---|---|
| Course Duration (x14) | 14 | 3 | 42 |
| Laboratory | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Application | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Specific practical training | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Field activities | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Study Hours Out of Class (Preliminary work, reinforcement, ect) | 14 | 6 | 84 |
| Presentation / Seminar Preparation | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Project | 2 | 8 | 16 |
| Homework assignment | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Midterms (Study duration) | 1 | 15 | 15 |
| Final Exam (Study duration) | 1 | 20 | 20 |
| Total Workload | 32 | 52 | 177 |
Matrix Of The Course Learning Outcomes Versus Program Outcomes
| D.9. Key Learning Outcomes | Contrubition level* | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | |
| 1. The student is able to conduct novel research on all fundamental functions of the business in accordance with scientific, institutional and social ethics and is able to report the results in a critical manner. | X | ||||
| 2. The student gains ability to solve the problems faced in business using the appropriate software and the easily adapts to the new solution methods and software. | X | ||||
| 3. The student gains the management and leadership skills to determine the problems with a critical point of view and to identify the objectives and strategic plans for the organization?s future progress. | X | ||||
| 4. The student plays an active role in national and international projects, analyses the relationship between the stakeholders of the project accurately and motivates and manages all the stakeholders through effective language skills. | X | ||||
| 5. The student gains the necessary communication skills to manage both oral and written communication of the organization with all the stakeholders. | X | ||||
| 6. The student is able to analyse and use all the contemporary and advanced knowledge gained on all areas of business in relation with the information from different areas. | X | ||||
| 7. The student progresses continuously with the consicious that learning and research is a continuous process and transfers the experience both written and oral ways. | X | ||||
| 8. Through the anticipation and strategic thinking ability, the student plays an active role in organizational decision making process. | X | ||||
| 9. The student uses all the multi-disciplinary knowledge acquired consistent with the ethical, social and international values. | X | ||||
| 10. The student gains theoric and practical expertise on the multi-disciplinary natüre of the business management. | X | ||||
| 11. The student approaches the problems face in the business with a strategic and wide perspective and sees such problems as an opportunity for continuous development. | X | ||||
| 12. The student shares the novel studies with a search for development and follows the contemporary progress in the area together with contacting the colleagues in the related areas. | X | ||||
*1 Lowest, 2 Low, 3 Average, 4 High, 5 Highest