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Project-Management Syllabus

This syllabus outlines a project management course taught by Professor Luis J. Garavito. The course goals are to introduce students to project management methodologies and their global application. It will cover topics like the project lifecycle, predictive and adaptive project types, risk management, monitoring and control, and tools. The module includes 8 lectures and tutorials over 14 course units. Students will be evaluated based on a final exam, quizzes, and class participation. Readings will be provided on the virtual classroom platform.

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Project-Management Syllabus

This syllabus outlines a project management course taught by Professor Luis J. Garavito. The course goals are to introduce students to project management methodologies and their global application. It will cover topics like the project lifecycle, predictive and adaptive project types, risk management, monitoring and control, and tools. The module includes 8 lectures and tutorials over 14 course units. Students will be evaluated based on a final exam, quizzes, and class participation. Readings will be provided on the virtual classroom platform.

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Syllabus

PROJECT MANAGEMENT
PROFESSOR: Luis J. Garavito

1. COURSE CONTENT/GOALS:

- Companies regularly use project management to achieve optimum results through the use of
limited resources and under critical time constraints. In the services sector, the use of project
management to achieve the objectives of an organization is quite common. Advertising campaigns,
political campaigns, family vacations planning or even a project management course, like this one,
are organized as projects.
- In recent years a relatively new growth area in the use of project management is the use of
projects as a way of accomplishing organizational change. Indeed, there is a rapid increase in the
number of firms that use projects as the preferred way of accomplishing almost everything they
undertake.
- The main objective of this course is to introduce the student to the rich world of Project
Management methodologies and its application at a global scale. In a world that has become
globalized, the need for leaders capable of facing challenges is growing every day. We need leaders
and project managers who are capable of understanding cultural and ideological differences, are
respectful of different habits than their original environments, and are able to succeed in project
goals.

2. THIS MODULE INCLUDES:

Date Content Course


units
L1 Orientation and course preview 1
T1 • Work and grading methodology
• Introduction to Project Management
• Project Management as a Process
L2 Part 1 – Projects: an overview 2
T2 • What is a Project?
• The Project Environment & Ecosystem -- Essential Elements
• Kinds of Projects (Examples)
L3 Part 2 – Predictive (Waterfall) Projects 4
T3 • The 6 Constraints
• The Project Management Cycle
• Project Management Processes (Core & Supportive)
• Project Management Roles & Cultural Differences Project
Management Skills
• Project Organizational Structures
L4 Part 3 -- An overview of existing Project Management Methodologies 4
T4 • PMI’s PMBOK
• Prince2
• Agile / Scrum
• Others
L5 Part 4 – Adaptive (Agile) Projects 4
T5 • Business ideas
• Product (operations) vs. Project
• Scrum & Agile Management
o The process
o Roles
o Phases
o Results validation
L6 Part 5 – Risk Management 2
T6 • Introduction to Risk Assessment
• Contingency planning
• A model for adaptative Project management
L7 Part 6 – Project Monitoring and Control 2
T7 • Building a suitable Monitoring & Control System
• Mastering conflict
• On collaborative behaviour
• The role of communication
• Troubleshooting (common practices)
L8 Part 7 – Useful Implementation Tools 2
T8 • An overview of useful techniques and tools used in Project
Management

3. CORE LITERATURE:

Lecture materials will be posted in the Aula Virtual


Some reading material will be assigned based on professor’s selection

4. GRADING:

60% Final Exam


20% Quizzes – Continuous evaluation
20% Class Participation – Continuous evaluation

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