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Specific focus areas include:

The role and function of the Project Manager

Project Management as a business strategy

Understanding the project management life cycle process

The economics, tradeoffs, and managerial challenges associated with project management

Measurement, metrics, and milestones why they are important

Risk and risk mitigation strategies

The people aspects of project management Specifically the challenge of Change

Management, Influencing without Authority, Trust Building, and Stakeholder Mapping

Project management tools and techniques

The importance of costing, estimating, and reporting

Building an effective internal and external communications process

Learning and Development Goals:1. To gain a working knowledge of Project Management techniques, approaches, and skills

required to balance and implement short and long-range plans for improving productivity

and competitiveness.

2. To understand the administrative point of view of the project manager and the demands

placed on these managers.

3. To develop the analytical and organizational skills required assessing complex project

management challenges, and to develop and execute workable action plans.

4. Understand and anticipate non-intuitive linkages in critical decision making processes

that have later implications on processes, people, products, and profits.

5. The use of project management tools will be discussed; however, this is not a course on

any specific software package. Students are encouraged to use whatever project

management software they desire on the assignments.

II. TEACHING METHODOLOGY:

The primary teaching tool is a collection of cases along with several lecture/discussions on

important concepts. A case is a rather comprehensive exposition of a real managerial situation

describing a set of problems and requiring a plan of action. The case method provides a

pragmatic framework for the learning process. Its success depends heavily on student

preparation and active participation in class discussions. A collection of articles and other

readings provide the necessary background for analysis of the cases.

III. WEEKLY ASSIGNMENTS:

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The weekly reading assignments provide specific background that often guide and speed your

case preparation. You should read them carefully before preparing for each class. All weekly

assignments will be covered in depth during our classroom meetings. It is expected that you

come to class prepared and ready to discuss/debate the readings and cases.

IV. COURSE MATERIALS:

A case packet is required; All of the required materials are available at the COOP. Additionalrelated materials would be made available throughout the semester as handouts. The course list

is listed at the end of the syllabus. We will also use the Harvard Extension class collaborative

web tool for information sharing and team project work.

V. ASSIGNMENTS, EVALUATION AND GRADING:

Evaluation of your performance will be based on your class participation, two written case

reports, and one field research project according to the following weights:

Assignment # 1 20%

Assignment # 2 20%

Field Application Group project 45% (grade is 75% written/25% presentation)

Class Participation 15%

All graded assignments will be returned to you the following week. This will provide timely

feedback on your progress.

The assignments will involve an analysis and case write-up with a set of questions. These are

individual assignments. The due dates are listed in the class schedule. Your conclusions

should be fully justified, both quantitatively and qualitatively, as appropriate, using supporting

exhibits. Exhibits should be placed at the end of the case, but do not count as part of the Three-

Page maximum. You will be graded on your decisions and how you justify them in light of the

information that is available in the case. Equally important in determining your grade will be how

you present your analysis, in terms of grammar, syntax, spelling, organization, and clarity. There

will be no credit for late papers, unless a prior agreement has been made. It is your

responsibility for obtaining handouts, class notes, and assignments. If you are absent,

arrangements need to be made with a classmate to obtain these materials. The structural

requirements of the papers are:

One half inch margins (1/2) on both sides

Double spaced

12 font type

Cover sheet and stapled in the upper left hand corner.

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All papers are to be submitted in hard copy format only.

No electronic copies will be accepted.

The Field Application Project is meant to help you apply what you learn in the course to a project

that your team will evaluate. This is aGroup Project. You should choose any manufacturing or

service operation project to study. This operation may be at your current place of work or at

another conveniently located organization. While there is considerable flexibility in defining thescope of the project to fit your own interests, a typical project would involve the following:

1. Select a project at your target company

2. Collect background information about the project

3. Scoping and creating the project charter

4. Risk and risk mitigation plan

5. Project communications plan

6. Stakeholder analysis and mapping

7. Formulation of the Project Plan, with milestones, deliverables, and time line

8. Organizational issues and opportunities

9. Cost, quality, and delivery targets

10. Post mortem planning

Requirements: Team List by 9/20, a Project Target selected by your team by 10/4, and a

Progress Report (no more than two pages) by 11/11, and the full written report (Six-Page limit)

by 12/20. Please note that exhibits do not count as part of the six page maximum. Your

team will also be required to make a class presentation, and each team will consist of

minimum of4 people, to a maximum of6, formed in self selected groups of your choice.

Class attendance and participation in discussions are important parts of your learning and grade.

Quality of your contributions is more important than quantity. Be prepared to present your

analysis and action in a concise, logical fashion. You should be able to refer to specific outside

materials and/or case material to support your points. If you absolutely must miss a class, let

me know in advance and submit a two page executive summary on the case or the readingthat you missed. I strongly urge you to form study groups for preparation of cases for class, as

this will enhance both your learning and the quality of class discussions. Under no

circumstances, however, you should use your notes and papers from other sections or previous

years.

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I. MGMT E-5030 Fall 12 - CLASS, CASE AND READING SCHEDULE (Revised 7/18/12)

CL# Date Day Case Lecture Assignments Reading

I. Introduction to ProjectManagement

1 9/6 Thur. IntroductionAnd Syllabus

Review

Read: How Markets andIndustries effect ProjectManagement and Performing

a Project Pre-Mortem2 9/13 Thur. Visualizing the

ProjectRead: Why Good ProjectsFail and Implementing aLearning Plan

3 9/20 Thur. Jefferson CountySchools Project

(website)

ProjectManagement

Planning

Paper #1Assigned

*Field Project Teams Due*Read: Close the Gap betweeProjects and Strategy

4 9/27 Thur. ATEK PCProject

ManagementOffice

The need for aPMO

Read: Learning from Projects

5 10/4 Thur. TerraCog Project ConflictManagement

Paper #1 Due Read: Bringing Discipline toProject ManagementFirst Field Project ProposalDue Project Choice

6 10/11 Thur. ProjectReviews

ProjectReviews

ProjectReviews

II. Managing Change and Teams

7 10/18 Thur. ProjectReviews

ProjectReviews

ProjectReviews

8 10/25 Thur. Teradyne Corp;Jaguar Project

PM Controls Paper # 2Assigned

Read: A Note on Building andLeading your Team

9 11/1 Thur. Jharna Software Agile PM Read: Making InnovationHappen

10 11/8 Thur. Virginia MasonHospital

StakeholderAlignment

Paper # 2 Due Second Field ProjectProgress Report

11 11/15 Thur. The SKIIGlobalization

Project

OrganizationalStructure

Read: Learning from Projects

III. Strategy and Choice

- 11/22 Thur.THANKSGIVING

BREAK No Class No Class

12 11/29 Thur. Flextronics: TheMicrosoft Xbox

GlobalAlignment

Read: Pitch your Project

13 12/6 Thur. Fox Island WindProject

TechnologyImpact

Read: Re-inventing ProjectManagement

14 12/13 Thur. Team ProjectPresentations

Team ProjectPresentations

Team ProjectPresentations

15 12/20 Thur. Team ProjectPresentations

Team ProjectPresentations

Team ProjectPresentations

Field Project Team FinalProject Paper Due

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VII: CASE Packet - Course Text Book, Cases, and Readings from the COOP

Harvard University Extension School

Project Management

MGMT E-5030 (13460)

Fall 2011

Professor: PAUL TUMOLO

Revision 1

July 18, 2012

The case packet will include one each of the following:

HBR Sourced:

Case Studies

9-606-044 Virginia Mason Hospital Case

308049 ATEK PC Project Management Office Case

9-303-003 The SK-II Globalization Project Case

2184 TerraCog Global Positioning Case

9-403-090 Flextronics: Microsoft X-box Case

810129 Fox Island Wind Project Case

HKU613 Jharna Software Case

606042 Teradyne Corp.- Jaguar Project Case

Readings

FO709A Performing a Project Pre Mortem

9-402-037 A Note on Building and Leading your Team

2843BC How Markets and Industries effect Project Management

2846BC Re-Inventing Project Management for Your Organization

UO406A Close the Gap between Projects and Strategy

600021 Learning from Projects

98203 Bringing Discipline to Project Management

511116 Pitch your Project

4872 Why Good Projects Fail 7053BC Making Innovation Happen

SMR272 Implementing a Learning Plan

Additional readings will be posted on the class web site as required

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