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COURSE INFORMATION

Project Management

CBIS Business and Technology Elective, CBA/DBA Course, by Distance

Program Options: CBA DBA CBIS TRU

This course covers all stages of projects, including feasibility, development, management, administration and completion. Standard project management tools such as Critical Path Method (CPM), Project Evaluation Review Technique (PERT), and network diagrams are also covered.

The course presents the concepts and methodologies needed to plan, manage and track performance over a complete project life cycle. These concepts include: cost–benefit analysis, change control management, quality control, performance tracking and corrective action. Further topics presented are time and cost estimating, resource levelling, critical path analysis and charting. You will use Microsoft Project software with a case study to gain practice in applying these concepts.

Prerequisite: Computing Concepts or equivalent experience

Objective

Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:

• understand the concepts of project management, the role of the project manager and the project team
• prepare a project feasibility analysis, including limited risk assessment
• perform an elementary cost-benefit analysis using pay-back period
• comprehend the administrative requirements of projects
• develop the project requirements using a work breakdown structure
• establish milestones for a project
• create a precedence diagram for a small project
• present project plans using Gantt charts, wall schedules or milestone charts
• estimate the duration and cost for tasks within a project & deal with contingencies
• optimize a project schedule using standard approaches
• use Microsoft Project 2010 to establish and update a project plan
• be aware of the common causes of project failure and the paths to success

Format

By Distance

CBIS courses are 13 weeks in duration. Students login to the course and communicate with the instructor and fellow students via the course management system Moodle. For further information about Moodle, visit the Moodle Startup Kit at http://distance.uvic.ca/onlinehelp/tutorials/moodle/.

Requisites

• Required Equipment

  • Personal Computer (PC)
  • Windows 2000 or higher
  • Microsoft Office 2000 or higher
  • Internet Explorer 6 or higher
  • Internet access
  • Email account

   

  Textbook and Software
  

  Introduction to Project Management, 3rd ed., by Schwalbe. Please purchase text from UVic Bookstore (www.uvicbookstore.ca).
  

  Required Software: Students have 3 options:

  1. Upon registration, contact the Business, Management and Technology Program Office at 250.721.8072 to order a 60-day demonstration copy of MS Project 2010 (limited copies available); do not install the software until prompted in the course notes or it will expire while the course is in progress; or
  2. A 60-day demonstration copy of MS Project 2010 can be downloaded from the Microsoft website; do not install the software until prompted in the course notes or it will expire while the course is in progress; or
  3. Alternatively, MS Project 2010 may also be purchased as an educational version through the UVic Computer store: http://cstore.uvic.ca.

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