Revised: October 31, 2010
The schedule will be revised throughout the semester. The current copy can be found on Blackboard. Chapter references are to Schwalbe text.
| Week | Topic | Reading/Assignment |
| Session 1 Sept. 3 |
Course Information, Introduction to Project Management, In-class writing assignment | Chapter 1 |
| Session 2 Sept. 10 |
no class | |
| Session 3 Sept. 17 | The Project Management and Information Technology Context; Project Management Process Groups: A Case Study, Form Project groups, and templates | Chapter 2, 3 |
| Session 4 Sept. 24 | Project Integration Management, Project Scope Management | Chapter 4, 5; |
| Session 5 October 1 |
Project Time Management, | Chapter 6, Case: Singapore Tradenet |
| Session 6 October 8 |
Overview of 492 and 493 by Professor Farrell, Project Cost Management | Chapter 7 |
| Session 7 October 15 | Case: BAE, Netflix | |
Session 8 October 22 |
Introduction to Microsoft Project ((MSDNAA GMU) - Entering Work Breakdown Structure, Durations for Tasks, Dependencies, and Cost and Resource Information in Microsoft Project, first midterm (Chapters 1-7 and cases to date), | Appendix A |
Session 9 |
Project Quality Management | Chapter 8 |
| Session 10 November 5 |
Review midterm, Project Human Resource Management, Project Communications Management, | Chapter 9, 10 |
| Session 11 November 12 |
Microsoft Project Lab Session (Entering Actuals into Microsoft Project, Earned Value Analysis) | Case: Microsoft Office 2007. Case: Process Improvement in Stanford Hospital's Operating Room |
Session 12 |
Project Risk Management | Chapter 11, Case: The Rise and Fall of Iridium |
| Session 13 December 3 |
Second midterm, Project Procurement Management, Project Management Certifications | Chapter 12, Appendix B |
| Session 14 December 10 |
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| Session 15 December 17 |
Final Exam |