ME 51600 - Advanced Engineering Project Management

Prerequisite(s): ME 3100 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF C- OR ECE 31200 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF C-

Credit Hours: 3.00. (ECE 51600). Overview and concepts of project management (principles, body of knowledge, strategies); planning successful projects (defining, specifying, deliver options, scheduling, budgeting); implementing (organizing the team, work assignments, team building, team launch, effective leadership); risk analysis; executing (performance measurement, maintaining the schedule, adjustments/mid-course corrections, record keeping, status reporting, communications, managing conflict, time management); and closeout (performance measurement, maintaining the schedule, adjustments/ midcourse corrections, record keeping, status reporting, communications, managing conflict, time management). The course is aimed primarily to engineering graduate students interested in project management. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
Course Learning Outcomes
1. The student will understand the basics of project management including the importance and interrelationship of all the components.2. They will be fluent in the Project Management Institute’s process group functions (initiating, planning, executing, controlling, and closing) and the project knowledge areas (integration, scope, time, cost, quality, human resources, communications, risk, and procurement) and its roll in delivering a project on time and in budget.3. The students will learn to analyze engineering costs and capital investments, and the ability to compare and select individual projects.

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