Keyano College Fundementals of Project Mangeemeent
A Course by Anas Eljamal

Fall 2010 (21 Sep 2021 till 21 December 2010)

The Course Parking Space

 


Session

Date

Topic

1

21-Sep-09

Introduction
Overview of Project Management
Responsibilities of P Manager
Best Practices of P Manager

2

28-Sep-09

Revision
Construction: Construction in Canada; Overview of Construction PM
Typical Construction Project Management;  Terminology
Activity 1: Phases of House Construction

3

05-Oct-09

Feedback on Assignment 1
Role of a Project Manager; Scope of Work (SOW); Typical Construction SOW; WBS
CASE 1: Bridge

4

12-Oct-09

Presentation of CASE 1

5

19-Oct-09

Planning: WBS;

Activity: Building Steel Portal
Scheduling; COST; CASE 2: House Renovation

6

26-Oct-09

CASE 2 Group Development (Remote)

7

02-Nov-09

CASE 2 Group Discussion
Advanced Scheduling Techniques; Schedule Techniques; Critical Path;
Costing;  Planning Documentation

8

09-Nov-09

Mid-Term (Remote)

9

16-Nov-09

Implementation: Startup; Project Control; Negotiation; Change Management; Negotiation; CASE 3: Implementation Project

10

23-Nov-09

Termination: Termination Activities; Termination Checklists

11

30-Nov-09

CASE 4: Closure

12

07-Dec-09

Technology in Project Management: EXCEL; Microsoft Project Manager;
Online Project Management Tools

13

14-Dec-09

(Remote) Online Project Management
One Sheet Project Documentation

14

21-Dec-09

Final Exam (Remote)

 

 

Course Code:

CECONST-100

Course Title:

Fundamentals of Project Management

Credits:

3 Credits,

Duration:

13 weeks, 3 hours/week lecture

Class Time:

Mondays 7:00 – 10:00 p.m.

Classroom:

Bob Lamb 104

Text Book:

Project Management: A Managerial Approach, 6th Ed, by Meredith - Mantel

Instructor:

Anas Eljamal

Instructor Contact

Details:

 

Course Email:

keyano.pm@gmail.com

Course Website:

www.eljamal.com/pm (all lower case)

My Email:

anas.eljamal@keyano.ca

My Tel:

(780)-838 4198

My MSN:

anas_keyano@hotmail.com (add me to your contacts)

FaceBook Group:

KC - Project Management

Office Location:

Clearwater Campus, Room 260

Office Hour:

Monday 5:00-6:45 pm or by appointment

Method of Delivery:

 

 The course will depend heavily on cases addressing real-life-situations. Because this is a case-based class, each student is required to be an active participant in case discussions. Your participation grade will reflect my assessment of your total contribution to the learning environment. This includes the frequency of your contributions in class and the quality of the contribution. Quality, includes, among other things: (1) sound, rigorous, and insightful diagnosis (e.g. sharpening of key issues, depth and relevance of analysis); (2) ability to draw on course materials and your own experience productively; (3) ability to advance or sharpen in-class discussion and debate, willingness to take risky or unpopular points of view, use of logic, precision, and evidence in making arguments; (4) professionalism of your conduct (attendance, punctuality, preparedness, and showing respect to all section members and their class contributions). Unexcused absences and lack of preparation will be counted heavily against your grade.

 

Grading: Grades for assignments, tests, class participation and case studies will be expressed as percentages. Each percentage will be multiplied by their corresponding weights and summed to calculate a final percentage. The final percentage will be mapped to an appropriate grade within a four-point system. The weights of the assessment components of the course will be:

 

Case 1

Assignment 1

Case 2

Mid Term

Case 3

Case 3 Presentation

Final Exam

Class Participation

Online Activities

Attendance

5%

5%

10%

10%

15%

10%

20%

10%

5%

10%

 

 

To pass the course, the student is expected to obtain at least an overall grade of 50% AND a grade above 50% on the combined grades of the final and the midterm examinations. A student who achieves an overall grade above 50% but a combined exam grade below 50% will be awarded an overall grade of “F”.

 

Attendance: Attendance is compulsory for all examinations. An absence will be considered only in extreme well recorded cases like illness with a physician’s note.

 

Cheating: You are expected to learn and obtain information from others and convert them to your own knowledge. However, the work of others you use to construct your knowledge should be properly acknowledged. Any use of the material owned by others without proper authorization, especially copying the answers of a colleague during exams, is considered cheating whose consequence is a punitive action that might result in expulsion.

Assignment 1 Construction Definition and Building a House
Case 1 Building a Damn
Virtual Activity

Virtual Class of 26 October 2009

This is a lesson you will do on your own as part of the online module of this course.. I will be online on Anas_Keyano@hotmail.com (i.e. MSN chatting) to answer your questions.

The objective of this lesson:

(1) Use online tools to manage projects.
(2) Convert a set of WBS into an Electronic format.
(3) Learn the basics of project management tools.
(4) Learn online collaboration.

The Assignement:

Introduction: Zoho.com offers free online Project Management application that you can use to collaborate with teams on porjects. They allow you to regsiter and create ONE project free of charge. Any other projects, you have to pay. For this assignment, use the Free project. You are not expected to pay for it.

(1) Create your account on Zoho.com.

(2) Using its "Zoho Projects", enter the Level 1 and 2 of the WBS you have made for the Dam.

(3) You may work together to discover how the program works, but each one of you should submit your own Zoho project.

(4) You may use any computer from home or some place else. You may use the computers in the Info Commons in the main building. Remember to activate your account (your login name is "first.lastnameXXX where XXX is the last 3 numbers of your student ID; your password is f$l$ddmmyyy; where f=first name initial, l=last name initial, dd is day of birth, mm is moth of birth and yyyy is year of birth. All lower case)

(5) Add me to the list of collaborators to see you work.

(6) When you finish, send me an email to keyano.pm@gmail.com to check your work.

(7) Deadline: Saturday Oct 30th, 2009.

Crash Activity

Virtual Class of 16 Dec 2009

 

This assignment is part of CASE 3 which will be testing you on how you mitigate risk and crash projects.

Today, you will spend the time of the class on your own (or with your colleagues) to complete the following assignment: Prepare for Your presentation for next week. Here are the details:

Most of you have already submitted the first report. Well done. Now, I want you to reflect on the processes you have followed, as a project manager, to submit the report on time. You must use the two Cheat Sheets I have given you at the beginning of the semester and identify all the steps you have done and the steps you have missed. You need to present your findings next week in a 20 minute presentation to the rest of the class. The 20 minutes is sacred. The presentation SHOULD NOT BE ABOUT THE HOUSE BUILDING. It should be about your work as a project manager.

In the presentation, you must prove to me that you have followed all the steps as identified in the course (i.e. SOW, Planning, Presentation, Termination) and that you have used proper documentation. Your mark will increase if you specify all the problems you have faced while explaining how you solved them.

I will be online (anas_keyano@hotmail.com) and on the phone 780 7146600 between 7 and 10 to answer your questions and o email for the rest of the week.

(7) Deadline: Monday Dec 14th, 2009

Tests Parking Page

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Once the test is activated, click on your name to download your test.

You may call me at 780 838 4198 or
Chat with me at Keyano.pm@gmail.com

send your answers to: keyano.pm@gmail.com

Documents Distributed in Class
Document Title Description
Course Contract The outline and conditions related to the course
Cheat Sheets The list of activities involved in Project Management
Overview of Project Management The 4 Phases of Project Management as used in the course.
Summary 1 Construction Concepts
Summary 2 Scope of Work

 

 

 

 

   
A Project Management Overview.
5-Steps to Project Success (Seriously!)
   
Project Charter = Scope of Work (SOW) Tips about Lousy Projects
 

 

Common Scheduling Terms Project Management in 60 seconds