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Project Management Tools (BUS230 (UG15))

Term: Summer Session 2016 (UNDG)

Faculty

Robert R Howe
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Schedule

Thu, 5:30 PM - 9:30 PM (7/14/2016 - 8/11/2016) Location: MAIN (Cleveland Prof Dev Ctr 121 - Classroom Lecture)

Description

This course provides a short review of project management concepts and then develops the application of these concepts utilizing Microsoft Project software. This course emphasizes a step-by-step hands-on approach by using automated project tools such as Microsoft Office Project to help effectively plan, analyze, estimate, manage, and control the resources, schedule, and costs of the project. This course also provides a roadmap for developing a project and a roadmap for developing project management skills for a successful career in project management. This includes topics such as the Project Lifecycle, Work Breakdown Schedules, Tasks, Estimation, Assigning Resources, Resource Leveling, Project Baselines, Tracking the Project, taking corrective action, integrating MS Project with other programs, and creating a master project to enable Organizational Capacity Planning. This course also provides the basis for the more advanced develop of project management skills in subseq