Course Outline

Admas University
School of Postgraduate Studies
MBA Program
Program MBA
Course Title Advanced Project Management
Course Code MBA 631
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Credit Hours (Cr) 2
Lecture Days, Hours TBA
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Target Group- MBA Regular Extension Weekend
Year/Semester
Pre-requisites None
Status of the Course Core

COURSE DESCRIPTION
Project Management involves systematically incorporating the interests of customers, creating a disciplined
way of prioritizing efforts, working concurrently on all aspects of the project in multifunctional teams.
Hence, this course focuses on concepts, tools and techniques used in managing the initiation and
implementations of business and development projects. It covers project life cycles starting from project
identification to commencement of normal operation. To this end, the course is designed to teach students
the fundamentals of project formulations, appraisal, executive, planning and analysis of projects, the project
cycle, market and demand analysis, raw material and supply study, location, site, and environmental
assessment, production plan and plant capacity, technology and engineering study, financial & economic
analysis , appraisal criteria, project financing, documentation, project planning , project organization and
implementation monitoring and evaluation.

COURSE OBJECTIVES
After the completion of this course, students are expected to:
 Define the concept of a “project” and project management
 Mention steps involved in a Project cycle
 Understand sources of project ideas and project identification,

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  Know basic concepts of project analysis and planning,
 Explain feasibility study from different analyses perspective,
 Know mechanisms of project financing,
 Describe techniques of project planning,
 Apply Project Management tools (Critical Path Method and Project Evaluation Review Technique)
to evaluate/judge projects
 Explain Project Organization
 Appreciate project implementation, controlling & evaluation techniques

TENTATIVE SCHEDULE OF LECTURE TOPICS AND READINGS:

Week (Hrs) Lecture Topic
1.5 Weeks 1. Introduction
1.1. Concept of Project and Program
1.2. Features of Project
1.3. Classification of project
1.4. Project Management
1.5. Project and Plans
1.6. Project Cycle
-Baum (World Bank) Project Cycle
- UNIDO project cycle
1 Week 2. Project Identification
2.1. Project Identification: Meaning
2.2. Problem Analysis and Develop Objective Tree
2.3. Opportunities Studies
- Source of Project Idea
2.4. Preliminary Screening of project idea
- Preliminary screening criteria
- Project rating Index
3 Weeks 3. Project Feasibility Study
3.1. Definition: What is feasibility study?
3.2. Why Feasibility Study?
3.3. Markets and Demand Analysis
3.4. Raw Materials and Supplies Study
3.5. Location, Site and Environment Impact Assessment (EIA)
3.6. Production Program and Plant Capacity
3.7. Engineering and Technology Selection
3.8. Organizational and Human Resource
3.9. Financial and Economic Analysis
4.9.1 Financial Estimates
4.9.2. Financial Projections
4.9.3. Financial Evaluation
3.10. Social Cost- Benefit Analysis

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2 Weeks 4. Project Planning
4.1. Project Scope
4.2. Work Breakdown Structure
4.3. Project Scheduling
- Planning/Scheduling Tools- CPM and PERT
1 Week 5. Project Organization
5.1. Organizing the Project Management effort (Organizational forms)
5.2. Project Organization-Internal within project team
5.3. Project Organization- Alignment with parent organization
- Pure Line/Functional Project Organization
- Divisional/Pure projectized/Fully Dedicated organization
- Matrix
1 Week 6. Project Monitoring and Evaluation
6.1. Project Audit
6.2. Project Review/Closure

METHODOLOGY
Lectures followed by students’ participation as well as writing of a project proposal are the important
mechanisms in covering the course. It is expected that students attend all lectures and participate actively in
class discussions. Students are however advised not to entirely depend on the lecture notes but rather
complement them with the reference materials suggested. While the majority of the course contents are
covered by lectures, reading assignments will be given and students are supposed to present them in class.
The specific topics for such a purpose (reading and presentation) will be announced later in class. However,
to specify in crude terms, chapter three will be supplemented by group work whereby students will be
grouped into 5 students. Group discussions and reflections will also be used in between of lectures.

ASSESSMENT METHODS
Evaluation will be carried out based on continuous assessment which includes assignments (proposal
preparation), presentation and final exam. Final grades will be based on total scores obtained primarily from
exams, assignments and term paper. Here are their weights and tentative weeks of administration.
Assessment Type % Date
Assignment 1. Article Review 25% TBA
Assignment-1 - Project Feasibility/ Project proposal- Preparation &
Presentation in group of 5 (group assessment)- Project feasibility study
35 % TBA
on a given product or service and presentation, maximum of 5
students in a group. The guideline for the assignment is the UNIDO
Manual.
Final Exam 40% TBA
TOTAL 100

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 REFERENCES:

MAJOR REFERENCES:
Behrens, W., and Hawranek, P. M. (1991). Manual for the Preparation of Industrial Feasibility
Studies. UNIDO.
Jack R. Meredith & Samuel J. Mantel. (2003). Project Management: A Managerial Approach.
John Wiley & Sons, Inc., New York. Fifth Edition.
John M. Nicholas. (2004). Project Management for Business and Engineering: Principles and
Practice. Pearson Education, Inc. Second Edition.
Turner J. Rodney (2009). The Handbook of Project-Based Management: Leading Strategic
Change in Organizations, Third Edition, New York, McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc

Additional REFERENCES:
Chandra. (2002). Projects: Planning, Analysis, Financing, Implementation & Review. Tata
McGraw Hill. Fifth Edition.
Clifford G. & Erik L. (2005). Project Management: A Complete Guide for Every Manager. Tata
McGraw Hill Publishing Co. Ltd. New Delhi.
Geoff Reiss. (1995). Project Management Demystified Today’s Tools and Techniques. Second
Edition.
Gerald Pollio. (1999). International Project Analysis and Financing. Macmillan Press Ltd.
Harold Kerzner. (2000). Applied Project Management: Best Practices on Implementation. John
Wiley & Sons, Inc., New York.
Harold Kerzner. (1998). Project Management: A System Approach to Planning, Scheduling, and
Controlling. John Wiley & Sons, Inc. New York. Sixth Edition.
H. R Machiraju. (1997). Project Finance. Vikas Publishing House Pvt. Ltd.
J. Loftus. (1999). Project Management of Multiple Projects & Contracts. Thomas Telford
Publishing Company.
J. Rodney Turner. (1999). The Hand Book of Projects Based Management. McGraw Hills
Companies. Second Edition.
Jack R. Meredith & Samuel J. Mantel. (2000). Project Management: A Managerial Approach.
John Wiley & Sons, Inc., New York. Fourth Edition.
Lester A. (2002). Project Planning and Control. Reed Educational and Professional Publishing
Ltd. Third Edition.
Rory Burke. (1999). Project Management: Planning and Control Techniques. John Wiley &
Sons, Inc. New York. Third Edition

APPROVAL:
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Instructor Sig.

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Course Coordinator Sig.

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