Course code Course Name L-T-P – Year of

Credits Introduction
MP484 Project management 3-0-0-3 2016
Prerequisite: Nil
Course Objectives
 To familiarize the major aspects of project management consisting of : Project Planning,
Project Analysis, Project Selection, Project Implementation and Project Review
Syllabus
Planning, capital budgeting, generation of project ideas, Project analysis, Market and demand
analysis, Manufacturing process and technology, Project charts, financial analysis, breakeven
point, cash flow statement, time value of money, appraisal criteria, Project organisation, network
techniques, PERT Model, CPM Model, Network costs
Expected outcome.
The students will be able to
i. Understand Project planning
ii. Analyse market and demand
iii. Familiarise basic concepts of project costing and cash flows
iv. Apply network analysis models of PERT and CPM under different situations
Text Book:
 Prasanna Chandra, Projects Planning, Analysis, Selection, Implementation and Review,
Fourth Edition, Tata McGraw –Hill, 2017
References:
1. Dennis Lock, Project Management, Gower Publishing, 9e, 2007
2. Gido & Clements, Successful Project Management, South-Western College Pub; 6
edition ..2014.
3. Harold.T..Amrine John.A.Ritchey, Colin L. Moodie, Joseph F Kmec Manufacturing
Organization and Management, Pearson Education, 1992
4. Parameswar P Iyer, Engineering Project management, Vikas Publishers, 1996
5. Prasanna Chandra, Financial Management Theory and Practice, McGraw –Hill
Education, 2017
Course Plan
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Sem.
Module Contents Hours
Exam
Marks
Planning - Capital Expenditures – Phases of Capital Budgeting – Levels
of decision Making –Facets of Project analysis- Feasibility Study –
Objectives of Capital Budgeting – Resource Allocation framework- Key
I Criteria- Elementary Investment strategies – Portfolio planning tools – 7 15%
Generation of project Ideas – Monitoring the environment – Corporate
appraisal – Scouting for project ideas – Preliminary Screening – Project
rating index – Sources of Positive net present value
Analysis – Market and demand analysis – Situational analysis and
II 7 15%
specification of objectives – Collection of secondary information -
 Conduct of market survey – Characterization of Market – demand
Forecasting – Market planning – Technical analysis- Material inputs
and utilities
FIRST INTERNAL EXAMINATION
Manufacturing process/technology – Product Mix – Plant capacity –
Location and site -machineries and equipments – Structures and civil
works – Project charts and layouts – Work schedule – Financial
III Analysis – Cost of project – means of finance – Estimates of sales and 7 15%
Production – Cost of production – Working capital requirements and
its financing – Profitability projections – Breakeven point – projected
cash flow statements and balance sheets
Project Cash flows – Basic Principles for measuring cash flows –
Components of cash flow – Cash flow illustrations – Viewing a project
IV from different points of view – Time value of money – Future Value of 7 15%
a single amount – Future value of an annuity – Present value of a single
amount –Present Value of an annuity
SECOND INTERNAL EXAMINATION
Cost of capital – Cost of debt capital – cost of preference capital – Rate
of return – Cost of external equity and retained earnings - Determination
V 7 20%
of weights – Appraisal criteria – Net present value – Cost benefit ratio-
Internal rate of return- Urgency – payback period
Implementation- Forms of Project organization – Project planning –
Project control – Human aspects of project management , Network
Techniques – Development of Network – Time estimation – Critical
VI 7 20%
path determination – Scheduling under limited resources – PERT Model
–CPM Model – Network Cost System – Project review- Initial; review –
Performance evaluation – Abandonment analysis
END SEMESTER EXAM
Question Paper Pattern
Maximum marks: 100 Time: 3 hrs
The question paper should consist of three parts
Part A
There should be 2 questions each from module I and II
Each question carries 10 marks
Students will have to answer any three questions out of 4 (3X10 marks =30 marks)
Part B
There should be 2 questions each from module III and IV
Each question carries 10 marks
Students will have to answer any three questions out of 4 (3X10 marks =30 marks)
Part C
There should be 3 questions each from module V and VI
Each question carries 10 marks
Students will have to answer any four questions out of 6 (4X10 marks =40 marks)

Note: In all parts, each question can have a maximum of four sub questions