PUNJAB COLLEGE OF TECHNICAL EDUCATION, LUDHIANA

COURSE BREAK UP

Name of Instructor: Ms. Sheenu Gupta Subject Name: Project Management

Subject Code: BB-502

COURSE INFORMATION

• Project management is now a professional discipline, having its own body of

knowledge and skills. The project manager must understand the role of the project
in the organization, master project management tools/techniques and interpersonal
skills necessary to ensure that the project is completed within the time limit,
within the budget and to specification.
• This course will examine the importance of the project in the modern organization
and the role of the project manager in orchestrating the project to successful
completion. There are many software tools and techniques available to the project
manager and the course will explore these.
LEARNING OUTCOME

• To develop a critical appreciation of the role and responsibilities of the project

manager To develop understanding of the management techniques available to
project managers.
• To recognise the importance of formal procedures including contracts in
successful project management.
• To equip students to operate in the modern business environment where the use
of project management tools and technology is pervasive.
By the end of the module a student will be able to:
• Critically assess the procedures and systems necessary for successful project
management.
• Apply the technical and commercial knowledge and skills to manage a project
successfully.
• Appraise the importance of people management and team work.
• Recognize the role of financial accounting and control in the profitable
management of projects.

COURSE TOPICS

• Concept of Project Management

• Networking Techniques
• Project organization and Human Aspect of project management
• Project Planning
• Project Control
• Project performance review
• Project Appraisal
• Technical Appraisal

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 • Market Analysis and Demand analysis
• Environmental appraisal
• Social cost benefit analysis

TEXTBOOKS

• Concepts of Project Management Prasanna Chandra

BREAK UP OF INTERNAL ASSESSMENT

BREAK UP WEIGHTAGE
MSE’s 15
Presentation 5
Assignments (2) 10 ( 5,5)
Tests (2) 10 (5,5)
TOTAL 40

ASSIGNMENT

ASSIGNMENTS
A1 Select any project and co-relate the
characteristics of the project with that
example.
A2 Practical Questions on PERT and CPM

TESTS

TESTS
T1 25% of total syllabus
T2 50% of total syllabus

PUNCTUALITY

• Assignments that are late will not be accepted.

ACTIVITY
• Documentaries
• Sell it activity (where students have to prepare a business plan and sell it to the
competitor group)
• Word Search Game.

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PRESENTATION

1. The students will be divided into groups of 3.

2. The presentations will start at 9 a.m.
3. The duration of each presentation will be 15 to 20 minutes.
4. The preceding group will ask questions to the succeeding group
and will get marks, depending upon the validity of the question being
asked.
5. The students are supposed to submit the synopsis of the material
beforehand.
6. The evaluation criteria for presentation is as follows:-
Formals: 10
Presentation skills: 10
Query handling: 10
Questions: 10
Content: 10

PRESENTATION TOPIC

You have to design a business plan in the budget of 1 crore.

The business plan should contain the following matter:-
1. Vision of the business
2. ]Mission of the business
3. Technical Appraisal
1. Products and services to be offered
2. Location
3. Equipments
4. Layout( Designing)
4. Legal Formalities
1. Various formalities and approval required to open the business
5. Market analysis
1. Demand forecasting through market research by questionnaires
6. Human Resource deptt
1. Staff Required
2. Their Qualification
3. Experience
4. Salary/package to be offered
7. Financing
1. Sources of finance
8. Profitability, Projections and Tax consideration
1. Estimated Cost
2. Estimated Sales
3. Projected P/L account
4. Projected Balance Sheet
5. Break even analysis
9. Marketing

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 1. Advertisement media (Targeting the customer)
2. Cost break up of diff media’s used
3. Target Market.
10. Overall Cost of the project (Which should not exceed 1cr?)
1. Land
2. Equipment
3. Construction cost
11 Unique Selling preposition (How your business from the competitors)
NOTE:- Estimated figures should not hypothetical. Kindly enquire from the market and
then facts and figures

LECTURE BREAK UP

LECTURE NO TOPIC TEST ASSIGNMENT

THE CONCEPT OF PROJECT
1 • Case Study -1
3 • Meaning of the project
• Characteristics of a project
4 • Types of project
5 • Responsibilities, duties of
project manager
6 • Phases of project
7 • Case study-1 Contd
TIME SCHEDULING
8 • Gantt Chart
9 • Line of balance
10 • Case study-2
PROJECT PLANNING
12 • Concept of Project
Planning
• Identification of Strategic
Variables
• Statement of work
• Work Breakdown
Structure
PROJECT CONTROL
13 • Concept of Project Control
• Techniques of project
control
• Types of project control
PROJECT ORGANIZATION
14 Project Organization
• Various forms of

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 organization
15 • Various forms of project
organization
16 • Human aspects of project
management
18 Case Study -3
PROJECT PERFORMANCE REVIEW
19 • Time overrun
• Cost overrun
• Reasons of time and cost
overrun
• How to reduce time and
cost overrun
PERT AND CPM
20-40 • Meaning
• Difference between PERT
and CPM
• Network construction
• Errors
• Rules for network
construction
• Numbering
• Critical Path method
• Probability of project
completion
• Crashing
PROJECT APPRAISAL
41 • Pay back period
• ARR
• IRR
• NPV
• Benefit Cost Ratio method
• Discounted Pay back
• Sensitivity analysis
• Simulation analysis
• Scenario analysis
• Optimistic-pessimistic
analysis
• Decision tree
TECHNICAL APPRAISAL
42 • Objectives of technical
analysis
• Issues in technical analysis
MARKET AND DEMAND ANALYSIS

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 43 • Introduction
• Steps
• Demand forecasting
ENVIRONMENTAL APPRAISAL
44 • Meaning
• EIA/EIS
• Problems
SOCIAL COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS
45 • Introduction
• Social Cost
• Social Benefits
• Social cost Benefit analysis
• Project Report

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