DNSC 6262 Syllabus Summer 2015 (Version 15.0)
Directed Computational Project Management
Instructor: Dr. Homayoun Khamooshi
Course Description
This course has been designed to complement DNSC 6261, Introduction to Project Management,
and to follow DNSC 6267, Project Planning and Scheduling. These courses are therefore both
prerequisites. You must have taken these courses to be ready for Directed comp.
Students will form teams of two people. Each student team of two chooses its own real-life
project to be used in the course. Work in this course consists of four group assignments. While
for each assignment one student will be designated as leader of the assignment (leading role
should be rotated alternatively) both students must be deeply involved in all the sections of the
report. This homework-intensive (no exams), software-intensive course also contains a research
component, because the real schedule and cost data to be used in the planned projects must be
obtained by each team in the first part of the semester; adjustments may be required later in the
course.
Course Objectives
1. In a structured, directed way, to become familiar with what one might call the sequential
numerical analytics of projects and project management through a semester-long examination of
a project of the students' choice.
2. To achieve some familiarity with real-world time and cost estimates in the students' fields of
interest.
3. To become proficient in the project management software of one's choice.
4. To understand the tradeoffs and changes that occur as a project proceeds, emphasizing basic
numerical project data.
5. To understand the shortcomings of project management technology when making decisions in
real-life projects.
6. To understand the measures of performance in projects.
Reading Assignments: An occasional practical paper may be posted to Blackboard.
REQUIRED TEXT:
Project Management 2010, Microsoft Official Academic Course, Wiley, ISBN 978-0-47063888-0.
WWW.Wiley.com/college/Microsoft
Grading and some other course procedures
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When outside of class or Blackboard Collaborate Sessions, course-related questions are
to be posted in the appropriate Blackboard discussion section so that the answer may be
shared with all the members of the two classes.
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Student-to-student assistance and frequent classroom and Blackboard discussions are
encouraged, but each assignment is to be produced by the individual student teams of two
and will be graded accordingly. Students will alternate taking the lead on each
assignment, and each assignment is to include the integrity statement that shows the
participants' work (full description on Blackboard).
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The total course grade of 1000 points from the four assignments will be determined by
allotting 150 points to the first assignment; 250 to the second; 325 to the third, and 275 to
the last. No exams will be given.
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All deliverables are to be submitted in PDF with the proper orientation of the pages.
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The list below indicates how the ultimate point totals will be transformed to letter grades.
A
930
A- 900
B+ 870
B
830
B- 800
C+ 770
C
730
Decision Sciences Department
Project Management Program
Deliverables for DNSC 6262 Directed Computational Methods for PM Summer 2015
Session
Date
Subject/Topic
1
Week 1
Introduction/Project
Proposal
2
Week 2
WBS
3
Week 3
Elemental Estimates
4
Week 4
Project Estimate
5
Week 5
Plan and Schedule
Development.
6
Week 6
Cost Development
7
Week 7
Resource Allocation
8
Week 8
Compression
9
Week 9
EVM/EDM Analysis
10
Week 10
Scope and Cost
Management
Deliverable Due
Assignment to
be Posted
Proposal
Proposal
Assignment A
Assignment A
Assignment B
Assignment B
Assignment C
Assignment C
Assignment D
Assignment D
Please note that: All deliverable are to be delivered by a team of two.
All Assignments will be posted by 11:59pm on the day specified in the schedule and will be due
by 11:59pm on the day specified in the schedule as well. All late assignments are subject to a 10
point deduction penalty. Before submitting your assignment please make sure the files you have
attached can be opened and only then hit the submission button. Those submissions that cannot
be opened will be subject to the same penalty. It is required that assignments with multiple files
for submission be compressed in a zip file.