| Description | Introduction to project management: the project; ethical issues in conducting projects; statement of work and the specification; project work breakdown structure and team recruitment; generating a project task list; project Gantt chart; critical path analysis; risk analysis basics and time buffer calculations; budgeting and costing; project plan review; project execution; project change; project communication and team building; achieving closure; types of projects: basic projects, major projects, macro projects; international projects in the global environment. A team project activity will form an intergral part of this unit to practice project management concepts. |