Need and benefits of project management, Types of projects, Defining the project, Defining the scope / project requirements, identifying the executive sponsor/venture capitalist, Determining the team members, Listing the assumptions, Determining budget and other resource requirements; Developing a Project Plan, determining the schedule, Including key tasks, Determine dependencies, Identify milestones, List resource requirements; Tracking Progress/Managing Change: Managing Risk, Conducting Team, meetings, Creating Status Reports, Building Issues Lists, Defining the Escalation Process; Communication Skills: Leadership Skills, Conflict Resolution, Motivating/Coaching team members, Using Listening skills; Project Execution: techniques for measuring progress against plan, configuration management as a tool to maintain quality; Miscellaneous topics: Entrepreneurship, Technology Incubation, Feasibility reports and forecasting, Intellectual property rules and regulations; Software Tools for project management e.g. MS Project/MS One-note/Primavera, MS Excel and other tools.
Suggested Text:
- Core Concepts: Project Management in Practice by Mantel, Meredith, Shafer, and Sutton. Wiley and Sons, Inc.
- The Art of Project Management by Scott Berkun
- Software: MS Word, MS Excel, MS Project