Overview
EG3353/EG3361 Engineering Project Management
Course Summary
The course explores modern project management by providing an enterprise-level, experiential view of the discipline focused on connecting projects to the organization’s mission, vision, and values. The theme of the course is applying key project management tools and techniques, through case-based group work. Groups select, plan, report, and then present on their project’s scope, schedule, cost, risk, quality, and communications elements using tools such as the WBS, network diagram, PERT estimate, Gantt chart (including the use of MS Project), risk register, and heat map. Students also gain familiarity with important new concepts in project management: Agile frameworks, sustainability thinking, and Benefits Realization Management (Fall).
Prerequisites: None.
Cross Listing Course
EG3361 Software Project Management
This course introduces concepts deemed central to effective management of software projects. Software systems engineering, process management and control, and project planning and management. Using specifications and descriptions, making use of structured and object-oriented techniques, completing reviews and audits, confirming product development with planned verifications, and validations and testing. Management of expectations. Release and configuration management. Software process standards and process implementation. Software contracts and intellectual property (Fall).
Prerequisites: None.
Course Objectives
After this course, you should be able to …
- Understand and apply software project management principles based on the PMI framework.
- Identify and explain the key software project management process groups and knowledge areas.
- Develop a complete software project plan addressing integration, scope, schedule, cost, quality, resources, risk, procurement, and stakeholder management.
- Utilize tools such as WBS, Gantt charts, PERT/CPM, risk registers, and Earned Value Management.
- Demonstrate proficiency in Agile project management approaches (e.g., SCRUM, XP, Kanban) and understand hybrid methodologies.
- Prepare for the PMI/CAPM certification exam using real-world scenarios and practice test items aligned with PMI standards.
What You’ll Learn
The course content includes but not limited to …
- Defination and Goals
- Roles and Responsibilities
- Planning and Techniques
- Cost Estimation
- Budgets and Resourse Costs
- Measurement Metrics
- Project Planning and Control
- Resource Limitations
- Risk Management
- Software Tools
- Management Reporting
- Project Reports