Information Of Programmes

INSTITUTE OF SOCIAL SCIENCES / İŞLD646 - BUSINESS MANAGEMENT (PHD)

Code: İŞLD646

Course Title: PROJECT PLANNING TECHNIQUES

Theoretical+Practice: 3+0

ECTS: 6

Year/Semester of Study

1 / Spring Semester

Level of Course

3rd Cycle Degree Programme

Type of Course

Optional

Department

BUSINESS MANAGEMENT (PHD)

Pre-requisities and Co-requisites

None

Mode of Delivery

Face to Face

Teaching Period

14 Weeks

Name of Lecturer

NURİ ÖZGÜR DOĞAN (nodogan@nevsehir.edu.tr)

Name of Lecturer(s)

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Work Placement(s)

None

Objectives of the Course

The aim of the course is to teach the basic methods of a project management time and resource planning, to acquire proficiency in the use of computer-aided planning tools.

Learning Outcomes		PO	MME
The students who succeeded in this course:
LO-1	Can perform planning, implementing and controlling of a project	PO-7 The candidate can search theoretical and practical knowledge and skills which can gained in the field of Business Administration, can determine these knowledge and skills how it is used in practice and field analysis, can adapt and analyze these knowledge and skills, can make critical decisions, and can apply by reaching synthesis.	Examination Performance Project
LO-2	Can assess the decisions taken in project management	PO-7 The candidate can search theoretical and practical knowledge and skills which can gained in the field of Business Administration, can determine these knowledge and skills how it is used in practice and field analysis, can adapt and analyze these knowledge and skills, can make critical decisions, and can apply by reaching synthesis.	Examination
LO-3	Can develop the optimum programs of projects according to time and cost	PO-7 The candidate can search theoretical and practical knowledge and skills which can gained in the field of Business Administration, can determine these knowledge and skills how it is used in practice and field analysis, can adapt and analyze these knowledge and skills, can make critical decisions, and can apply by reaching synthesis.	Examination Performance Project
LO-4	Can allocate feasible resorces of projects	PO-7 The candidate can search theoretical and practical knowledge and skills which can gained in the field of Business Administration, can determine these knowledge and skills how it is used in practice and field analysis, can adapt and analyze these knowledge and skills, can make critical decisions, and can apply by reaching synthesis.	Examination
PO: Programme Outcomes MME:Method of measurement & Evaluation

Course Contents
Concepts about the project planning and techniques, Planning, Project Organization, Gantt Charts, CPM: Activity On Arrow (AOA), AOA Critical Path Analysis, Precedence Networks: Activity-On-Node (AON), Planning Methods, Tools, and Procedures, Resource Allocation, Plan Implementation, Monitoring and Control, Program Evaluation and Review Technique (PERT), Project Management Information System
Weekly Course Content
Week	Subject	Learning Activities and Teaching Methods
1	Concepts and techniques related to project management, planning and techniques	verbal lecture and discussion
2	Project Management, Planning and Organization	verbal lecture and discussion
3	Project Planning Methods, Tools and Procedures	verbal lecture and discussion
4	Gantt Chart, sample problems and solutions	verbal lecture and discussion
5	Precedence Activity on Node and Activity on Arrow, sample problems and solutions	verbal lecture and discussion
6	Critical Path Method, sample problems and solutions	verbal lecture and discussion
7	Program Evaluation and Review Technique, sample problems and solutions	verbal lecture and discussion
8	mid-term exam
9	Plan Implementation, Monitoring, and Control	verbal lecture and discussion
10	Time-Cost Trade off in Project Planning	verbal lecture and discussion
11	Resource Allocation	verbal lecture and discussion
12	Project Management Information System	verbal lecture and discussion
13	Sample problems related to project planning techniques	verbal lecture and discussion
14	Case study for the project planning	verbal lecture and discussion, Performance homework
15	Case study for the project planning	verbal lecture and discussion, Performance homework
16	final exam
Recommend Course Book / Supplementary Book/Reading
1	Project Management: Techniques in Planning and Controlling Construction Projects, Hira N. Ahuja, S. P. Dozzi and S. M. Abourizk, Second Edition, John Wiley & Sons Inc., United States of America 1994.
Required Course instruments and materials
Text Book, Writing Board, Projection Device

Assessment Methods
Type of Assessment	Week	Hours	Weight(%)
mid-term exam	8	2	40
Other assessment methods
1.Oral Examination
2.Quiz
3.Laboratory exam
4.Presentation
5.Report
6.Workshop
7.Performance Project
8.Term Paper
9.Project
final exam	16	2	60

Student Work Load
Type of Work	Weekly Hours	Number of Weeks	Work Load
Weekly Course Hours (Theoretical+Practice)	3	14	42
Outside Class
a) Reading	3	14	42
b) Search in internet/Library	3	14	42
c) Performance Project	4	2	8
d) Prepare a workshop/Presentation/Report			0
e) Term paper/Project			0
Oral Examination			0
Quiz			0
Laboratory exam			0
Own study for mid-term exam	3	5	15
mid-term exam	2	1	2
Own study for final exam	3	7	21
final exam	2	1	2
			0
			0
Total work load;			174