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Instructor: |
Geza Bottlik, E-mail: bottlik515@gezabottlik.com
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Office Hours: |
Tuesday/Thursday, 2:00 P.M. – 3:00
P.M. GER 202 |
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Phone 213 – 740 –5050 |
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Class time/place: |
Thursday 6:30 P.M. –
9:10 P.M. RTH109 |
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TA: |
Mohan Mayank
mmohan@usc.edu |
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TA Office
hours: |
TBD |
Test Schedule:
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Midterm 1: |
Wednesday,
October 1, 2008 |
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Midterm 2: |
Wednesday,
October 29, 2008 |
7:00 P.M. –
9:00 P.M. |
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Final: |
Wednesday,
December 10, 2008 |
7:00 P.M. –
9:00 P.M. |
Web Page: www.gezabottlik.com
At the
site you will find:
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The syllabus
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Lecture Notes, Assignments and due
dates, solutions
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Messages of current interest - e.g. a
cancelled class (it won’t happen!)
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The DEN website is useful for e-mail,
the discussion board and group pages
Your
responsibility:
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Register on and learn how to use the
site
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Check your email and the discussion
board on a regular basis
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Download the lecture notes and
assignments for each class
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Review your grades to track your
progress and standing in the class.
Assignments: Readings, Problems, and
Exercises will be included in each week’s assignment. Usually, they are
assigned on Wednesday and are due on the following Wednesday at 6 P.M.and will
be returned during the following week if points were deducted or comments
added. It is imperative that you prepare
for class -- you will find it
extremely difficult to follow the discussion if you have not read the material.
Late homework cannot be
accepted, unless prior
arrangements have been made (e.g. out of town funeral). Homework is to be in digital format, a single document (no zip files),
submitted through the assignment manager on the DEN website. The problems must
be in the order assigned. Out of sequence problems will receive no credit.
The assignments should be as
professional in appearance as if you were preparing reports at work or for
publication. Clearly label the assignment number, the date and your conclusions
for each problem, followed by the supporting calculations.
Homework will be specified either as
individual or team. It’s OK to work on individual homework together, but finish
it by yourself and indicate whom you worked with on top of the first page. Each
student must turn in a separate homework, unless it is a team assignment.
Generated data and essay questions must be unique to each student. The same
rules apply among teams for team homework.
Objectives of the course
The major objective of this course is to have you understand the key principles associated with effective project management and their application within today’s environments and to have acquired or honed basic skills in defining, planning, initiating and monitoring engineering projects using proven techniques and commonly available computer software tools. You should also understand methods for solving and avoiding common difficulties associated with project management.
Grading:
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Project |
5% |
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Homework |
25% |
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Midterm 1 |
15% |
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Midterm 2 |
20% |
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Final exam |
25% |
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Participation (attendance, asking questions, making contributions,
postings on the discussion board) |
10% |
Participation for DEN students includes, e-mail, call in, and submitted
questions and comments for the lectures, postings on the discussion board and
is expected every week. Real time participation via WebEx is encouraged but is
not essential for receiving full credit for participating.
A further note on participation: You are expected to come to class
prepared and actively participate in class discussions. Some of the methods of
evaluating this – good listener, points relevant to the discussion, willingness
to bring up new ideas, evidence of analysis, clarify and build on previous
points.
The grade for the course will only be based on the required work listed
above and cannot be improved
with additional work. Note that participation is 10% - so participate!
The required texts are:
“Using Microsoft Office Project 2003”
Tim Pyron, QUE, 2004, ISBN 0-7897-3072-3
Course Outline:
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08/27 |
Introduction,
Strategies ( Sessions 1) |
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09/03 |
The Project
Manager (2) |
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09/10 |
Organizations
(3) |
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09/17 |
Planning (4) |
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09/24 |
Conflict,
Negotiation (5) |
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10/01 |
Midterm 1 (6) |
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10/08 |
Budgeting
,Scheduling (7) |
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10/15 |
Resources (8) |
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10/22 |
Information
Systems (9) |
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10/29 |
Midterm 2 (10) |
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11/05 |
Summary and
review of Microsoft Project (11) |
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11/12 |
Control, Audit
(12) |
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11/19 |
Termination
(13) |
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11/26 |
No lecture (14) |
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12/03 |
Review and project
discussion (15) |
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12/10 |
Final |
References:
Project
Approval of the selected project must be obtained from the instructor
by 11/05/06. Please submit a one page description. Consultation with the
instructor and the TA is encouraged.
Project report
The report is limited to no more than 6 typed (double spaced) 8
1/2 by 11 pages. It is to be submitted as a digital file on the Assignment
Manager on the DEN website.
The report must include:
- A cover page with name,
title and an abstract not to exceed 100 words
- Text containing
definition, development of the topic, analysis and conclusions and
descriptions of your
processes
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References (books and articles):
title, author, publication, date, volume and pages
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Calculations, extensive graphs, etc.
should be in an appendix – there is no length limit to the appendix.
ALWAYS BE SURE TO
GIVE THE SOURCE OF ALL YOUR INFORMATION. ANYTHING TAKEN VERBATIM FROM SOMEONE
ELSE MUST BE IN QUOTATION MARKS AND REFERENCED. THIS INCLUDES PARTIAL SENTENCES.
This is intended to be an interactive class and your participation
should increase as the semester progresses. Attendance at all classes is
expected of everyone. Frequent absences will result in a reduction in grade.
Punctuality is expected. If you are late, be sure not to disturb the class as
you enter.
PLEASE DO NOT
BRING FOOD OR DRINKS TO THE CLASS. (Water
in plastic bottles is OK)
The midterms and final will be based on problems similar to the ones
assigned in the homework and the discussions in class. All tests are open book and open notes. The use of laptops is also OK. Students are expected to apply what they should have
learned up to that point to analyzing situations, identifying the problems and
applying the appropriate techniques to solve them.
NEATNESS,
SPELLING, AND GRAMMAR COUNT. THEY ARE AN EXPRESSION OF YOUR COMMITMENT TO DO A
GOOD JOB.
Last, but most
important:
The School of Engineering and the Department of Industrial and Systems
Engineering adhere to the University’s policies and procedures governing
academic integrity as described in Scampus. Students are expected to be aware of and observe the academic integrity
standards described in Scampus. I will enforce
these standards -- in other words, if you cheat and get caught you will
get an F in the class.
Any Student requesting academic accommodations based on a disability is
required to register with Disability Services and Programs (DSP) each
semester. A letter of verification for
approved accommodations can be obtained from DSP. Please be sure the letter is delivered to me (or to TA) as early
in the semester as possible. DSP is located in STU 301 and is open 8:30 a.m. -
5:00 p.m., Monday through Friday. The
phone number for DSP is (213) 740-0776.