JAWAHARLAL NEHRU TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY HYDERABAD

Course Objective

The objective of this course is to lay an important foundation to students in

managing projects with a special focus on every phase such as project planning, execution, monitoring and evaluation.

Learning Outcome

Students will be able to understand a) Importance of Project Management

• b) Project Planning, Execution and implementation c) Significance of teams in projects d) Project evaluation techniques. *****

UNIT - I: Introduction

Introduction to Project management –Project Characteristics- Project Life

cycle – Project Identification, Formulation and Implementation- Project management in different sectors: Construction, Services Sector, Public sector and Government Projects. Systems approach to project management.

UNIT - II: Project Appraisal

Project Planning – Steps in Project Planning - Scheduling - Project

Appraisal- Feasibility study- Technical, Commercial, Economic, Financial, Management, Social Cost Benefit Analysis-Project Risk Analysis.

UNIT - III: Project Finance

Project Cost Estimation, Project Financing- Investment Criteria, Project

Evaluation Techniques- Pay Back Period, Accounting rate of return, Net present value, Internal Rate of return, Profitability Index, Cash Flows Estimation for new and replacement projects- Cost of Capital, Risk Analysis.

UNIT - IV: Project Control

Network Diagrams, Network Analysis, Critical Path, Quality

Management, Project Execution, Monitoring and control, Agile project Management, Scrum, Lean Production and project management.

UNIT - V: Organizational Behavior in Project Management

Organizational Structure and

Integration, Role of project manager, Roles in the project team, Project stakeholder engagement, Leadership in project management, participative management, team building approach, Conflict Management in Projects, Stress Management.

Suggested Readings:

• John M, Nicholas and Herman Steyn, Project Management for Engineering, Business and Technology, 5e, Routledge, 2017.
• Prasanna Chandra, Projects, Planning, Analysis, Selection, Financing, Implementation and review, 6e, Tata Mc Graw Hill2008.
• K. Nagrajan, Project Management, New Age International Publishers, 7e 2015.
• Jack Gido, Jim Clements Rose Baker, Successful Project Management, Cengage Learning, 7e 2015.
• R. Paneerselvam, P. Senthil Kumar, Project Management, PHI, 2009.