ISM5112 Project Management in EngineeringBahçeşehir UniversityDegree Programs URBAN SYSTEMS AND TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT (TURKISH, THESIS)General Information For StudentsDiploma SupplementErasmus Policy StatementNational QualificationsBologna Commission
URBAN SYSTEMS AND TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT (TURKISH, THESIS)
Master TR-NQF-HE: Level 7 QF-EHEA: Second Cycle EQF-LLL: Level 7

Course Introduction and Application Information

Course Code Course Name Semester Theoretical Practical Credit ECTS
ISM5112 Project Management in Engineering Spring 3 0 3 8
This catalog is for information purposes. Course status is determined by the relevant department at the beginning of semester.

Basic information

Language of instruction: Turkish
Type of course: Departmental Elective
Course Level:
Mode of Delivery: Face to face
Course Coordinator : Instructor ÖZLEM KANGA
Course Lecturer(s): Assist. Prof. ADNAN ÇORUM
Prof. Dr. FAİK TUNÇ BOZBURA
Assist. Prof. GÖKHAN GELİŞEN
Assoc. Prof. GÜL TEKİN TEMUR ASLAN
Recommended Optional Program Components: None
Course Objectives: This course is designed for graduate engineering students to give the fundamental concepts of project management. The course provides project definition, project budgeting, scheduling, planning with CPM and PERT, resource allocation, time and cost analyses, monitoring/information system and controlling, earned value method.

Learning Outcomes

The students who have succeeded in this course;
- Grasp the basic principles of modern project management
- Evaluate a project plan
- Schedule a project by collecting numerical data about the stages of the project
- Conclude whether the project continues according to the plan in terms of schedule, budget and management
- Apply the project management and scheduling techniques on a practical problem
- Use a project management software (MS Project)
- Manage a project in MS Project from start to finish

Course Content

Principles on building a global project plan based on project management standards.
Using project constraints such as cost, scope and time to evaluate a project and determine the best selection.
Clearly stating project objectives and establishing a capable project team in order to maximize the project performance.
Analysis of project components in order to reduce duration and mitigate risk.

Weekly Detailed Course Contents

Week Subject Related Preparation
1) Course introduction
2) Strategy and Project Selection In Project Management
3) Project Organization and Culture
4) Defining a Project
5) Estimating Project Times and Costs
6) Managing Risk
7) Leadership & Managing Project Teams
8) Developing a Project Plan
9) Scheduling
10) Network calculations
11) CPM/ PERT
12) Reducing Project Duration
13) Presentations I
14) Presentations II

Sources

Course Notes / Textbooks: Larson, E.; Gary, C. Project Management: The Managerial Process. 6th Edition, 2014, McGraw Hill.
References:

Evaluation System

Semester Requirements Number of Activities Level of Contribution
Project 1 % 35
Midterms 1 % 25
Final 1 % 40
Total % 100
PERCENTAGE OF SEMESTER WORK % 25
PERCENTAGE OF FINAL WORK % 75
Total % 100

ECTS / Workload Table

Activities Number of Activities Duration (Hours) Workload
Course Hours 14 3 42
Study Hours Out of Class 14 4 56
Project 1 50 50
Midterms 1 24 24
Final 1 24 24
Total Workload 196

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

No Effect 1 Lowest 2 Low 3 Average 4 High 5 Highest
           
Program Outcomes Level of Contribution
1) Improving and enhancing information in expertise level on the concept of transportation licence level abilities in terms of transportation department and related departments.
2) Having detailed information about current technics, methods and their constraints in transportation engineering.
3) Estabilishing engineering problems, improving methods for solution, implementing new methods in solutions
4) Completing and implementing information with limited datas, integrating informations of different discipline datas
5) Estabilishing engineering problems, improving methods for solution, implementing new methods in solutions
6) New/origin idea and method implementing, improving new solutions in system, part and process designs.
7) Understanding process and results of studies, presenting the datas oral and written in related department on national and international scales, understanding a foreign language, having speaking, writing and reading level at least Europan Language Portfolio B2.
8) Understanding social and environmental phases of technological implementations. Listing ability of current technics, methods, effects, constraints and results of technological implementations.
9) Considering social-scientific-ethic values in collecting-understanding-implementing-presenting phases and all activities.
10) Having information detailed and deeply by implemented researching in technology, evaluating and implementing of information
11) Developing method for defined technological problems and implementing innovative methods in solutions.
12) Modelling and implementing of experimental investigations, solving of complex cases in this process