Deuxième cycle - 3,0 crédit(s)

Département des sciences administratives

The overall objective of this course is to enable the students to master in a competent fashion the concepts and techniques required to plan, organise, and control a project with efficiency and efficacy. The specific objectives are the following : a) to expound an operational process whereby the student will be capable of establishing an execution as well as a monitoring plan for his project; b) to initiate students to most commonly used techniques and methodologies used by professional project managers in planning, scheduling, monitoring, and controlling projects; and c) to initiate students to the use of project management dedicated computer softwares.

Part 1 : Introduction Course overview. The importance of Project Planning and Operational Control in project management. The planning, monitoring and control process. Part 2 : The Planning Process Determining the project scope : the Strategic (Logical) Framework Method. Determining the work to be done : the Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) and the Equipment Breakdown Structure (EBS). Defining the work to be done : the WBS dictionary. Assigning responsibilities : the Responsibility Assignment Matrix (RAM). Scheduling the work to be done : Network-based scheduling techniques; Estimating activities duration and resources requirement; Risk assessment; Gantt charts, PERT, and CPM; Precedence diagramming and plan validation; The time-cost relationship; Allocating resources : Resources levelling algorithms; Establishing budgets : Top-down and bottom-up approaches; Project planning in a multiple-tasking and multiple-project environment; Project Management software. Part 3 : The Monitoring Process Identifying the required date and their source. Determining the monitoring frequency. Designing data input formats. Gathering and storing data. Producing progress reports : the Earned value Method (EVM). Part 4 : The Control Process Assessing variances. Taking corrective actions : Project Performance Mangement Standards (PPMS).

The learning strategy focuses on three different pillars : a) the concepts, b) the methods and techniques or tools and (c) the applications. The conceptual part of the course should enable the student to better grasp the underlying principles supporting the various techniques used for planning, monitoring, and controlling a project from start to finish. Then, by mastering the various techniques the student will be in a position of acquiring an overwiew of the management systems (computerised as well as non-computerised) used by organisations in managing projects. To that effect, at least nine (9) hours of training should be dedicated to the use of a PM software. As for the third pillar, it should focus essentially on PM applications. Through the use of a complex case study the student will be required to apply these concepts, techniques and methods in a concrete and applied fashion so as to demonstrate their mastery of the subject matter. Evaluation : the individual evaluation must account for at least 50 % of the total note.

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7208 - Gestion des organisations