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Course Syllabus
Course Information
OPRE 6372.PJM
Project Initiation
Fall 2011
Professor Contact Information
Dr. Sue Freedman [email protected]
Mr. Lothar Katz [email protected]
Dr. Thomas Sheives [email protected]
Mr. James Szot [email protected] (Instructor of Record)
Mr. Gerald Turner [email protected]
Office hours by appointment please email to schedule
Course Pre-requisites, Co-requisites, and/or Other Restrictions
OPRE 6271 Project Overview and Strategic and Process Management
Course Description
Projects are undertaken to help organizations convert strategy into products, services, and end
results. Unfortunately, many projects are not totally successful because of the lack of clearly
defined and well understood requirements.
This course begins with a discussion of project manager credentialing and professional ethics,
explores project management in a global environment, bridges from strategy to project definition
with discussions of project selection and project management tools, and focuses on determiningand managing project requirements.
Important note: Modules from OB 6301, Introduction to Organizational Behavior, are intermixed
with modules from this course. Concepts from these OB6301 modules are to be applied along
with concepts from this course and the prerequisite course, OPRE6271, in your preparation of the
Project Initiation Assignment.
Student Learning Objectives/Outcomes
Students will demonstrate the knowledge to
Take responsibility for ethical and professional conduct Apply project selection methods to evaluate the feasibility of projects Assess project contribution to business strategy, purpose and plans Determine and document project goals and performance requirements by working closely
with project stakeholders
Define and document product or service deliverables Select appropriate project management practices, tools and methodologies
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Required Textbooks and Materials
Textbooks (purchased by student or viewed online):
Larson, E. and Gray, C. (2011). Project Management: The Managerial Process (5th
ed.).
New York: McGraw-Hill/Irwin. ISBN: 978-0-07-742692-7 (International Edition
ISBN: 978-0071289290)
Heldman, K. (2009). PMP
Project Management Professional Exam Study Guide (5
th
ed.). Indianapolis: Wiley (Sybex). ISBN: 978-0-470-45558-6 [Available as eBook from
UTD Library]
Mantel,S.J.etal.(2011).ProjectManagementinPractice,4thed.Hoboken,NJ:JohnWiley&Sons.ISBN13:9780470533017
Morris, P. and Jamieson, A. (2004). Translating Corporate Strategy into Project
Strategy: Realizing Corporate Strategy Through Project Management. Newtown Square,
PA: Project Management Institute. ISBN: 1-930699-37-9 [Available on PMI eReads
and Reference]
Project Management Institute. (2008).A Guide to the Project Management Body of
Knowledge, Fourth Edition. Newtown Square, PA: Project Management Institute. ISBN:
978-1-933890-51-7 [download from PMI Standards]
Wiegers, K. E. (2003). Software requirements, 2nd ed. Redmond, WA: Microsoft Press.
ISBN: 0-7356-1879-8 [Available as eBook from UTD Library]
Articles and Cases (provided in class or download from Blackboard)
Katz, L. Case Study: Chattanooga Challenge. Richardson, TX: The University of Texas
at Dallas
Other books you might be interested in
Chatfield, C. and Johnson, T. (2010).Microsoft Project 2010 Step by Step. Redmond,WA: Microsoft Press. ISBN:
Hooks, I. F., & Farry, K. A. (2001). Customer-centered products: Creating successful
products through smart requirements management. New York: AMACOM. [Available
as eBook from UTD Library and PMI eReads and Reference] referenced during lecture
Howard, D. and Chefetz, G. (2010). Ultimate Study Guide: Foundations Microsoft
Project 2010. New York: Chefetz. ISBN: 978-1-934240-13-7.
Wiegers, K. E. (2006).More about software requirements: Thorny issues and practical
advice. Redmond, WA: Microsoft Press. ISBN: 0-7356-2267-1 [Available as eBook
from UTD Library] referenced during lecture
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Assignments & Academic Calendar
Title/Date Overview Objectives
Project Initiation
Assignment
This assignment asks you to
explore the strategic fit, technicalrequirements, and socio-culturalaspects of a potential project inyour organization.
Students will demonstrate their ability to:
Assess project contribution to businessstrategy, purpose and plans
Determine and document project goals andrequirements
Consider the socio-cultural impact of theproject on stakeholders
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Project ManagementProfessional I
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Independent Study
This module begins the processof preparing for the ProjectManagement Institutes ProjectManagement Professionalcertification exam.
Students who have already
earned the PMP
credential willbegin to prepare a researchpaper on a project managementtopic of their choice.
Non-PMPsExplore PMIs approach to
Modeling the process of project management
Creating the project charter and preliminaryscope statement
Applying professional responsibility
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Title/Date Overview Objectives
Project ManagerCredentialing andProfessional Ethics
Jim Szot
Friday, Oct. 14 AM
This module discusses projectmanager credentialing trends,requirements, and professionalethics.
Students will be able to describe the benefits andrequirements for obtaining project managementand related specialty credentials.
Students will be aware of the need to: Ensure individual integrity and professionalism
by adhering to legal requirements and ethicalstandards
Enhance individual competence withcontinuous learning
Recommend approaches that strive for fairresolution to satisfy competing needs andobjectives
Respect personal, ethnic and culturaldifferences
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Lothar Katz
Friday, Oct. 14 PM
We explore how differences incultural values and beliefs affectproject management practices inareas such as project initiation,
stakeholder management,progress monitoring, conflictprevention and resolution, andongoing communication.
Students will be able to:
Identify what cultural knowledge is critical forsuccess in cross-cultural projects
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Title/Date Overview Objectives
Introduction toOrganizationalBehavior: History,
Culture, Ethics
Dr. Sue Freedman
Saturday, Oct. 15 AM
See OB6301 Syllabus
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Title/Date Overview Objectives
Project SelectionCriteria
Dr. Gerald Turner
Saturday, Oct. 15 PM
In this module, we review thethinking and applicableprocesses for initiating andselecting projects. Wethoroughly review the followingquestions:
Why launch projects?
Exactly what is a project andhow does this fit into thestrategic planning andmanagement process?
Who cares? Who are thekey stakeholders andbeneficiaries of thisprocess?
What business value doesthe company derive fromsuccessfully conceived,
planned, selected, executedand managed projects?
How do we ensure thelikelihood of success on keycorporate & businessprojects
Students will:
Explore the world of corporate & businessprojects and initiatives
Understand how projects are conceived andwhy through qualitative and quantitativeselection techniques
Determine which techniques apply to certainbusiness environments, situations andscenarios and which do not... and why?
Review the rationale for financial and/oreconomic justification for projects andprograms for the corporation, business orstrategic business unit i.e., the businesscase
Introduce project charter concepts andfoundations
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Dr. Sue Freedman
Friday, Nov. 11 AM
See OB6301 Syllabus
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Title/Date Overview Objectives
Teams, Influence, andSocialization
Dr. Sue Freedman
Friday, Nov. 11 PM
See OB6301 Syllabus
RequirementsOverview Elicitation
Tom Sheives
Saturday, Nov. 12 AM
This module introduces theoverall requirementsdevelopment and managementprocess and focuses in detail onthe importance of eliciting goodrequirements.
Students will be able to:
Identify and define important elements of arepeatable, systematic process used todevelop and manage different types ofrequirements
Identify the types of requirements, and applythe characteristics of good requirements
Define the boundaries between project scopeand product scope
Utilize IEEE and SEI standards
Define the spiral method of requirements
development Identify and analyze stakeholders, their roles
and needs
Utilize requirement eliciting techniques
Develop and understand real business anduser needs
Describe the difference between features,functions, and benefits
Describe the importance of correctly andcompletely identifying the problem to be solved
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Title/Date Overview Objectives
RequirementsAnalysis andNegotiation
Tom Sheives
Saturday, Nov. 12 PM
This module provides techniquesfor analyzing requirements toimprove the overall success ofthe project.
Students will be able to:
Apply a method for analyzing requirements to
improve the overall probability of success of
the project Identify and analyze priorities and risks for
each requirement
Resolve conflicting requirements
Allocate system requirements to components
Involve stakeholders in tradeoffs
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Organizational Cultureand Design
Dr. Sue Freedman
Thursday, Dec. 8 AM
See OB6301 Syllabus
Personality,Perception, andCommunication
Dr. Sue Freedman
Thursday, Dec. 8 PM
See OB6301 Syllabus
Motivation, Rewards,and Job Design
Dr. Sue Freedman
Friday, Dec 9 AM
See OB6301 Syllabus
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Title/Date Overview Objectives
Project PlanningTools
Jim Szot
Friday, Dec. 9 PM
In this module we discuss projectplanning tools and the use ofMicrosoft Project on up-comingindividual and team
assignments.
Subjects will be able to:
Describe some of the commonly used projectmanagement tools and their advantages andlimitations
Use the basic features of Microsoft Project todevelop a project plan
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Title/Date Overview Objectives
RequirementsSpecification andValidation
Tom Sheives
Saturday, Dec. 10 AM
This module discussestechniques for developing goodwritten specific requirements andsystematic methods for validatingrequirements.
Students will be able to:
Determine how to specify and documentrequirements
Apply templates in the documentation ofrequirements
Address common problems in specifyingrequirements
Use tools for specifying requirements andspecification guidelines
Identify and apply traceability techniques
Identify and apply the validation process andbaseline requirements
Validate the goodness of requirements
Determine the testability of requirements writing test cases acceptance criteria
Understand the role of prototyping and/ormodel validation
Trace requirements to the source
Establish guidelines for baselines
Reading A
Wiege
In-class A
RequirementsManagement andSteps toRequirementsImprovement
Tom Sheives
Saturday, Dec. 10 PM
This module discusses theimportance of change control,version control, and the steps totake to implement a goodprocess in an organization.
Students will be able to:
Use components of requirements management
Identify and apply the important elements of achange control process
Identify and apply good impact analysistechniques on change requests
Determine the importance of version controlregarding requirements
Identify concepts in this course to apply to yourown project environment
Understand how to assess current processes
and environment Determine the usefulness of tools in their
environment and identify the kinds of toolswhich may be applicable
Reading A
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Grading PolicyGraded assignments should be posted to Blackboard by midnight of the day listed. Assignment links
disappear after the due date. If you cannot complete an assignment by the due date, it is your responsibility
to contact the instructor associated with that assignment and to inform the instructor of record of this
communication before the assignment becomes overdue. Note that faculty members have no obligation to
accept late assignments or to discuss the possibility of extensions or extra-credit work, but may do so if you
have a compelling reason and discuss it with them before the assignment is due.
Consult the OB 6301 syllabus to confirm OB 6301 assignments and due dates.
Assignments Module Percentage Type DueDateCompanydescription
paper
IntrotoOB:History,
Culture&Ethics
(Freedman)
OB6301(M1) Individual Oct.9
Professional
CertificationResearch
andPresentation
ProjectManager
Credentialingand
ProfessionalEthics(Szot)
7.5% Individual Oct.13
Casepreparationand
classdiscussion
ExecutingProjectsina
GlobalEnvironment(Katz)5% Team Oct.14
TheStrategythat
WouldntTravel
IntrotoOB:History,
Culture&Ethics
(Freedman)
OB6301(M1) Team Oct.15
ProjectSelectionCaseProjectSelectionCriteria
(Turner)7.5% Individual Oct.15
ProjectManagement
ProfessionalQuiz/
ResearchApproval
Course
(Szot)15% Individual Nov.5
AmIADeliberate
DecisionMaker?
DecisionMakingin
Organizations(Freedman)OB6301(M2) Individual Nov.11
TeamandTeam
ProcessWorksheet
Teams,Influenceand
Socialization(Freedman)OB6301(M3) Individual Nov.11
RequirementsQuiz1(inclass)
RequirementsOverviewReqtsAnalysis(Sheives)
10% Individual Nov.12
Collaborative
Organization
Assessment
OrganizationalCultureand
Design
(Freedman)
OB6301(M4) Individual Dec.4
KarenLearyCase
Motivation,Rewards,and
JobDesign
(Freedman)
OB6301(M6) Team Dec.4
SelfAssessments
Personality,Perception,
andCommunication
(Freedman)
OB6301(M5) Individual Dec.8
PPCWorksheetA&B
Personality,Perception,
andCommunication
(Freedman)
OB6301(M5) Team Dec.8
PMToolsProjectPlanningTools
(Szot)5% Individual Dec.7
RequirementsQuiz2RequirementsOverview
ReqtsAnalysis(Sheives)10% Individual Dec.10
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Assignments Module Percentage Type DueDateProjectInitiation
AssignmentCourse 40% Individual Dec.14
OnlineAssessment
Motivation,Rewards,and
JobDesign
(Freedman)
OB6301(M6) Individual Dec.18
Technical Support
For assistance with Blackboard, Adobe Connect, and other Project Management Program
technology issues, e-mail Wei Wang [[email protected]] and Debbie Samac
[[email protected]]. Note that Wei and Debbie cannot help you with your UTD account,
including email access issues.
If you experience any problems with your UTD account, send an email to [email protected] or
call the UTD Computer Helpdesk at 972-883-2911. Do not contact the UTD ComputerHelpdesk for questions about or problems with Blackboard or Adobe Connect. They cannot
help you these products are supported by the Project Management Program.
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University Policies
Student Conduct & Discipline
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recognized and established due process. Procedures are defined and described in theRules and
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