Introduction
Project management skills are universal.
Five characteristics of project management:
- clear objectives
- distinct duration
- involvements of several professionals or departments
- cost and performance demands
- novelty
Four stages of project performance:
- Defining
- Planning
- Executing
- Closing
Defining the Project
Project: A college course
- Determining the goals of the course
- Identifying course specifications
- Task distribution
- Arranging responsibilities
Planning: Creating the Work Structure
- Scheduling: Weekly meetings
- Budget and resources: University funding and library
- Identifying constraints: Time
- Duration: Accelerating project completion
- Social network building: Connecting to professors from other universities
- Managing project stakeholders: Instructors and students
- Monitoring and control: Gantt charts and PPT presentations
Executing: Integrating and Coding the Work Structure
- Status report
- Quality forecast
- Final report
The Project’s Scope Statement
- The project’s objective is to develop a college course that can be completed during the period of the summer semester.
- The cost of this project will range between $5,000 and $7,000.
- Timeline: March 2022 – May 2022.
- Participation in the project will require at least one year of teaching experience in this field.
- This course will be developed exclusively for pre-med students; thus, other majors will not be allowed to take this course.
Set of Deliverables for the Project
Five main deliverables in the “College course development” project:
- Project proposal
- Implementation plan
- Progress report
- Reflection presentation
- Audit report
Closing
- Project delivery
- Redeploying resources
- Post-delivery evaluation
Conclusion
Knowledge and skills in project management are ubiquitous.
This project aims to develop a college course for pre-med students for the summer semester.
Short project duration.
The proposal, forecast, progress charts, and final report will be delivered.
The project’s success will be determined by the collaboration between the team members and communication with the client.
Reference List
Larson, E. and Gray, C. (2019) Project management: the managerial process. 10th edn. Irwin: McGraw-Hill.