IIT Kharagpur Campus
Kharagpur, West Bengal 721302

Course Objective:

This 4-Day specialized course in Project Management will cover methods beyond topics covered in OM for MBAs and M Techs—in the planning and implementation of projects. This is a major knowledge upgrade for project managers and practitioners. Specifically, learning will include:
Project Life Cycle, CPM and PERT
How to allocate resources to different activities while planning a project; “crashing” (expedite) certain project activities to speed up a project; you will experience the dynamic effects of crashing by simulating a real life project using CPSIM
How to identify, quantify and mitigate risks; Monte Carlo in PERT; Project performance evaluation by EVM; Critical Chain PM and Developing working competence in the use of MS Project.

Official Website: http://www.iitkgp.ac.in/news/showannouncedescr.php?newsid=362

Added by tapan_bagchi on July 2, 2009

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tapan_bagchi

All details appear on the Course website shown above.

This course will be particularly useful for practicing professionals who manage, plan, execute or sponsor construction, R&D, IT, facilities upgradation or Six Sigma projects. Some prior experience in having managed or acted as a resource in projects would be most helpful. If you are planning to learn about project management with the desire to write the PMP/PMI test, you will learn all the basics in this course.

The faculty are top rated and internationally recognized for their expertise in project management.

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