DSIM 607 Leading Projects
This course introduces best practices in project management, the study of concepts, and tools of project management. Topics will include project scope, project time, project cost, project quality, project risk, project resources, project communications, and how to be an effective project manager. Project management software will be used to analyze the project data, create work breakdown structures, Gantt charts, network diagrams, and baseline models as well as to perform earned value analysis. PMBOK will be used as a reference to the project management standards all along. Students will apply project management methods, models and business knowledge to a business analytics project scenario.