THE CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY, CHICO



Project Team Management (MGMT 644)

Fall 2014

Jeff Trailer Ph.D. SCPM

Phone Number: 530-898-5663

Email: jtrailer@csuchico.edu

Office: Tehama 461

Office Hours: Tuesdays 4 - 6 pm

Catalog Description:

Professional MBA Course: Creating team effectiveness and developing project management skills. Includes coverage of the nine project management body of knowledge areas required for professional certification by PMI, the professional code of ethics, and the benefits of diversity on team performance. The course requires use of information technology including spreadsheets, Web-based file storage and sharing, electronic presentations and use of project management software.

Course Objectives:

In this course, you will learn about managing team based projects as well as multiple and complex projects, productively, under significant time constraints. More specifically, you will:

Achieve advanced preparation to become a professional project manager, and to prepare for professional certification in project management; P.M.P. Project Management Professional, and C.A.P.M. Certified Associate in Project Management

PMI® (Project Management Institute) is the leading nonprofit professional association in the area of Project Management. PMI establishes Project Management standards and professional certification that organizations desire for their project leaders.  PMI's Project Management Professional (PMP®) credential is the project management profession's most globally recognized and respected certification credential. To obtain PMP certification an individual must satisfy education and experience requirements, agree to and adhere to a Code of Professional Conduct, and pass the PMP Certification Examination. PMI’s Certified Associate in Project Management (CAPM)® is a valuable entry-level certification for project practitioners. Designed for those with less project experience, the CAPM® demonstrates your understanding of the fundamental knowledge, terminology and processes of effective project management.

Overall course objectives are to understand how the project and portfolio management improves the performance of the firm by aligning and executing the business strategy, how to manage complex project systems, and know the PMI standard lexicon for project management.

Course goals, in terms of content, are to understand the basic “project management body of knowledge” areas:

• Project Integration Management

• Project Scope Management

• Project Time Management

• Project Cost Management

• Project Quality Management

• Project Human Resource Management

• Project Communications Management

• Project Risk Management

• Project Procurement Management

• Project Stakeholders Management

Course Material

Texts: Executing Your Strategy: How to Break It Down and Get It Done

by Mark Morgan, Raymond E. Levitt, William A. Malek

Published by the Harvard Business School Press

A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK), current edition. Published by the Project Management Institute.

Project Management Manual, Published by the Harvard Business School Press

Software: Microsoft Project. Published by the Microsoft Corp.

Supplied by College of Business

Vensim PLE Published by Ventana Systems Inc.

(Free download for students)

Recommended: Membership in the professional society: P.M.I. (student cost is $40.00)



Other required material:

1. Twenty 15-question Grademaster answer sheets, and one 100-question answer sheet.

2. Access to a laptop computer

Evaluation. Course grades will be based on the following assignments and activities:

1. 10 quizzes @ 2.5% each 25% total

2. 10 problem sets/presentations @ 2.5% each 25% total

3. 1 term project & presentation 25% total

4. 1 final exam 25% total

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100%

Course Grading. The student’s ability to apply the concepts in this course is the ultimate basis for the overall evaluation. Accordingly, the overall evaluation may include a subjective adjustment based on the student’s verbal indication of mastery of the subject, when in the opinion of the professor, a significant discrepancy exists between the verbal and written application of the course content. Thus, I will determine your final grade in the course using the points you have earned on your assignments as a guideline. I understand that students get anxious about their grades, so, although not absolute, you may use the following as a guideline: above 90% of total points would normally be in the "A" range, above 80% would usually be in the "B" range, above 70% would normally be in the "C" range, and students earning less than 70% of the points would be in danger of receiving a "D," or less.

Your catalog defines each letter grade. Here I have added my definition to provide you with greater information on what each grade means to me.

A = Superior Work: "achievement so outstanding that it is normally attained by relatively few students." In addition to the requirements for a B, A work must demonstrate originality – a creative, surprisingly good performance from beginning to end.

B = Above Average Work: "achievement clearly better than adequate competence in the subject matter/skill, but not as good as the superior achievement of students earning As." In addition to the requirements for a C, B work must demonstrate thorough analysis of the problem, a satisfactory solution, judgment and tact in presenting the solution, good organization, and appropriate writing style when the solution is presented in writing.

C = Adequate Work: "achievement indicating adequate competence in the subject/skill. This level will usually be met by a majority of the students in the class." C work demonstrates satisfactory analysis of the problem, judgment, tact, organization, and writing style but nothing particularly good or bad.

D = Minimally Acceptable Work: "achievement which meets the minimum requirements of the course." D work is characterized by the presence of a glaring defect in an otherwise acceptable paper or by generally inadequate treatment or judgment.

F = Unacceptable Work: "achievement that fails to meet the minimum requirements of the course." F work demonstrates coverage only of essential points, poor organization, offensive tone, careless handling of the mechanics of written language.

Course Policies

1. All assignments are to be clearly printed.

Part of the “quality” assessment of all assignments is the professional & aesthetic quality of all deliverables.

2. Assignments are not accepted late.

Taking direction and completing work on schedule is an important measure of your project management skills. Thus, turning work in late indicates a failure to properly plan and execute the work and demonstrates a failure to meet a minimum level of skill in project management, so a late assignment will earn a zero.

You may turn in assignments early. If the assignment is not entirely complete by the due date, then turn in as much as you have completed so you may earn at least some credit.

The following are indicators of more severe deficiencies in project management skills, and therefore result in a more severe penalty. The following will earn an additional 10% reduction in the overall score:

• Failure to meet the deadline because there exists no backup of the work file(s),

o And the hard drive crashes

o And the file is lost

o And a computer virus deleted or damaged the file

o And someone deletes, changes, and/or generally absconds with the file

o And the file, just, disappears…

o And anything in the “my dog ate the work” genre

• Failure to meet the deadline because I was still working on it the night before it was due,

o And the power unexpectedly went out.

o And the printer unexpectedly failed.

o And I unexpectedly had to go to work.

o And I unexpectedly had to go home.

o And I unexpectedly had to go to take my pet to the vet.

o And I unexpectedly realized I did not have the (fill in the blank) I needed.

o And I unexpectedly realized I did not have enough time to finish the work.

o And I only then realized I had no idea how to do the work.

• Justifying a late submission by blaming

o Equipment, the government, the weather, other people, …etc.

o Any thing in “the sun was in my eyes” genre.

3. Quizzes are given at only one assigned time and place.

There are no make-up quizzes, however, if a quiz is missed, for a university approved reason, the score earned on the comprehensive Final Exam will count in place of that quiz score in the calculation of the final grade for the course.

4. Attendance.

You are expected to attend classes. You should discuss absences with me, but you may report an absence of more than a week's duration to Academic Advising Programs when it results from circumstances beyond your control, such as illness or accident. The office will then send notification of your absence and the reason for it to your instructors.

Instructors can drop students from a course for non-attendance. (See the University Catalog )

There are several critical reasons for regular attendance to class. It is expected that topics covered in the class session will be incorporated into the assignments, regardless of whether or not the topic is also covered in the text(s). Thus, it is important to attend class and take notes. If you miss a class, I will not be able to re-teach the class session for you, individually.

If you miss class due to circumstances approved by the University (death in family, varsity sports, etc.), then the score earned on the comprehensive Final Exam will count in place of that assignment score in the calculation of the final grade for the course.

The final exam is offered on one day and time (see the final exam schedule). If the final exam is not attended, for a University approved reason, the final exam score will be calculated as the average of the two lowest individual scores on the quizzes.

5. Always keep a copy of your work.

Sometimes papers get lost and sometimes papers are never turned in. A copy of your work will clarify the situation.

6. I am always willing to discuss your assignments and grades

Given the following condition--24 hours must go by after you receive your assignment back before we can talk. Experience indicates that we are all able to communicate more effectively if think about what we want and how best to go about getting it.

7. You are expected to treat others in the class with respect and politeness.

Students are encouraged to think, question, disagree, and offer alternatives. Rudeness, however, will not be tolerated, and a disruptive student will be dropped from the course.

8. Academic Honesty.

You are expected to maintain a high standard of academic honesty. Dishonesty may bring grade reduction or other sanctions as provided in Section IV-A of the Code of Student Rights and Responsibilities. Copies of this publication are available from the Office of Student Judicial Affairs, Kendall Hall 110. Also see Student Judicial Affairs in the University Catalog.

Faculty expect students to maintain a high standard of academic integrity. If you are unclear about a specific situation, ask your instructors. They will explain what is and is not acceptable in their classes.

If a student is thought to be cheating and charges are brought, a process is set in motion which can result in severe consequences, ranging from failure in an individual course to long-term suspension from the University and denial of a degree.

The examples below do not include all possible violations of the University's expectations, but they do give a good idea of behavior which will result in grade reduction, disciplinary probation, suspension, or expulsion from the University.

Plagiarism: Copying homework answers from your text to submit for a grade; failing to give credit for ideas, statement of facts, or conclusions derived from another source; submitting a paper downloaded from the Internet or submitting a friend's paper as your own; claiming credit for artistic work (such as a music composition, photo, painting, drawing, sculpture, or design) done by someone else.

Taking Information: Copying graded homework assignments from another student; working together on a take-home test or homework when not specifically permitted to do so by the instructor; looking at another student's paper during an examination; looking at your text or notes during an examination when not specifically permitted to do so by the instructor.

Providing Information: Giving your work to another to be copied; giving answers to another student during an examination; after taking an exam, informing another student in a later section of questions which appear on that exam; providing a term paper to another student.

Misrepresentation: Having another student take your exam, or do your computer program or lab experiment; lying to an instructor to increase your grade; submitting a paper that is substantially the same for credit in two different courses without prior approval of both instructors involved; altering a graded work after it has been returned and then submitting the work for regrading.

Policy on Academic Integrity. The Policy on Academic Integrity was approved in June 2004. The précis states, in part: "Excellence in learning can only take place in an environment based on academic integrity and honesty. The long-term value of a degree from CSU, Chico depends on all members of the campus community participating actively in the creation and maintenance of a campus culture that cherishes such academic honesty and integrity."

Answers to questions about academic honesty may be obtained in the Office of the Coordinator of Student Judicial Affairs (KNDL 110, x6897).

9. Reading Assignments.

It is expected that reading assignments are completed prior to class.

10. The schedule and number of assignments is subject to modification

Sometimes the actual workflow of the semester is different than I expected.

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