Management of Technical Projects
Lally School of Management and Technology - MGMT-6810

Description
The purpose of this course is to enable the technically oriented manager to select projects of value to the organization, develop a project plan including staffing, perform a risk analysis on the project, and successfully execute the project. Students, working alone or in teams, practice the project management process by planning a current project in the area of new product development, process reengineering, information systems or any other project with business implementation.

Prerequisites
No specific prerequisites are required.

Textbook(s)
Ordering Information

Format
Classes: 13 weeks, 13 sessions
Assignments: TBD
Exams: TBD

Grading
Assignments: % TBD
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Computing
Minimum 166 MHz Pentium processor with 32 MB RAM and 1GB hard disk space running a minimum of Windows 95. Access to Windows Media Players 7 and Adobe Acrobat Reader is required. Use of PC or Mac based project management software (e.g., Microsoft Project or similar package) is required, as well as Crystal Ball (an add-on for Excel). Student versions of Microsoft Project and Crystal Ball are included with the textbook.

E-mail access is required for course communications.

Access to Blackboard, Rensselaer's course management tool, is required. Please refer to this page for instructions on how to set up your computer for Blackboard.

Who Should Enroll
This course may be used in your Plan of Study as follows:

This course is also open to non-matriculated students who meet the prerequisites.

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