Mechanical Engineering Department, IIT Delhi

MCL760: Project Management (3-0-0: 3 Credits)

Course faculty: Prof Prem Vrat and Dr S G Deshmukh
Slot M (Mon: 5-6.20, Thu: 5-6.20)
Course dossier

Course orientation
This course introduces project management from the standpoint of a manager who must organize, plan, implement,
and control tasks to achieve an organization's schedule, budget, and performance objectives.
This course focuses on planning, organizing and implementing projects: project initiation, planning, organizing,
scheduling, monitoring and control, conflict management, cost effectiveness, quality, software tools for project
management, team processes and leadership
The pedagogy will comprise online sessions, case studies and online resources. Students will also be required to
make use of NPTEL sessions as supplementary resource.

Course Objectives
After completing this course, you should be able to:
CO1 Apply project management methodologies, processes, and tools to execute projects in organizations.
CO2 Understand the role of risk planning and mitigation
CO3 Develop effective approaches for managing high-performance project teams, communication strategies,
and best practice closeout strategy that maximizes the value of the project experience.
CO4 Understand the impacts of schedule, cost, and scope elements in projects and analyse different
techniques for managing risks.
CO5 Understand and appreciate project scope statements, Work Breakdown Structures (WBS), Project
Network Diagrams, and Responsibility Assignment Matrix (RAM).
CO6 Apply various tools and techniques for successful management of projects

Overview of Course contents

Fundamentals of project, necessity and imperatives for projects, strategic management and projects, Life cycle
perspective
Project Planning- activities and risk planning, budgeting-estimating costs and risks
Scheduling- network techniques (CPM/PERT), Risk analysis
Project execution- Monitoring and information systems, Project control, Project auditing, Project termination, Theory
of Constraints (TOC) perspective on projects
Organisational issues – skills required for project leader, communication, motivation and team working, behavioural
issues
Project management in practice - Case studies –Delhi metro, Delhi Airport, Covid-Vaccine etc.
A life cycle approach towards project management will be followed.
Project Initiation Projects in contemporary organizations
Strategic Management and project Selection
The project Manager
Negotiation and the Management of Conflict
Project in the Organizational Structure
Project Planning Project activity planning
Budgeting and Cost estimation
Scheduling: CPM/PERT
Resource allocation
Project Execution Monitoring and Information Systems
Project control
Project Auditing
Project Termination

Note
Every student is also required to actively use Moodle. This will be used for assessment. MS Team platform will be
used for communication and dissemination.

Recommended Readings
Meredith Jack R and Mantel Samuel J, Project Management- A Managerial Approach, Wiley. 8th edn , 2015
Kanda Arun, Project Management- A life cycle approach, Prentice Hall, 2009
Kerzner Harold, Project Management: A Systems Approach to Planning, Scheduling, and Controlling, Wiley,2011

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 Online resources: NPTEL
Sn Name of the course From Link Coordinator
1 Project & Production IIT Delhi https://nptel.ac.in/courses/112/102/112102106/ (Late )Prof Arun
Management Kanda
2 Project Management IIT Kanpur https://nptel.ac.in/courses/110/104/110104073/ Prof Raghunandan
Sengupta
3 Project Management for IIT Roorkee https://nptel.ac.in/courses/110/107/110107081/ Prof Mukesh Barua
Managers

Evaluation Scheme
Type Mid-term Mini Project Assignments/viva Major
Quizzes
Period/date Week 3 and Slot 15-19 March 5 April 2021 Every week Slot in (8-16 May 2021)
week 9 2021)
Weightage 15 % 20 % 10 % 25 % 30 %
• Students will respect the code-of-conduct for the course.

Mode of evaluation: Assignments /viva

These will be group submissions. Each group must have 4 members. Once chosen the group members, do not
change the membership!
Sn Type Weightage Remarks
1 Analysis of a case 15 % Real life project will be chosen
2 Review of a TED/Tedx Talks 10 % Choose a relevant TED/TEdx talks and answer
variety of questions based on that talk
3 Analysis of a paper published in journals 15 % A contemporary theme will be chosen from some
of the journals in PM
4 Assignments (numerical/subjective responses 60 % These will be problems/open ended questions in
etc.) project management .
Total 100

Mode of Evaluation: Mini Project

You are required to do mini project (MP760) based on various themes you have learnt in the course and with the
philosophy of applying these ideas on a real life situation you have seen/ visualized/or read . Please note this is an
action-based exercise where the team puts in the knowledge gained in this course coupled with knowledge
/experience gained elsewhere into practice with a life cycle perspective on projects. The outcome is a case study of
a real-life project in India.
The length of the report should NOT exceed TEN A4-pages (including appendices, exhibits, tables etc.).

1. Select a real-life project that interest your team. Deliberate on this project intensely through brainstorming
sessions and draw a plan
2. Analyze the project in detail from different perspectives (each done by a member of the team) and prepare
a case study
3. Give your specific analysis and recommendations based on these perspectives.
4. Summarize and conclude.
5. Write references you have used. Use the standard style for referencing.
6. Add a table indicating specific contributions of each team member.
7. The team will be also required to send ppt (not more than 10 slides) of the case study.
8. All the ppts will be uploaded through Moodle for the consumption of the entire class.

Use standard template for report preparation.

Date of submission of report and ppt: 5 April (Monday) 2021

Ted /TEDx Talks

Sn Title Speaker Link

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 1 Build a Tower, Build a Tom Wujec https://www.ted.com/talks/tom_wujec_build_a_tower_b
Team uild_a_team?language=en

2 A sixth sense for project Tres Roeder https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3zqwlr8sp2Y

management

3 Project management Jorge Audy https://www.ted.com/talks/jorge_audy_o_gerenciament

applied to life o_de_projetos_aplicado_a_vida?language=en

4 The Secret to Life from a Amy https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CTn0HYmMAYM

PMP Hamilton

5 How great leaders inspire Simon Sinek https://www.ted.com/talks/simon_sinek_how_great_lea

ders_inspire_action?language=en

6 As work gets more Yves https://www.ted.com/talks/yves_morieux_as_work_get

complex, 6 rules to simplify Morieux s_more_complex_6_rules_to_simplify

7 Lead like the great Itay Talgam https://www.ted.com/talks/itay_talgam_lead_like_the_g

conductors reat_conductors

8 What's your 200-year plan? Raghava KK https://www.ted.com/talks/raghava_kk_what_s_your_2

00_year_plan
9 The Future of Managing Mark Lomas https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mvSqhE830qo
Project

10 How complex global Sunil https://www.ted.com/talks/sunil_prashara_how_compl

organizations are adapting Prashara ex_global_organizations_are_adapting_to_our_new
to our new reality

Calendar for Slot M of MCL760 PM

Month Mon Thu Sat (In lieu of Sub-total
holidays)
Feb 8,15,22 4,11,18,25 - 07
Mar 1,8,22 4,11,25 20(as Monday) 07
Apr 5,12,19,26 1,8,15,22,29 - 09
May 3 - 1
Total 11 12 1 24
sessions
Note:
Minor 15-19 March, Major 8-16 May 2021
No class day 14 Apr (Wed)
Holidays: Holi (Monday 29/03/2021); Good Friday (Friday 02/04/2021); Ram Navami (Wednesday
21/04/2021); Mahavir Jayanti (Sunday 25/04/2021)
Project evaluation: 26-27 March
Semester break 28-30 March
March 20, 2021 (Saturday) will work as per Monday timetable.
April 03, 2021 (Saturday) will work as per Friday timetable.
April 17, 2021 (Saturday) will work as per Wednesday timetable.
April 24, 2021 (Saturday) will work as per Tuesday timetable.
May 06, 2021 (Thursday) will work as per Friday timetable.

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