PROJECT PLANNING AND EXECUTION
SYLLABUS
UNIT I
Project Management – Definition, Nature and Scope of Project Management – Approaches to Management –
System Approach – Development of a Project System - Project Planning – Functions of Planning – Area of Planning
– Project Objectives and Policies – Project Designing and Time Estimation.
UNIT II
Project Organization – Forms of Organisation – Line & Staff, Functional, Divisional, Matrix and Projectised Organisation
– Project Contracting – Principles of Project Contracts – Contracting Process Compilation of Contracts – 3 R's of
Contracting – Responsibility; Risk and Reimbursement – Global Tendering. Bidding and Bid Evaluation – Pricing
Terms and Estimation – Project Negotiation – Delivery Terms and its significance.
UNIT III
Project Scheduling and Time Monitoring; Scheduling to Match Availability of Manpower and Release of Funds –
Project Cost Monitoring; Cash Flow Projections, Value Engineering.
UNIT IV
Project Implementation – Factory Design and Layout – Project Work System Design – Work Breakdown Structure
– Project Execution Plan – Project Procedure Manual – Project Diary – Pre-requisites for Successful Project
Implementation. Project Overruns – Time and Cost Overrun; Factors; Effects and Control Thereof.
UNIT V
Project Review: Project Management Performance – Performance Indicators – Financial Review; Technical Review;
Marketing Review; Management Review and Economic Review – Performance Improvement – Project Management
Environment. Project Audit – Definition, Scope and Objectives – Auditor's Role.