Instructor:        Metin Türkay

Office:                 ENG-205

Phone:               1586

E-Mail:                mturkay@ku.edu.tr

Classes:             Mo & We:  14:30-15:45, ENG-Z15

Office Hours:     Mo&We 13:00-14:30; Tu&Th 10:00-11:00

TAs:

Banu Ulusoy, ENG-212, x2647, bulusoy16@ku.edu.tr, Office Hours: Mo&We 10:00-11:00

Gizem Nur Kızıltaş, ENG-212, x2647, gkiziltas16@ku.edu.tr, Office Hours: Tu 16:00-17:00, We 13:30-14:30

Brief Description

Strategy with projects; integration of organization with projects; defining the project; estimating times and costs; developing a network plan; LP approach for CPM; PERT; scheduling resources; mathematical models for resource allocation; reducing project duration; mathematical model for crashing; progress and evaluation; control process; project closure audit process; international projects.

Course Goals

The students are expected to acquire the following skills in this course:

–     Develop a fundamental understanding of project management,

–     Understanding the main factors in project selection and alignment with strategic goals,

–     Understanding the structure and culture of project team,

–     Design the stages of a project, estimate the project times and costs,

–     Understand the risks associated with project management and evaluate control responses,

–     Evaluate different approaches for scheduling resources and costs,

–     Examine the methods to reduce project duration,

–     Demonstrate hands-on problem solving skills using a variety of computer software.

Course Load

The students are expected to spend the following number of hours in this course:

Main Textbook

Larson, E.W., C.F. Gray, “Project Management”, 6th Ed., 2014, McGraw-Hill, New York. 

Homework and Computer Exercises

Homework is assigned to expose students to more complex problems and facilitate understanding of the material covered in lectures, and to evaluate their abilities and knowledge. Students should be prepared to spend considerable time for completing homework. Students are expected to submit their homework before the due date and time. In addition, there are computer exercises for modeling and solution of different supply chain problems.  The aim of the computer exercises is to help students gain some hands-on experience with state-of-the-art software.  The computer exercises must be submitted by the announced deadline.

Failing to submit homework and computer exercises on time will result in 25% grade reduction for each late day.

Exams

Exams for this course are targeted at evaluating the performance of students.  So no form of information exchange during the exams will be permitted.  There will always be a reasonable time limit at the exams.  There is a Midterm exam during the semester and a Final exam at the end of the semester.

Term Projects and Project Presentations

The titles for term projects will be announced in the beginning of the semester. The students can work in groups of 3-5 and choose one of the project topics announced. The project groups are required to put together a project proposal and prepare a report of not more than 25 typed double-spaced pages (plus exhibits) that summarizes their project.  Students will also make a 20-minute presentation of their term projects in class.

Final grades will be determined as follows:

Course Outline

Note: Topics to be covered and grade percentages may be modified by the course instructor.

Academic Honesty

Honesty and trust are important to all of us as individuals. Students and faculty adhere to the following principles of academic honesty at Koç University:

Individual accountability for all individual work, written or oral:  Copying from others or providing answers or information, written or oral, to others is cheating.

Providing proper acknowledgment of original author:  Copying from another student’s paper or from another text without written acknowledgment is plagiarism.

Study or project group activity is effective and authorized teamwork:  Unauthorized help from another person or having someone else write one’s paper or assignment is collusion.

Cheating, plagiarism, and collusion are serious offenses resulting in an F grade and disciplinary action.

Attendance Policy

All students are required to attend classes and discussion sessions such as tutorials, labs and problem sessions.  The course instructor will take attendance. 

The students who fail to attend 1/3 of classes and discussion sessions may get an automatic F.

Term Projects
Guidelines for term projects.