Feedback for Project Management
Dear student
We are glad that you have attended the NPTEL online certification course.
We hope you found the NPTEL Online course useful and have started using NPTEL extensively.
In this regard, we would like to have a feedback from you regarding our course and whether there are any improvements, you would like to suggest.
We are enclosing an online feedback form and would request you to spare some of your valuable time to input your observations. Your esteemed input will help us in serving you better.
The link to give your feedback is : https://goo.gl/forms/uLpHkONlkrOIG1Lm2
We thank you for your valuable time and feedback.Thanks & Regards,NPTEL Team
Project Management: Regarding Final Examination
Dear All,
Please read this notification very carefully regarding the final examination.
01. The final exam will be of 100 marks. All Questions will be of MCQ type.
02. It will be a 3 hour exam having MCQ type questions. You'll get plenty of time to solve each question. There will be numerical as well as conceptual questions similar to the pattern of questions asked in the assignments. There will be NO short answer/ subjective type questions.
03. Study only whatever is taught in the video lectures. Nothing will be asked outside whatever is taught in the course. You can refer the books as mentioned in the course content for your preparation.
04. Please revise all assignment questions as they WILL be asked, with or without, changed data.
05. There will be at-least 1 or 2 questions asked from each topic(s) taught in the course. So, it will not be a good idea to skip topics and do a selective study. You may loose your grades.
06. Question set for the morning and the afternoon sessions will be completely different. This is to ensure fairness among all candidates appearing in both sessions. Candidates appearing in the afternoon session will not get any added advantage in case they get to know about questions from candidates who have appeared in the morning session.
07. Final exam will be 75% of your total grades and average of best 6 out of 8 assignments will be the rest 25% of the total.
08. Don't try to involve in any unfair means to get good grades in the exam. Study well and we'll take care of the rest. We promise that we have tried our best to ensure every registered candidates gets the best of the grades. Be honest to yourself and to us.
09. In case you have other queries, do let us know in advance, at-least a day before the final exam. Don't keep it for the 11th hour.
10. Please read previous Notification posted on 12th April, 2018 regarding Hall ticket and Examination code of conduct.
In case of any queries, do let us know. Please provide your genuine valuable feedback regarding our efforts in making this course as per your expectations.
We wish you ALL THE BEST for your examination and we hope you'll find this course useful for your future endeavor.
Regards,
NPTEL Team
Project Management: Hall ticket for April 28/29 NPTEL Online Certification exams is now available for download
Dear Candidate:
If you have registered and paid successfully for the April28/29 NPTEL Online certification exams, your Admit Card/Hall ticket is now available at http://nptelonlinecourses.iitm.ac.in/
Login with your registered Google-enabled account email id (used to access the course on the portal and used for registering for the exam) and its password to access the link. Click on April exam to download the hall ticket(s) for the April28/29 exams, from the link.
2. You can also download it from the alternate link given below:
https://cdn3.digialm.com//EForms/configuredHtml/885/54105/login.html
Please try to access both the links to download your hall ticket: if you are not able to find your hall ticket in both the links, kindly write to us at nptelexam@nptel.iitm.ac.in
Note that you will be able to login here, only if you have a valid registration for exams on April 28/29, 2018.
Please download hall ticket, take a print out and along with a original ID card, carry it with you to the exam venue (The exam centre address is displayed in the hall ticket). Read all instructions given in the admit card/ hall ticket carefully and follow them.
Download hall tickets for all the exams you have registered for - in case you don't get the hall tickets for any particular course, please write to nptelexam@nptel.iitm.ac.in .
IMPORTANT:
1. Change of shift, course, exam center, exam city is NOT POSSIBLE.
2. You WILL NOT BE ALLOWED to write the exam if you are showing up at the exam center which is not allocated to you by mistake or by intention.
3. Candidates will not be allowed to write the exam without Hall ticket and proper id proof. Proof on the mobile phones or soft copy of hall ticket is NOT PERMITTED.
NPTEL Team wishes you the very best for the certification exam.
Project Management: Solutions for Week - 08 Assignment released
Dear All,
Please note that solution for Week - 08 Assignment has been released.
Regards,
NPTEL Team
Project Management: Extension of deadline for Assignment - 08
Dear All,
Please note that the deadline for submission of Assignment - 08 has been extended till 7th April, 2018, 23:59 Hrs IST.
Regards,
NPTEL Team
Project Management - Week 8 Feedback
Dear learner
Thank you for continuing with the course and hope you are enjoying it.
We would like to know if the expectations with which you joined this course are being met and hence please do take 2 minutes to fill out our weekly feedback form.
Would help us tremendously in gauging learner experience.
Thank you.
-NPTEL team
Project Management: Solutions for Week - 07 Assignment released
Dear All,
Please note that solution for Week - 07 Assignment has been released.
Regards,
NPTEL Team
Project Management - Week 7 Feedback
Dear learner
Thank you for continuing with the course and hope you are enjoying it.
We would like to know if the expectations with which you joined this course are being met and hence please do take 2 minutes to fill out our weekly feedback form.
Would help us tremendously in gauging learner experience.
Thank you.
-NPTEL team
Project Management - Week - 08 Videos and Assignment Available
Dear Candidates,
Please note that Week - 08 video lectures and assignment - 08 is available on the portal.
Last Date of submission of Assignment - 08 is 4th April, 2018; 23:59 Hrs IST.
Please provide your feedback regarding difficulty level of assignments and its contents. Your valuable suggestions will help us to monitor the needs of our subscribers and assist in modifying the course contents or assignment questions depending on the suggestions provided. It is only through our subscriber's honest feedback that we will be able to prepare the final exam question paper as we want all our subscribers to perform well in the final exam.
We repeatedly request you to provide your HONEST feedback because we care for your grades and your career as much as you do for yourself.
Thank you
Regards,
NPTEL Team
Project Management: Correction in Assignment - 07, Q.No. 16
Dear All,
Please note that there is a change in data (in BOLD) provided in Q.16 of Assignment - 07. The Question, after correction, is as follows:
You are the project manager of a road paving project. A total of 10 km of road is to be paved over a 5-month period. The total budget for the project is $10,000. The project is now at the end of the 3rd month with 8 km of road paved and $8,000 spent. The Schedule Performance Index (SPI) for the project is:
A. 0.78
B. 0.98
C. 1.20
D. 1.33
We thank our subscriber Mr. Vinod Kumar L for letting us know about the same.
Regards,
NPTEL Team
Project Management: Regarding slides and Reading Material Available
Dear All,
Please note that all Slides and Reading Materials have been provided in the portal under the tab "Slides and Reading Materials". There are few extra reading material provided to our subscribers on request. No questions will be asked on the reading materials in your final exam although they may help you all to get additional knowledge.
If you feel like some extra reading material in any other topic(s), which will assist in your preparation for the final exam, do let us know. We would be happy to provide help to all our subscribers.
Regards,
NPTEL Team
Project Management: Solutions for Week - 06 Assignment released
Dear All,
Please note that solution for Week - 06 Assignment has been released.
An announcement was made and informed to all subscribed candidates via e-mail on 14-03-2018 regarding HTML tag errors in assignment - 06 questions.
Kindly visit announcement page or check your inbox of your registered e-mail at-least once for important notice or communication before posting any query in the forum. We have received several queries and e-mails regarding the HTML tag error prior to the date of submission of assignment - 06. Please don't ignore any communication from the course admin or our team as we are concerned about your grades and you participation in the course and that is why we request you to do the needful from your end too.
Regards,
NPTEL Team
Project Management - Week 6 Feedback
Dear learner
Thank you for continuing with the course and hope you are enjoying it.
We would like to know if the expectations with which you joined this course are being met and hence please do take 2 minutes to fill out our weekly feedback form.
Would help us tremendously in gauging learner experience.
Thank you.
-NPTEL team
Project Management - Week - 07 Videos and Assignment Available
Dear Participants,
The week - 07 video lectures and assignment - 07 for the course "Project Management" have been released in the portal.
Last date for submission of Assignment - 07 is 28th March, 2018 at 23:59 Hrs IST.
Syllabus for Week - 07 is as follows:
Lecture 31: Detailed Explanation on Crashing of Jobs Slide: 386-401
a) Crashing of Jobs-Detailed explanation with an example
Lecture 32: Project scheduling and Crashing – An Example Slide: 402-415
a) An example showing Crashing of Jobs
b) Project Control Techniques – volume, time etc.
Lecture 33: Earned Value Management Slide: 416-425
a) Earned Value Project
b) Costs: Tools and Techniques
Lecture 34: Key components of Earned Value Management Slides: 426-434
a) Planned Value
b) Earned Value
c) Actual Cost of Work Performed
d) Scheduled Performance Index
e) Cost Performance Index
f) Budget at Completion
Lecture 35: Introduction to Graphical Evaluation and Review Technique (GERT) I Slides:
a) Introduction to GERT
b) Components of GERT
c) OR and AND Statement
Happy Learning and have fun,
NPTEL Team
Project Management: Correction in Q.12 and Q(23 - 25)
Dear All,
Please consider the following corrections in Q.No.12 and Q.No.23-25 (Currency units) ONLY: (Consider only 1 currency unit among $, Rs. or £)
Q12. NPTEL Ltd is considering undertaking a project, which will involve an initial outlay of
Rs. 3,00,000. The project has the following cash flows associated with it:
If a discount rate of 10% is used to calculate the NPV of the project, which of the following statements is correct? (Assume the cash flows arise at the end of each year.)
A. The project will yield a positive NPV of Rs. 65.5k and have a payback period of 2 years and 3 months.
B. The project will yield a positive NPV of Rs. 65.5k and have a payback period of 2 years and 9 months.
C. The project will yield a positive NPV of Rs. 365.5k and have a payback period of 2 years and 3 months.
D. The project will yield a positive NPV of Rs. 365.5k and have a payback period of 2 years and 9 months
Q25. Consider all units in $ (dollars) or Rs. (Rupees)
We thank our subscriber Mr. Ashish Mittal and Dr. Vijayendra Gupta for the same.
Regards,
NPTEL Team
Project Management: Solutions for Week - 05 Assignment released
Dear All,
Please note that solution for Week - 05 Assignment has been released. Please provide your feedback regarding the difficulty level of the assignments.
Regards,
NPTEL Team
Last date for Exam registration extended till March 15, 2018 - 1 pm (Thursday) - Hurry up and register today!!
Dear Candidate
Due to technical issue there was some problem with the exam form since yesterday. Now the issue has been fixed.
Last date for exam registration has been extended till March 15, 2018 - 1 pm (Thursday)
Last date for making the payment individually - March 16, 2018 - 1:00 PM (Friday)
If you have not yet registered for the exam, login to the form and apply for the exam today! If you have filled the form but not done the payment, Please complete the payment before March 16 1:00 pm.
For other details about exam registration, please check our previous announcement.
NOTE: NO EXTENSIONS BEYOND THESE DATES WILL BE GIVEN.
-NPTEL Team
Project Management - Assingment 6 (Tabulation errors)
Dear Participants,
We are extremely sorry for the tabulation errors (Error: Invalid HTML tag: tag name o:p is not allowed) in questions - 1, 2, 8, 9, 12, 14, 23.
Kindly refer the following for answering those questions:
Project Management - Reminder For Assignment 5
Dear Participants,
The due date for assignment 4 is already closed.
Submission for Assignment 4: 468
The due date for the assignment 5 is fast approaching. If you are yet to attempt it, do it at the earliest so as not to miss the submission deadline of " 2018-03-14, 23:59 IST." also please note that the marks of the assignments will be considered in the evaluation of the final grade.
Thanks
TA
Project Management - Week - 06 Videos and Assignment Available
Dear Participants,
Week - 06 video lectures and assignment - 06 for the course "Project Management" have been released in the portal.
Last date for submission of assignment - 06 is 21-03-2018 at 23:59 Hrs IST.
Syllabus for Week-6 is as follows:
Lecture 26: Discounting Rates and Project Pricing Slide: 305-321
a) Discounting Rates – (Fixed and Variable)
b) Internal Rate of Return
c) Cost and Yield from Project
d) Project Pricing
e) Zero Curves
Lecture 27: Concept of Forward Rates and Payback Time Slide: 322-336
a) The method of Bootstrapping
b) Bootstrapping the Zero Curve
c) Forward Rates
d) Concept of Payback Time
Lecture 28: Important Example of PERT Network involving Probabilistic time and variance I Slide: 337-355
a) Concept on Return on Investments
b) Example based on PERT Network
c) Concept of Probabilistic Time and Variance
Lecture 29: Scheduling and Crashing of Jobs Slide: 356-361
a) Activity Network Diagram
b) Crashing Jobs
Lecture 30: Resource leveling and resource constraint Slide: 362-371
a) Crashing of Jobs continue
b) Time Cost Trade off
c) Resource Leveling and Resource Allocation
d) Cumulative Resource Requirement Curve
e) Resource Constraint
Happy Learning and have fun,
NPTEL Team
Project Management: Week 5 Feedback
Dear learner
Thank you for continuing with the course and hope you are enjoying it.
We would like to know if the expectations with which you joined this course are being met and hence please do take 2 minutes to fill out our weekly feedback form.
Would help us tremendously in gauging learner experience.
Thank you.
-NPTEL team
Project Management: Solutions for Week - 04 Assignment released
Dear All,
Please note that solution for Week - 04 Assignment has been released. Please provide your feedback regarding the difficulty level of the assignments. Week - 05 assignment is due on Wednesday, 14/03/2018 at 23:59 Hrs IST.
Regards,
NPTEL Team
Exam and Certificate Format : Project Management
Exam and Certificate Format
Dear student
The certification exam will be conducted at designated centres in the city chosen by you. You have to register for the exam by filling up the form, paying the exam fee, appear in person and score >= 40% to get the certificate.
Exam registration form closes on March 14, 2018 - 5 pm (Wednesday).
For other details about exam registration, please check our previous announcement.
Type of exam: Computer based exam
You will have to appear at the allotted exam centre and produce your Hall ticket and Government Photo Identification Card(Example: Driving License,Passport, PAN card, Voter ID, Aadhaar-ID with your Name, date of birth, photograph and signature) for verification and take the exam in person. You can find the allotted exam center details in the hall ticket.
The questions will be on the computer and the answers will have to be entered on the computer; type of questions may include multiple choice questions, fill in the blanks, essay type answers, etc
The hall ticket will be available for download tentatively around 10 - 16th April 2018. We will notify the same through email.
FINAL CERTIFICATE:
The final score = 25% assignment score + 75% final certification exam score.
The final score will determine if you will/will not receive a certificate.
1. Final score < 40%: NO certificate
2. Final score between 40% -59%: Certificate of type "Successfully completing the course"
3. Final score between 60% -89%: Certificate with tag "Elite" printed at the top
4. Final score of 90% and above: Certificate with "Elite" tag and the gold medal printed on it.
-NPTEL Admin
Project Management - Reminder For Assignment 4
Dear Participants,
The due date for assignment 3 is already closed.
Submission for Assignment 3: 560
The due date for the assignment 4 is fast approaching. If you are yet to attempt it, do it at the earliest so as not to miss the submission deadline of " 2018-03-07, 23:59 IST." also please note that the marks of the assignments will be considered in the evaluation of the final grade.
Thanks
TA
Project Management - Week 4 Feedback
Dear learner
Thank you for continuing with the course and hope you are enjoying it.
We would like to know if the expectations with which you joined this course are being met and hence please do take 2 minutes to fill out our weekly feedback form.
Would help us tremendously in gauging learner experience.
Thank you.
-NPTEL team
Project Management: Clarification in Assignment - 04: QNo. 09 - 16
Dear All,
There seem to be some confusion regarding monetary units as mentioned in Assignment - 04, question number 09 - 16. As per the question, the amount the train carrying bank notes is Rs. 10 Cr. Please Note: Rs.10 Cr. is equal to Rs.10 units. It is NOT in CRORES.
In case, any confusion, please let us know.
Regards,
NPTEL Team
Project Management - Week - 05 Videos and Assignment Available
Dear Participants,
The week - 05 video lectures and assignment - 05 for the course "Project Management" have been released in the portal.
Deadline for submission of assignment - 05 is 14th Mar, 2018. Deadline will not be extended.
Syllabus for Week-5 is as follows:
Lecture 21: Concept of CRITICAL PATH METHOD (CPM) and Introduction to PERT Slide: 247-266
a) Introduction to CPM
b) Concepts of Early and Late start for an activity
c) Rules for Activity on ARC concept
d) Concepts of Precedence Relationship
e) Rules for calculating Precedence Relationship
f) Introduction to PERT
g) Application of Beta Distribution in PERT
h) Calculations used in PERT
i) Forward Pass Method
Lecture 22: PROGRAM EVALUATION REVIEW TECHNIQUE (PERT) I Slide: 267-278
a) Backward Pass Method
b) Concept of free slack, total slack etc.
c) Application of Central Limit theorem in calculating time duration
d) Applications of GNATT chart in PERT
e) Application of PERT and CPM
Lecture 23: PROGRAM EVALUATION REVIEW TECHNIQUE (PERT) II Slide: 279-287
a) Project Graph in PERT
b) Project Graphs with expected time and Standard Deviation
c) Introduction to Forward and Backward Scheduling
Lecture 24: Aspects and applications of CPM and PERT Slide: 288-296
a) Chance of completion of a project within the due date
b) Concept and Phases of a Project Life cycle
Lecture 25: Concepts of a Project Life Cycle Slide: 297-304
a) Stages of Project Life Cycle
b) Stages under Planning – Design, Plan, Allocation
c) Stages under Execution – Control
d) Stages under Termination – Deliver, Review, Support
e) SWOT analysis for Projects
f) Application of Discounting Factor
g) Application of Net Present Value concept in a Project Life Cycle
Happy Learning and have fun,
NPTEL Team
Last date for Exam registration extended - Hurry up and register today!!
Dear Candidates
Last date for exam registration has been extended till March 14, 2018 - 5 pm (Wednesday)
Last date for making the payment individually - March 15, 2018 - 5 PM (Thursday)
The certification exam will be conducted at designated centers in the city chosen by you. You have to register for the exam by filling up the form, paying the exam fee and appear in person to get the certificate.
Hard and soft copy of Certificate will be awarded only to those candidates who register for the exam, attend the certificate examination and whose Final score > 40%
For other details about exam registration, please check our previous announcement.
-NPTEL Team
Project Management: Solutions for Week - 03 Assignment released
Dear All,
Please note that solution for Week - 03 Assignment has been released. Please provide your feedback on the level and difficulty of the assignments.
Wish you all a very happy and prosperous Holi.
Regards,
NPTEL Team
Project Management - Week 3 Feedback
Dear learner
Thank you for continuing with the course and hope you are enjoying it.
We would like to know if the expectations with which you joined this course are being met and hence please do take 2 minutes to fill out our weekly feedback form.
Would help us tremendously in gauging learner experience.
Thank you.
-NPTEL team
Project Management - Week - 04 Videos and Assignment Available
Dear Participants,
The week - 04 video lectures and Assignment - 04 for the course "Project Management" have been released in the portal.
Deadline for submission of assignment - 04 is 07th Mar, 2018. Deadline will not be extended. We hope Assignment - 03 is up to your expectation. Please provide your feed back regarding the same.
Syllabus for Week - 04 is as follows
Lecture 16: Application of Utility Theory in Project Management-III. Slide: 166-180
a) Theory of Utility (cont.)
b) Application of Utility Theory in Project Management.
c) Problem Discussion and Field of Applications
Lecture 17: Application of Utility Theory in Project Management-IV. Slide: 181-191
a) Problems involving Utility theory in Project Management
b) Axioms of Utility Function
c) Concept involving Probabilistic vs. Deterministic Utility Functions
d) Other criteria involving Project Selection – Geometric Mean Return
Lecture 18: Other Criteria used for Project Selection Slide: 192-206
a) Safety First Principle
b) Criteria for Safety first principle
c) Maximizing and Minimizing Probability
d) Application of Chebyshev inequality
Lecture 19: Work Breakdown Structure in Project Management Slide: 207-226
a) Schematic Expression of WBS
b) Cost estimation Method in Project Management
c) Cost Structure and Contingency Allowance
d) Project Management Scheduling
e) GANTT Chart, Network concept and Project Graphs
f) Precedence Diagram in Project Management
g) Project Planning
h) Concept of Activity on Arc and Activity on Nodes
Lecture 20: Activity Networks used in Project Management Slide: 227-246
a) Rules for developing Activity networks
b) Concept of Precedence Diagram and Project Graphs
c) Use of Activity Network in Project Planning
d) Introduction of Critical Path
e) Simple costing method for a project
Happy Learning and have fun,
NPTEL Team
Project Management - Reminder For Assignment 3
Dear Participants,
The due date for assignment 1 and 2 are already closed.
Submission for Assignment 1: 840
Submission for Assignment 2: 650
The due date for the assignment 3 is fast approaching. If you are yet to attempt it, do it at the earliest so as not to miss the submission deadline of " 2018-02-28, 23:59 IST." also please note that the marks of the assignments will be considered in the evaluation of the final grade.
Thanks
TA
Project Management: Week - 03 Decision Trees Slides and reading material
Dear All,
Reading material on decision trees are provided under week - 03 tab. We provide additional reading material on each topics. Please check under each week tab for the same. The link is given as: < https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Ou-Wu98Z6utAJ5UEumM1cPNrnTfjknTt/view >
In case you need additional resource on any topic, which you feel is necessary for the course, do let us know. We would prepare and upload the same in the portal.
Regards,
NPTEL Team
Project Management: Correction in Assignment - 03 Q.No. 12 - 15
Dear All,
Please note that the values given in the table for the course of action S1,S2 & S3 values are in multiple of 1000 (Rs). Please note the changes and find your answers accordingly.
We thank our subscriber Mr. Himanshu Mishra for letting us know about the incomplete statement in the question.
Regards,
NPTEL Team
NPTEL: Project Management: Solutions for Week-01 and Week-02 Assignment released
Dear All,
Please note that solutions for Week-01 and Week-02 Assignment have been released.
Regards,
NPTEL Team
Week#03: Correction in assignment - 03
Dear All,
There is a typographical error in Question 7, option B.You can attempt this question but this question will not be considered for final evaluation of assignment - 3 score.
Please Note:
Question 7: The consistency ratio is ___________________.
Option B: CI / RI (instead of CI / CR)
We thank our subscriber sohamroy.bmsce@gmail.com for pointing out this error.
Regards,
NPTEL Team
Project Management - Week 2 Feedback
Dear learner
Thank you for continuing with the course and hope you are enjoying it.
We would like to know if the expectations with which you joined this course are being met and hence please do take 2 minutes to fill out our weekly feedback form.
Would help us tremendously in gauging learner experience.
Thank you.
-NPTEL team
Project Management - Week - 03 Videos and Assignment Available
Dear Participants,
The week - 03 video lectures and Assignment - 03 for the course "Project Management" have been released in the portal.
Deadline for submission of assignment - 03 is 28th Feb, 2018. Deadline will not be extended.
Syllabus for Week - 03 is as follow:
Lecture 11: Analytic Hierarchy Process for Project Selection. Slide: 105-120
a) Ranking Criteria and decision process
b) Ranking Priorities and formulation of criteria weights
c) Check for Consistency and calculation of Consistency Ratio
d) Formulating Priority Vector
Lecture 12: Decision Tree Analysis. Slide: 121-122
a) Identification of the Problem
b) Delineate the decision tree
c) Specification of the probabilities of monetary outcomes
d) Formation of Decision forks
Lecture 13: Decision Tree Analysis and Risk Management. Slide: 123-128
a) Decision trees continue
b) Ways of minimizing project risks
c) Introduction to Decision analysis
Lecture 14: Application of Utility Theory in Project Management-I. Slide: 129-146
a) Introduction to Utility Theory of decision analysis
b) Working with Utility Functions
c) Concepts of Risk Neutrality, Risk Averseness and Risk Seeking
Lecture 15: Application of Utility Theory in Project Management-II. Slide: 147-165
a) Concepts of Risk Neutrality, Risk Averseness and Risk Seeking (cont.)
b) Concept of derivatives of Utility Function
c) Utility curves
d) Concept of Marginal Utility Function
e) Absolute risk aversion and Relative risk aversion properties of Utility Function
f) Different forms of Utility Function
g) Problem Discussion
We have tried to keep the assignment as simple as possible for you all to score high. Please make sure that you complete the assignments before the deadline and please don't keep it for the last hour for submission. We also want to make tell you that "ASSIGNMENTS CAN BE SUBMITTED ANY NUMBER OF TIMES TILL THE DEADLINE." Please submit your assignments from time to time in order to save your responses.
Please feel free to ask questions regarding assignment questions also. We are here to assist you on every single question you ask for. Also, do provide your feedback regarding assignments-Level and quality.
Happy Learning and have fun,
NPTEL Team
Project Management - Week 1 Feedback
Dear learner
Thank you for enrolling to this NPTEL course and we hope you have gone through the contents for this week and also attempted the assignment.
We value your feedback and wish to know how you found the videos and the questions asked - whether they were easy, difficult, as per your expectations, etc
We shall use this to make the course better and we can also know from the feedback which concepts need more explanation, etc.
Please do spare some time to give your feedback - comprises just 5 questions - should not take more than a minute, but makes a lot of difference for us as we know what the learners feel.
Thank you.
- NPTEL team
Project Management - Week - 02 Videos and Assignment Available
Dear Participants,
The week-02 video lectures for the course "Project Management" have been released on the portal.
The syllabus for week-02 is as follows:
Lecture 6: Project Stakeholder and Risk Management. Slide: 61-68
a) Project Stakeholder Management
b) Project Risk Management-Types of Risk, Uncertainty
c) Stages in Project Risk Management
Lecture 7: Project Risk Management. Slide: 69-75
a) Risk Identification-Risk Impact Matrix
b) Strategies to eliminate risks
c) Project Management decision Process/ model
d) Introduction to Expected Value Concept
Lecture 8: Solving Project Management Decision Problems Slide: 76-85
a) Decision Tree modelling and analysis
b) Basic Planning Technique
c) Project Management Evaluation
d) Profitability Analysis
e) Cost Calculations
Lecture 9: Project Risk Management Analysis I. Slide: 86-95
a) Analysis of various forms of Risk associated with Project Management
b) An introduction to Capital Asset Pricing Model (CAPM)
Lecture 10: Project Risk Management Analysis II. Slide: 86-105
a) CAPM continue
b) Linearity of Pricing
c) Certainty Equivalent Form
d) Criteria to choose the best project
e) Work Breakdown Structure in Project Management
Note: Assignment-02 is available on the portal. Last Date of submission is 21st February, 2018.
Please feel free to ask questions regarding assignment questions also. We are here to assist you on every single question you ask for. If you unable to solve any question, please don't loose heart and move on to the next question. Practice the assignment question as they may be asked in the final examination.
Also please remember that assignments are not examinations. Assignments are provided for you to work on and search for the answers in books/ website/course contents etc. for the portion covered in video lectures. This is for you to work and develop your competency in the subject matter. In this course we have tried to focus on theoretical aspects of project management in the first two weeks and then we move to quantitative tools used in Project Management.
Please provide your feedback regarding assignments-Level and quality. If you feel that questions needs to be addressed only to the contents covered in the video, let us know about it. We'll try to adhere to your suggestion from assignment-03 onward.
Happy Learning!
Thanks & Regards,
NPTEL Team
Project Management - Download Link
Dear Students,
The lectures are available to download @nptel.ac.in. Please use the link http://nptel.ac.in/courses/110104073/ to access and download the course lectures. But assignments need to be submitted by each one by logging on to the portal only.
Thanks
TAs
Project Management - Week - 01 Videos and Assignment Available
Dear Participants,
The week-1 video lectures for the course "Project Management" have been released in the portal.
The syllabus for week-1 is as follows:
Lecture 1: Introduction to Project Management. Slide: 1-8
a) What are Projects?
b) Difference between Production and Projects
c) Characteristics of Projects
d) Definition of Project Management
Lecture 2: Introduction to Agile Project Management. Slide: 9-22
a) Methods of Project Management –Scope, Risk Management, Work breakdown Structure, Cost Estimation, Gantt chart, PERT, CPM, GERT etc.
b) Philosophy of Project Management
c) History of Project Management
d) Important aspects of Project Management
e) Introduction to Agile Project Management
f) Elements of Project Management
Lecture 3: Project Management Process for a Project-I. Slide: 23-32
a) Key Performance Indicators
b) Success Factors distinguishing perfect project management and successful project implementation
c) Project Management Maturity
Lecture 4: Project Management Process for a Project-II. Slide: 33-46
a) Project Management Missions and Objectives
b) Classification of Projects
c) Characteristics of Project Management
d) Stages of Project Management
e) Project Management Development Cycle
Lecture 5: Project Management Process for a Project-III. Slide: 47-60
a) Project Management Development Cycle (cont.)
b) Project Life Cycles
c) Stages of a Project/Project life cycle
d) Project Execution Model
e) Phases in a Project
f) Capital Value of a Project
g) Management of a Project – Owners/Stakeholders
Assignment-01 is also available on the portal and the deadline for submission of assignments will be 21st February, 2018.
Happy Learning!
Thanks & Regards,
NPTEL Team
Reminder 1:REGISTER TODAY - CERTIFICATION EXAM FORM IS NOW OPEN!
Dear Student:
Here is the much-awaited announcement on registering for the April 2018 certification exam. The registration for the certification exam is open only to students who have enrolled in the course.
Registration is open from 09th January 2018 (Tuesday) until March 07, 2018 10:00 AM (Wednesday).
(If you want to register for the exam for this course, login here using the same email id used to enroll to the course)
Dates of exam: April 28 and April 29, 2018
Session: [Forenoon] For this course there is no ”Afternoon” Session.
You can register for a maximum of 4 course exams (same day of exam – 2 sessions. Same center will be allocated for both the sessions).
Exam Session time: Forenoon: 9.00 AM -12.00 PM ; Afternoon: 2.00 PM - 5.00 PM
Examination Cities: The exam is to be conducted in several cities across India whose list is available on the registration form.
Registration fees: Rs 1100/-
(Students belonging to the SC/ST category can avail a 50% fee waiver - please select Yes for the SC/ST option and upload the correct Community certificate)
Students belonging to the PwD category can avail a 50% fee waiver - please select Yes for the option and upload the relevant Disability certificate.
Mode of payment: Online payment - debit card/credit card/net banking or via SPOC of college
HALL TICKET:
The hall ticket will be available for download tentatively between 10 - 16th April 2018. We will confirm the same through an announcement once it is published.
Final score on certificate: 25% of assignment score + 75% of certification exam score.
Award of certificate: Hard and soft copy of Certificate will be awarded only to those candidates who register for the exam, attend the certificate examination and whose Final score >= 40%
The final score, assignment score and exam score will be printed on the certificate. The certificate will also have a link to the NPTEL website (
http://nptel.ac.in/noc), where on logging in, your scores and e-certificate will be available for verification (Appropriate announcements will be made). Please do regularly submit assignments to get a good final score.
IMPORTANT NOTES
1) FOR CANDIDATES WHO WOULD LIKE TO WRITE MORE THAN 1 COURSE EXAM:- you can add or delete courses and pay separately – till the date when the exam form closes. No changes will be entertained after that.
2) FOR CANDIDATES WHO ARE PAYING VIA THE LOCAL CHAPTER OF YOUR COLLEGE:-
1. In the exam form, you will fill all the details and also upload photo, signature.
2. Ensure that you had selected your college name correctly from the drop-down list in the form.
3. Payment of exam fees - click on the tab - 'PAY VIA SPOC'.
The SPOC has to now confirm to NPTEL that he/she will pay fees on your behalf.
If the SPOC says NO, you will be intimated via email.
Then it becomes your responsibility to come back to the exam form and make the payment.
If you do not pay the exam fees within the prescribed time, you will not be able to write the exam.
Please read the instructions carefully before submitting the form.
In case of any queries please write to us at noc@nptel.iitm.ac.in
Thanks & Regards,
NPTEL TEAM
Project Management - Assignment 0
Dear Participants,
We have released the Assignment-0 for the course "Project Management".
The Assignment 0 is for testing the pre-requisites for the course and allows the enrolled candidates to do a self assessment of their readiness for the course. Also, Assignment-0 marks will not be be counted towards the final score.
Happy Learning!
Thanks & Regards,
Anirban Banerjee - Course TA
Welcome to NPTEL Course: Project Management
Dear student
Welcome to NPTEL Online Courses and Certification!
Thank you for signing up for our online course "Project Management". We wish you an enjoyable and informative learning experience.
The course will begin on February 05,2018. When content is released on the portal, you will get an email alerting you. Please watch the lectures, follow the course regularly and submit all assessments and assignments before the due date. Your regular participation is vital for learning.
We will open registration for the exam soon after the course starts. A form has to be filled and the certification exam has a fee, which needs to be paid at the time of registration. Everyone who has signed-up for the course, including those who do not register for the exam, will continue to have access to the course contents.
There are two sections on the portal apart from the course content and assignment sections:
• The announcement list which will only have messages from course instructors and teaching assistants - regarding the lessons, assignments, exam registration, hall tickets etc.
• The discussion forum which is for everyone to ask questions and interact - If you have any questions regarding the technical content in the lectures, any doubts in the assignments or any question related to the exam, registration, hall tickets, results, etc, kindly write about this in the forum and the course instructor/TA will respond to it. Please use this well and participate to benefit from the course.
Details regarding the course:
Name of the course: Project Management
Course url: https://onlinecourses.nptel.ac.in/noc18_mg08/
Course duration :8 Weeks
Date and Time of Exams: April 28 (Saturday) and April 29 (Sunday) : Morning session 9am to 12 noon;
Exam for this course will be available in one session on both 28 and 29 April.
Final List of exam cities will be available in exam registration form.
Exam registration url - Will be announced shortly
Once again, thank you for your interest in our online courses and certification. Happy learning - NPTEL team.". We wish you an enjoyable and informative learning experience.
