PROJECT MANAGEMENT SYLLABUS & NOTES

UNIT-1
Project management objectives, Types of Project, Types of Project Delays, Steps to Overcome
Project Delays, Benefits of Project Management, Project Management Life Cycle – Project initiation, Project planning, Project execution, Project closure, Steps of Feasibility Study, Basics of Demand Forecasting, Technology Transfer – Phases of technology transfer in public system, Technology transfer process, Steps of technology transfer

UNIT-2
Cost of Capital – Capital-asset pricing model, Dividend growth model, Cost of preference shares, Cost of debt, Cost of retained earnings, Estimation of Project Cost- Cost estimation, Components of capital cost, types of cost estimates and Contingency in capital cost estimation, Operation and maintenance cost, Feasibility Study- Pre-feasibility study, Types of Feasibility and Steps of Feasibility Study.

UNIT-3
Bases of Comparison of Projects- Present worth method, annual equivalent method, rate of return method, Inflation Adjusted Project Selection, Selection of Projects Alternatives Using Simulation, Evaluation of Public Alternatives, Vendor Evaluation- Steps of vendor rating, Analytic hierarchy process (AHP), Contract- Types of contract, Tendering, Requirement of public sector buying.

UNIT-4
Project network construction, CPM, PERT, Crashing of project network, Resource levelling, Resource allocation

UNIT-5
Environmental Impact Assessment, Project Audit, Role of Financial Institutions in Project Management – central bank, Commercial banks, Specialized financial institutions, Venture capital industry- Functions of venture capitalists, Types of venture capital firms, Exists of Venture capitalist, venture capital in India. Project Management Structures- Project team, Essential qualities of project manager, Organizational structure for project, Project Management Offices, Detailed Project Report (DPR).

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Pondicherry University- Project Management Notes