Course Schedule - Spring Semester 2024

     

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NSCI 515 001 (CRN: 22699)

PROGRAM/PROJECT MANAGEMENT

Long Title: FOUNDATIONS OF PROJECT AND PROGRAM MANAGEMENT
Department: Natural Sciences Division
Instructor: Jernigan, Mark
Meeting: 1:00PM - 2:15PM TR (8-JAN-2024 - 19-APR-2024) 
Part of Term: Full Term
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
Course Type: Lecture
Language of Instruction: Taught in English
Method of Instruction: Face to Face
Credit Hours: 3
Course Syllabus:
Course Materials: Rice Campus Store
 
Restrictions:
Must be enrolled in one of the following Level(s):
Graduate
Section Max Enrollment: 20
Section Enrolled: 14
Enrollment data as of: 8-DEC-2024 10:56PM
 
Additional Fees: None
 
Final Exam: GR Course-Dept Schedules Exam
 
Description: Today’s complex socio-technical systems require planning, system thinking, tools and techniques to effectively manage. Recognizing this need, businesses and organizations have developed and fielded a myriad of mechanisms and tools to help them deliver complex systems and effectively manage portfolios of efforts to meet strategic needs. This course provides a fundamental understanding of the core principles for the tools and techniques. It includes exposure to the some of the software tools to give the student hands on experience with practical examples and apply critical thinking to select which techniques are appropriate in future undertakings which have the complexity to require them. The course also includes a review of the material required for students to pass the exam for PMP certification. The course consists of readings, lectures, case analyses and application of the tools and techniques to project ideas generated by the students.