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General Information

Course ID (CB01A and CB01B)
CIS D095B
Course Title (CB02)
Project Planning and Control - A Practicum
Course Credit Status
Credit - Degree Applicable
Effective Term
Fall 2023
Course Description
Create a project scope statement that will act as a basis for creating a project plan. Build a project plan that integrates time, resources and communication with cost and quality of work. Plan controls to proactively mitigate risks.
Faculty Requirements
Course Family
Not Applicable

Course Justification

This course is required for earning a Project Management Practitioner Certificate of Achievement and is in a CTE program that was developed based on labor market data. This course provides guidance for building a project plan for driving a project through execution and control, communicating with stakeholders, doing management reviews (as to content, extent, and timing), establish project baselines for progress measurements and control, and document planning decisions regarding alternative choices. This course is CSU transferable.

Foothill Equivalency

Does the course have a Foothill equivalent?
No
Foothill Course ID

Course Philosophy

Formerly Statement

Course Development Options

Basic Skill Status (CB08)
Course is not a basic skills course.
Grade Options
  • Letter Grade
  • Pass/No Pass
Repeat Limit
0

Transferability & Gen. Ed. Options

Transferability
Transferable to CSU only

Units and Hours

Summary

Minimum Credit Units
4.0
Maximum Credit Units
4.0

Weekly Student Hours

TypeIn ClassOut of Class
Lecture Hours4.08.0
Laboratory Hours0.00.0

Course Student Hours

Course Duration (Weeks)
12.0
Hours per unit divisor
36.0
Course In-Class (Contact) Hours
Lecture
48.0
Laboratory
0.0
Total
48.0
Course Out-of-Class Hours
Lecture
96.0
Laboratory
0.0
NA
0.0
Total
96.0

Prerequisite(s)

Corequisite(s)

Advisory(ies)

ESL D272. and ESL D273., or ESL D472. and ESL D473., or eligibility for EWRT D001A or EWRT D01AH or ESL D005.

CIS D095A or equivalent

Limitation(s) on Enrollment

Entrance Skill(s)

General Course Statement(s)

Methods of Instruction

Lecture and visual aids

Discussion of assigned reading

Discussion and problem solving performed in class

Guest speakers

Collaborative learning and small group exercises

Collaborative projects

Assignments

  1. Document Project Charter using the templates provided for a large project.
  2. Document project approach, deliverables, program and project structure.
  3. Develop a project schedule that includes a Work Breakdown Structure, Activity Definition, Activity Sequencing, resource and duration estimation.
  4. Develop a project budget based on project schedule.
  5. Create project controls to manage risks at time of planning.

Methods of Evaluation

  1. Students will be presented with scenarios to solve that require successful creation of a project plan incorporating project planning techniques taught in class.
  2. Evaluation of oral and written assignments demonstrating progressive proficiency in project planning concepts, half completed in the class, half completed as homework.
  3. A final exam or project in which students demonstrate the ability to integrate and critically analyze concepts examined throughout the course, half completed in the class, half completed as homework.

Essential Student Materials/Essential College Facilities

Essential Student Materials: 
  • None.
Essential College Facilities:
  • None.

Examples of Primary Texts and References

AuthorTitlePublisherDate/EditionISBN
"Project Planning, Scheduling, and Control : The Ultimate Hands-On Guide to Bringing Projects in On Time and On Budget", by James Lewis, Oct 20th 2010, Fifth Edition, McGraw-Hill Publishing (ISBN - 9780071746526)

Examples of Supporting Texts and References

AuthorTitlePublisher
None.

Learning Outcomes and Objectives

Course Objectives

  • Apply project management basics and integrate aspects of a project to create a consistent, coherent project plan document.
  • Implement the project scope process to ensure that project includes only the required work.
  • Employ time management techniques to ensure timely completion of project.
  • Implement cost management techniques to ensure that the project is completed within the approved budget.
  • Evaluate project plan and utilize quality management process to ensure that project will satisfy the needs for which it was undertaken.
  • Implement controls in project plan to reduce the possibility of risks.

CSLOs

  • Create a detailed project plan complete with schedule, budget, risk mitigation plan, data and communication management plan for medium to large size projects.

  • Create a detailed plan to control budget, scope, quality, schedule and team risks.

Outline

  1. Apply project management basics and integrate aspects of a project to create a consistent, coherent project plan document.
    1. Document Project planning assumptions.
    2. Document project planning decisions regarding alternatives chosen
    3. Facilitate communication among stakeholders.
    4. Define key management reviews as to content, extent, and timing.
    5. Provide a baseline for progress measurement and project control.
    6. Understand basics for managing projects using Project Management Book of Knowledge (PMBOK) theory keeping scope, schedule, budget and quality in balance.
    7. Learn five phases of implementing a project life cycle.
    8. Learn how to mitigate and control risk.
    9. Understand basics of procurement planning and contract management.
  2. Implement the project scope process to ensure that project includes only the required work.
    1. Authorizing the project or phase.
    2. Developing a written scope statement as the basis for future project decisions.
    3. Subdividing the major project deliverables into smaller, more manageable components.
    4. Formalizing acceptance of the project scope.
    5. Controlling changes to project scope.
  3. Employ time management techniques to ensure timely completion of project.
    1. Identifying the specific activities that must be performed to produce the various project deliverables.
    2. Identifying and documenting interactivity dependencies.
    3. Estimating the number of work periods that will be needed to complete individual activities.
    4. Analyzing activity sequences, activity durations, and resource requirements to create the project schedule.
    5. Controlling changes to the project schedule.
  4. Implement cost management techniques to ensure that the project is completed within the approved budget.
    1. Determining what resources (people, equipment, materials) and what quantities of each should be used to perform project activities.
    2. Developing an approximation (estimate) of the costs of the resources needed to complete project activities.
    3. Allocating the overall cost estimate to individual work activities.
    4. Controlling changes to the project budget.
  5. Evaluate project plan and utilize quality management process to ensure that project will satisfy the needs for which it was undertaken.
    1. Identifying which quality standards are relevant to the project and determining how to satisfy them.
    2. Evaluating overall project performance on a regular basis to provide confidence that the project will satisfy the relevant quality standards.
    3. Monitoring specific project results to determine if they comply with relevant quality standards and identifying ways to eliminate causes of unsatisfactory performance.
  6. Implement controls in project plan to reduce the possibility of risks.
    1. In context of project plan implement scope change, schedule, cost and quality controls.
    2. In context of project plan prepare templates to show how the stated controls would be enacted.
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