Managing Project Time and Scope
Overview
- Scope management planning: create a scope management plan that identifies a framework for overall scope management within each project.
- Defining scope: use a variety of tools to collect requirements: interviews; focus groups; facilitated workshops; questionnaires and surveys; and other applicable tools. Create a requirements traceability matrix. Create a WBS.
- Validating scope: identify activities that can measure and examine whether the deliverables meet the desired requirements.
- Controlling scope: establish a change control procedure that will manage scope changes. Compare the degree of scope variance with scope baseline to decide whether preventive or corrective action is required.
- Tools and techniques used to plan and manage the schedule: critical chain and others.
- Schedule models: the critical path method; estimating the minimum project duration; calculating early start; early finish; late start; and late finish dates for all activities.
- Estimating activity resources and durations using various tools; optimizing resources.
Lectures, case studies, exercises and group discussions.
Tests* | 20% - 40% |
Assignments/Term Project(s) (min 2) | 20% - 40% |
Participation | 5% - 10% |
Final Examination | 20% - 30% |
100% |
* A combination of quizzes and/or midterms, with no single assessment in this group worth more than 25% of the final grade.
Note: Students must achieve a grade of at least 50% on the combined examination components to pass the course.
Students who successfully complete the course will be able to:
- develop a scope management plan;
- manage the process of collecting requirements;
- develop a detailed description of a project;
- create a WBS;
- create a requirements traceability matrix;
- manage changes to the scope baseline;
- develop and control a project schedule;
- define, and sequence scheduled activities;
- estimate activity resources and durations;
- create a milestone list;
- create a network diagram; and
- integrate the knowledge learned in scope and schedule management into the overall management of a complex project.
Sokowski, Dietmar, Master Project Management integration and Scope: A Framework for Strategizing and Defining Project Objectives, Latest Edition (Pearson)
Or any alternative textbook approved by the Business Department.
Optional:
Project Management Institute, A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge, Latest Edition, (optional but recommended).
Requisites
Course Guidelines
Course Guidelines for previous years are viewable by selecting the version desired. If you took this course and do not see a listing for the starting semester / year of the course, consider the previous version as the applicable version.
Course Transfers
These are for current course guidelines only. For a full list of archived courses please see https://www.bctransferguide.ca
Institution | Transfer Details for BUSN 3620 |
---|---|
Athabasca University (AU) | AU ADMN 3XX (3) |
Capilano University (CAPU) | CAPU BADM 3XX (3) |
Coast Mountain College (CMTN) | CMTN BADM 2XX (3) |
College of the Rockies (COTR) | COTR MGMT 3XX (3) |
Coquitlam College (COQU) | No credit |
Kwantlen Polytechnic University (KPU) | KPU SOBU 2XXX (3) |
Simon Fraser University (SFU) | DOUG BUSN 3610 (3) & DOUG BUSN 3620 (3) = SFU BUS 361 (0) & SFU BUS 3XX (6) |
Thompson Rivers University (TRU) | TRU MNGT 3XXX (3) |
University of Northern BC (UNBC) | DOUG BUSN 3610 (3) & DOUG BUSN 3620 (3) & DOUG BUSN 3630 (3) & DOUG BUSN 4640 (3) = UNBC COMM 451 (3) |
University of Victoria (UVIC) | No credit |
Course Offerings
Fall 2023
BUSN 3620 001 - This section is restricted to Business Management Diplomas, BBA Management, Bachelor of Science Health Information Management, and PDD Project Management students until Thursday, July 20, 2023, at 2:30 pm.
BUSN 3620 050 -This section is restricted to Business Management Diplomas, BBA Management, Bachelor of Science Health Information Management, and PDD Project Management until Thursday, July 20, 2023, at 2:30 pm.