Your roadmap · आपका रोडमैप
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Admission & first meetingप्रवेश और पहली मुलाकातEnquire at your nearest NDSS centre, meet the teacher, fix the batch time and get your study material.
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Work planकार्य योजनाStep by step with your guide / trainer.
Unit 1: Entrepreneurship and Startup EcosystemUnit 2: Project Concepts, Life Cycle and FeasibilityUnit 3: Project Planning and Scheduling (CPM and PERT)Unit 4: Project Finance and AppraisalUnit 5: Project Risk, Monitoring and Control
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File, report & vivaफ़ाइल, रिपोर्ट और वाइवाPractical file / report checked, mock viva before the final one.
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Online tests & resultऑनलाइन टेस्ट और रिज़ल्टTake the tests online; your marks and result show in your student login and at the centre.
Syllabus · पाठ्यक्रम
1 subject · 5 chapters · 25 topics
01Unit 1: Entrepreneurship and Startup Ecosystem
4 topics+
- Entrepreneurship concepts and qualities
- Startup ecosystem in India and Startup India
- Idea validation and minimum viable product (MVP)
- Funding stages of a startup
02Unit 2: Project Concepts, Life Cycle and Feasibility
5 topics+
- Definition and characteristics of a project
- Project life cycle phases
- Triple constraint: scope, time and cost
- Project selection and feasibility study
- Project charter and stakeholders
03Unit 3: Project Planning and Scheduling (CPM and PERT)
6 topics+
- Work breakdown structure
- Gantt charts
- Network diagrams
- Critical path method and floats
- PERT and three time estimates
- Crashing and resource levelling
04Unit 4: Project Finance and Appraisal
5 topics+
- Cost of a project and means of finance
- Time value of money
- Payback period
- Net present value (NPV)
- Internal rate of return (IRR)
05Unit 5: Project Risk, Monitoring and Control
5 topics+
- Risk identification, analysis and response
- Risk register
- Earned value management: PV, EV, AC, SPI and CPI
- Project monitoring and reporting
- Project closure and lessons learnt
About this course
You will be able to
- Explain entrepreneurship, the startup ecosystem and concepts such as MVP
- Describe the project life cycle, project selection and feasibility studies
- Prepare WBS and Gantt charts and schedule projects using CPM and PERT
- Appraise projects using payback period, NPV and IRR
- Manage project risk and monitor performance using earned value analysis
Who it is for
- B.Tech students (Semester 8) of Civil, Mechanical, Electrical, Electronics & Communication, Computer Science and Information Technology branches under AKTU
- Students who will work as site engineers, project coordinators or startup founders
What you need
- Basic mathematics
- Scientific calculator; MS Project / Excel knowledge is helpful
Online tests & result
Practice and unit tests online; marks and result show in your student login and at the centre.
Student login →
Questions
Which syllabus is followed?
The current AKTU (Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam Technical University, Lucknow) B.Tech syllabus of Project Management and Entrepreneurship (Semester 8, all branches). If your university or college follows a different syllabus, the centre teaches from your own university syllabus.
Are CPM and PERT numericals covered?
Yes. Network diagrams, critical path, floats and PERT probability are practised step by step.
Is software used?
A demonstration of Gantt charts in MS Project or Excel is given along with theory.
