Project Management and Entrepreneurship (B.Tech)

Humanities core: project planning, scheduling, costing, risk and starting an enterprise.

6 MonthsDuration 5Chapters25Topics

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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

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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

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.