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ERIC Number: EJ1214969
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2019-Apr
Pages: 22
Abstractor: As Provided
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: ISSN-1540-4595
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A Multipart Project Planning and Tracking Exercise
Robbins, Thomas R.
Decision Sciences Journal of Innovative Education, v17 n2 p104-125 Apr 2019
Project Management is an important skill for business students to develop. Although project-oriented activity is very common, the success rate for projects is poor. Many projects fail due to poor planning. This article describes a multipart class exercise used to teach elements of a project management methodology to undergraduate and graduate business students. Over the course of the eight-part exercise, student teams iteratively develop a project plan and Gantt chart, an initial and detailed project charter, a variance analysis model, and a status report. Students are taught an iterative top-down planning process using a technique we term the ODW (Objectives-Deliverables-Workplan) model. Students are introduced to Microsoft Project and use the tool to develop a project plan that becomes part of a more detailed Project Charter. In the final stages of the exercise, students collect results, update their plan, and produce a project status report.
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
Audience: Teachers
Language: English
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