Project Management |MBA 2nd Sem | JNTUK

MBA 206: PROJECT MANAGEMENT

Unit -I

Basics of Project Management –Concept– Project Environment – Types of Projects – Project Life Cycle – Project Proposals – Monitoring Project Progress – Project Appraisal and Project Selection – Causes of Delay in Project Commissioning– Remedies to Avoid Overruns. Identification of Investment Opportunities – Sources of New Project Ideas, Preliminary Screening of Projects – Components for Project Feasibility Studies.

Unit- II

Market Feasibility -Market Survey – Categories of Market Survey – Steps Involved in Conducting Market Survey – Demand Forecasting Techniques, Sales Projections.

Unit- III

Technical and Legal Feasibility: Production Technology, Materials and Inputs, Plant Capacity, Site Selection, Plant Layout, Managerial Feasibility Project Organization and Responsibilities. Legalities – Basic Legal Provisions. Development of Programme Evaluation & Review Technique (PERT) –Construction of PERT (Project Duration and Valuation, Slack and Critical Activities, Critical Path Interpretation) – Critical Path Method (CPM)

Unit- IV

Financial Feasibility – Capital Expenditure – Criteria and Investment Strategies – Capital Investment Appraisal Techniques (Non DCF and DCF) – Risk Analysis – Cost and Financial Feasibility – Cost of Project and Means of Financing –– Estimation of Cash Flows – Estimation of Capital Costs and Operating costs; Revenue Estimation – Income – Determinants – Forecasting Income –Operational Feasibility - Breakeven Point – Economics of Working.

Unit -V

Project Implementation and Review: Forms of Project Organization – Project Planning – Project Control – human Aspects of Project Management – Prerequisites for Successful Project Implementation – Project Review – Performance Evaluation – Abandonment Analysis.