B.E. (Chemical Engineering) Institute Level Optional Subject II ProjectManagement Syllabus - Mumbai University 2026

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The University has moved this degree onto NEP 2020 one year at a time. The first, second and third years are on NEP 2020; the final year is still on the REV-2019 'C' Scheme, which is what the University sets for it this year.

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Syllabus for Institute Level Optional Subject II- ProjectManagement

Semester 8 · Final Year BE Chemical

Module 1: Project Management Foundation:

Definition of a project, Project Vs Operations, Necessity of project management, Triple constraints, Project life cycles (typical & atypical) Project phases and stage gate process. Role of project manager. Negotiations and resolving conflicts. Project management in various organization structures. PM knowledge areas as per Project Management Institute (PMI).

Module 2: Initiating Projects:

How to get a project started, Selecting project strategically, Project selection models (Numeric /Scoring Models and Non- numeric models), Project portfolio process, Project sponsor and creating charter; Project proposal. Effective project team, Stages of team development & growth (forming, storming, norming & performing), team dynamics.

Module 3: Project Planning and Scheduling:

Work Breakdown structure (WBS) and linear responsibility chart, Interface Co-ordination and concurrent engineering, Project cost estimation and budgeting, Top down and bottoms up budgeting, Networking and Scheduling techniques. PERT, CPM, GANTT chart. Introduction to Project Management Information System (PMIS).

Module 4: Planning Projects:

Crashing project time, Resource loading and leveling, Goldratt's critical chain, Project Stakeholders and Communication plan. Risk Management in projects: Risk management planning, Risk identification and risk register. Qualitative and quantitative risk assessment, Probability and impact matrix. Risk response strategies for positive and negative risks

Module 5

5.1 Executing Projects: Planning monitoring and controlling cycle. Information needs and reporting, engaging with all stakeholders of the projects. Team management, communication and project meetings. 5.2 Monitoring and Controlling Projects: Earned Value Management techniques for measuring value of work completed; Using milestones for measurement; change requests and scope creep. Project audit. 5.3 Project Contracting Project procurement management, contracting and outsourcing,

Module 6

6.1 Project Leadership and Ethics: Introduction to project leadership, ethics in projects. Multicultural and virtual projects. 6.2 Closing the Project: Customer acceptance; Reasons of project termination, Various types of project terminations (Extinction, Addition, Integration, Starvation), Process of project termination, completing a final report; doing a lessons learned analysis; acknowledging successes and failures; Project management templates and other resources; Managing without authority; Areas of further study.

Reference

01 Project Management Foundation: 5 Definition of a project, Project Vs Operations, Necessity of project management, Triple constraints, Project life cycles (typical & atypical) Project phases and stage gate process. Role of project manager. Negotiations and resolving conflicts. Project management in various organization structures. PM knowledge areas as per Project Management Institute (PMI).
1 Jack Meredith & Samuel Mantel, Project Management: A managerial approach, Wiley India, 7thEd.
2 A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK® Guide), 5th Ed, Project Management Institute PA, USA
3 Gido Clements, Project Management, Cengage Learning.
4 Gopalan, Project Management, , Wiley India
5 Dennis Lock, Project Management, Gower Publishing England, 9th Ed.

Reproduced from the University of Mumbai syllabus for B.E. (Chemical Engineering) under R-2019 'C' Scheme, in force from the academic year 2022-23. Wording is as printed in that syllabus. Module numbering is as printed there too.

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