Date	Topic	Prior Reading B = Burns L =  Larson & Gray	Assignment
1	1-18	Course Overview	B: Ch. 1	B: EX 1-8, EX 1-15, EX 1-22 (These are references to EXercises in Burns Chapter 1--hence the '1'. You will do exercises 8, 15 and 22 in Chapter 1 of Burns. These will be turned in as 'hardcopy' on Feb. 8)
2	1-23	Project Management Lifecycle/Systems Constructs	L: Ch. 1	L: RQ 1-1, RQ 1-3 (These are references to Review Questions in Larson & Gray Chapter 1--hence the '1'. You will do Review Questions 1 and 3 in Chapter 1 of Larson & Gray. These will be turned in as 'hardcopy' on Feb. 8)
3	1-25	Visioning, Goals, Goal Setting and Productivity	B: Ch. 2	B: EX 2-2, EX 2-3, EX 2-8   One page pre-proposal due in class (hardcopy).
4	1-30	Soft skills (Competencies)		Name seven specific soft skills.  Which of these are you deficient in?  What will you do this year to improve your competencies in the areas you identified?
5	2-1	Project Management Basics	L: Ch. 2	L: EX 2-4, EX 2-6
6	2-6	Conceptualization and Definition   Organization Structure and Culture	B: Ch. 5   L: Ch. 3	B: EX 5-15, EX 5-17, EX 5-21   Requirement Scrubbing Spreadsheet
7	2-8	Decision Making under Uncertainty	B: Ch. 6   L: Ch. 7	B: EX 6-9, EX 6-10, EX 6-11
8	2-13	Risk, Feasibility Analysis	B: Ch. 6	HW Set 1 due today in class (hardcopy)
9	2-15	REVIEW FOR EXAM 1		Requirements Document is due today in class (hardcopy).  Email your word document file to isqs4350@gmail.com.
10	2-20	Exam 1
11	2-22	Project Planning and Scheduling	B: Ch. 7   L: Chs. 6, 8	B: EX 7-6, EX 7-10, EX 7-11   L: EX 6-9
12	2-27	A Tutorial on MS Project	Handout	B: EX 1 in Handout
13	3-1	Methodology for Information Systems Project Management	B: Ch. 4	B: EX 4-13
14	3-6	Project Definition and Scope Management	L: Ch. 4	L: EX 4-7
15	3-8	Crashing and Goldratt-Style Expediting/Estimating	B: Ch. 8	B: EX 8-10, EX 8-13
16	3-20	Project Planning: Task Duration and Cost Estimation	L: Ch. 5	L: EX 5-2, EX 5-4
17	3-22	Project Cost and Quality Planning		HW Set 2 due today in class (hardcopy)
18	3-27	REVIEW FOR EXAM 2
19	3-29	Exam 2
20	4-3	Project Human Resource Management	L: Ch. 11	L: EX 11-2
21	4-5	Project Communication Management		Project Plan is due today in class (hardcopy).  Email your word document file to isqs4350@gmail.com.
22	4-10	Project Procurement Management
23	4-12	Stage III: Project Execution and Control	B: Ch.12	B: EX 12-11, EX 12-13, EX 12-19
24	4-17	Stage III: Project Execution and Control	EVA Notes   Example EVA	Project Proposal is due today in class (hardcopy).  Email your word document file to isqs4350@gmail.com.
25	4-19	Critical Chain Finishing Projects Superfast and Frugal	L:  Appendix 8.1   L: Ch. 9
26	4-24	Process Maturity and Project Closeout	B: Ch. 14	HW Set 3 due today in class (hardcopy).  Turn in your solution spreadsheets with discussion of your solutions--over or under, ahead or behind, critical path, etc.
27	4-26	Presentation of Projects	Presentation Order & Format
28	5-1	Presentation of Projects		Project Earned Value Analysis is due today in class (hardcopy).  Email your word document file to isqs4350@gmail.com.
29	5-3	Presentation of Projects
30	5-8	REVIEW FOR FINAL		Term projects are due today in class (hardcopy).  Email your word document file to isqs4350@gmail.com.
	Fri. 5-11	Section 001: 7:30-10:00am Final Exam-this room beginning 7:30am and ending before 10:00am
	Tues. 5-15	Section 002: 1:30-4:00pm Final Exam-this room beginning 1:30pm and ending before 4:00pm