TYPE OF COURSE UNIT	Elective Course
LEVEL OF COURSE UNIT	Master's Degree With Thesis
YEAR OF STUDY	-
SEMESTER	-
NUMBER OF ECTS CREDITS ALLOCATED	10
NAME OF LECTURER(S)	-
LEARNING OUTCOMES OF THE COURSE UNIT	At the end of this course, the students; 1) Will have learned the basic principles of project management and will have mastered topics such as risk management, project finance, and project organization
MODE OF DELIVERY	Face to face
PRE-REQUISITES OF THE COURSE	No
RECOMMENDED OPTIONAL PROGRAMME COMPONENT	There is no recommended optional programme component for this course.
COURSE DEFINITION	This course aims to cover the basics of project management and to consider project management in the Information Technologies. Topics covered will include project planning, scheduling and management of project activities, and project management tools.
COURSE CONTENTS	WEEK TOPICS 1st Week Project organization and contracts 2nd Week Private finance initiative 3rd Week Project finance 4th Week Risk analysis 5th Week Risk management 6th Week Project financial evaluation 7th Week Cost benefit analysis 8th Week Midterm 9th Week Project organization I 10th Week Project organization II 11th Week Project control 12th Week Project management 13th Week Project engineering 14th Week Feasibility studies and approvals
RECOMENDED OR REQUIRED READING	Field, Mike and Keller, Laurie, "Project Management Open University", International Thomson Press, 1998, ISBN: 1861522746 Hughes, Bob and Cotterell, Mike, "Software Project Management", McGraw-Hill (4th Ed), 2005, ISBN: 0077109899
PLANNED LEARNING ACTIVITIES AND TEACHING METHODS	Lecture,Questions/Answers,Problem Solving,Other
ASSESSMENT METHODS AND CRITERIA	Quantity Percentage(%) Mid-term 1 30 Assignment 5 10 Project 1 10 Total(%) 50 Contribution of In-term Studies to Overall Grade(%) 50 Contribution of Final Examination to Overall Grade(%) 50 Total(%) 100
LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION	Turkish
WORK PLACEMENT(S)	No