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ITPM 6th Ed.
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Syllabus for spring day 2010

See the Project Management Info link for general PM links

Text Web site is at http://groups.google.com/group/intropm.

Lecture slides in PowerPoint are available in my public AugNet folder for this class, along with a lot of other useful information.

Template file for project proposal if you propose a real project. Two especially good examples of past projects are the Tempting Templates project and the Theatre Past Productions Web Site project.

Other examples of real projects done by students in the past:

  • Augsburg Hockey Fights Breast Cancer (raised over $5,000)
  • Tammy Kelly MS Benefit (raised over $5,000)
  • Grand Slam party for LifeWorks (raised over $800)
  • 5K run for Make a Wish Foundation (raised over $800)
  • Making blankets for Hurricane Katrina victims
  • Teaching computer classes for the Hmong community
  • Planning the Augsburg Business Organization (ABO) trip
  • Creating a moodle site for the Augsburg MBA program
  • Researching graduate programs in project management
  • Planning and running a design competition at the U of M
  • Planning a large conference
  • Web site projects (basketball league, sorority, small companies, etc.)

Sample topic presentations done by past students:

The Big Dig The Golden Gate Bridge The Hoover Dam
Mars Climate Orbiter Petronas Twin Tower The Manhattan Project
Light Rail Challenger Disaster Quality at Toyota
Lord of the Rings Meyers-Briggs Type Indicator F/A-18 Procurement

Old info with Sample Student Projects, including projects for this class. 

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My husband, Dan's, site  (via Stan Wagon. See their snow sculptures)

 My son, Bobby's  Skating Site with free ramp plans and cool videos, too