Syllabus Application
IE 409
Project Scheduling and Management
Faculty
Faculty of Engineering and Natural Sciences
Semester
Fall 2026-2027
Course
IE 409 -
Project Scheduling and Management
Time/Place
Time
Week Day
Place
Date
09:40-12:30
Mon
FENS-G032
Sep 28-Dec 31, 2026
Level of course
Undergraduate
Course Credits
SU Credit:3, ECTS:6, Engineering:6
Prerequisites
IE 311 and IE 303
Corequisites
Course Type
Lecture
Instructor(s) Information
Ece Naz Duman
- Email: ecenaz.duman@sabanciuniv.edu
Course Information
Catalog Course Description
Overview of project management process; project selection; project idea generation, formulation, financing, bidding, budgeting, and cash flow analysis; team formation and building; deterministic and stochastic unconstrained project scheduling; resource constrained project scheduling algorithms; progress and cost control of projects; agile project management; examples of management of projects from various sectors.
Learning Outcomes:
| 1. | Explain and apply the stages of the project management process, using quantitative methods and appropriate project management software tools. |
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| 2. | Identify, analyze, and model organizational and managerial problems that can be structured and managed as projects |
| 3. | Participate in project formulation, planning, scheduling, monitoring, control, and closure. |
| 4. | Develop mathematical programming models for project planning using project network techniques and solve them using appropriate analytical solution techniques. |
| 5. | Grasp the essentials of project selection decisions and financial aspects of projects, including financing, bidding, budgeting, and cash flow analysis. |
| 6. | Apply appropriate project management software to support project planning, scheduling, resource allocation, and monitoring in traditional and agile projects, including sprint planning. |
Course Objective
The objective of this course is to introduce the student to the quantitative aspects of the body of knowledge in project management, including agile and hybrid approaches. Emphasis is given to implementing quantitative techniques already acquired in other courses.
Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) Related to This Course:
| Decent Work and Economic Growth | |
| Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure |
Course Materials
Resources:
Textbook
Gündüz Ulusoy and Öncü Hazır, An Introduction to Project Modeling and Planning, Springer Nature Switzerland AG, 2021, e-book [HD69.P75 U58 2021].
Reading Material
The Powerpoint presentations, handouts, and journal paper assignments.
Optional Reading
Gray, C. F. (2021). Project management: The managerial process.
Project Management Institute (PMI) & Agile Alliance, Agile Practice Guide
Gündüz Ulusoy and Öncü Hazır, An Introduction to Project Modeling and Planning, Springer Nature Switzerland AG, 2021, e-book [HD69.P75 U58 2021].
Reading Material
The Powerpoint presentations, handouts, and journal paper assignments.
Optional Reading
Gray, C. F. (2021). Project management: The managerial process.
Project Management Institute (PMI) & Agile Alliance, Agile Practice Guide
Technology Requirements:
We will be using ProjectLibre, Python/Gurobi and Jira for the case studies. It is the responsibility of the student to come to case studies with those installed and ready to be used.