BZAN 2255 Managing Projects
This course takes a holistic approach to planning, organizing, and controlling projects. It looks at how projects are uniquely suited to support an organization's strategy in a fast-paced business environment. Topics include project life cycle, algorithms and statistical concepts underlying network planning models, managing risk, and resource allocation. Microsoft Project will be used as to support the planning and monitoring phases of project management. The conceptual part of this course is framed with an eye to the behavioral realities a manager faces and the psychology of managing project teams.
Course overview
- Department
- Business Analytics
- School
- CSOM
- Credits
- 3
- Level
- Undergraduate
- Offered
- Every Fall, Every Spring, Every Summer
Requirements fulfilled
Course evaluations
- Course rating
- 3.88 / 5 · Very Good
- Instructor rating
- 4.03 / 5 · Very Good
- Terms evaluated
- 10
| Term | Instructor | Course overall | Instructor overall | Well organized | Clear learning objectives | Intellectually challenging | Helpful assignments | Applicable beyond course | Attendance necessary | Weekly effort | Responses |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spring 2026 | Charles Coakley | 3.8 | 3.7 | 3.8 | 3.6 | 3.8 | 4.0 | 4.3 | 3.9 | 1–3 hrs/week | 12 of 18 |
| Fall 2025 | Charles Coakley | 3.9 | 3.9 | 4.0 | 4.1 | 4.1 | 4.4 | 4.7 | 3.7 | 1–3 hrs/week | 8 of 10 |
| Spring 2025 | Charles Coakley | 3.3 | 3.5 | 3.6 | 3.8 | 3.8 | 3.9 | 4.3 | 4.3 | 1–3 hrs/week | 16 of 25 |
| Fall 2024 | Charles Coakley | 3.7 | 4.1 | 4.0 | 4.5 | 4.1 | 4.4 | 4.6 | 4.2 | 1–3 hrs/week | 15 of 21 |
| Spring 2024 | Charles Coakley | 3.8 | 4.0 | 3.5 | 3.9 | 3.8 | 4.1 | 4.5 | 4.0 | 1–3 hrs/week | 28 of 32 |
| Fall 2023 | Charles Coakley | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 19 of 22 |
| Spring 2023 | Charles Coakley | 4.2 | 4.3 | 4.4 | 4.4 | 4.0 | 4.3 | 4.6 | 4.2 | 1–3 hrs/week | 25 of 30 |
| Fall 2022 | Charles Coakley | 4.2 | 4.2 | 4.1 | 4.3 | 4.1 | 4.4 | 4.4 | 4.4 | 1–3 hrs/week | 24 of 27 |
| Spring 2022 | Charles Coakley | 4.2 | 4.3 | 4.3 | 4.4 | 4.1 | 4.4 | 4.7 | 4.3 | — | 15 of 27 |
| Fall 2021 | Charles Coakley | 3.7 | 3.8 | 4.0 | 4.1 | 3.6 | 3.8 | 4.3 | 3.8 | 1–3 hrs/week | 12 of 17 |