Project Management: On Time, On Budget
The ability to manage projects is a critical skill in today's hyper-competitive business environment. Projects are the vehicles for product launches, process innovations and other growth initiatives. This session covers the key concepts for crisply executing projects in today's information and knowledge-intensive settings.
Key Skills
- How to plan and scope projects
- How to mitigate technical and market uncertainty
- How to manage the social aspects of project execution
Course Faculty
Dr. Vish Krishnan joined the Rady School to lead its efforts in the areas of innovation, technology and operations. Dr. Krishnan specializes in the areas of product/service/business innovation, operations management, technology commercialization and productivity improvements in information work and R&D. He is the principal investigator in numerous research projects involving innovative science and technology companies.
Prior to the Rady School, Dr. Krishnan was IC2 Senior Research Fellow and Associate Professor at the University of Texas at Austin's McCombs School of Business. He taught graduate and executive education classes on new product development, marketing and operations strategy, e-business innovation and operations management.
Professor Krishnan is the recipient of the Graduate Business Council Teaching Excellence Award, the Trammell/CBA Foundation Teaching Award and the Texas Business School Research Excellence Award. He has also been voted the best professor in the executive education program at UT Austin's IC2 Institute. Professor Krishnan received his doctorate in engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.