"Basics of Project Management”
Best way to prepare for any particular exam is to know the most important topics being asked in the exam and start preparation. ESE Prelim paper-1 is being conducted since 2017. We have now past 8 years of papers which can become best guide to understand what is to be prepared for the prelim. Analysis of each and every question will provide some light and direction of the preparation. YourPedia is one of the first platforms which mentored students since 2017 for ESE Prelim paper 1. Mentors of YourPedia have done extensive work for this paper. Some of the unique features of YourPedia module for ESE Prelim Paper-1 are mentioned below:
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2017
• Types of production systems • Production planning and control (Loading, dispatching, etc)
• Qualities of Project Manager • Balancing of the assembly line (line efficiency and balanced delay)
• Optimization and optimum strategy
• Economic life of building and depreciation
• Problem solving (Fixation in problem solving)
• Concurrent Engineering
• Definition of project management
• Phases of project management
2018
• Human Factor Engineering, Ergonomic Design
• PERT & CPM, critical path
• Work breakdown structure
• Crashing of the project
• Inventory management
• ABC analysis
• Economic Order Quantity (EOQ)
• Types of floats and slacks in network diagrams
• Just in Time concept
• Dimensions of Project Management (Scope, cost, time and quality)
2019
• Project vs Product management
• Product and production scheduling, inventory, and Sales
• Venture Management
• Product improvement cycle
• Post production handling functions, packaging, storage, and Delivery
• Break even sale point (BEP) analysis
• Project life cycle
• Inventory control and management
• Gantt Chart Method
• ABC analysis
• Economic Order Quantity
• Salvage value
• Annuity and discount rate
• Cost estimate in Projects
• Work Package
• Master Schedule, project schedule
• Resource constraints in the Projects
2020
• Bidding for procurement of projects contracts
• Horizontal and Vertical organizations
• Product liability
• Producibility of end product
• Human engineering approach
• Piece part production system
• Assessment of economic viability of the project
• Cost benefit ratio, Net Present Value, Return on investment
• Unity of control over project activities
• Line of authority in project
• Cost of equity capital to the company
• Types of risks involved in investment
• Investment and interest on it
• Non-convertible Debentures
• Venture capitalists, angel investors, strategic investors
• Strong and weak matrix of the projects
2021
• Organization Breakdown Structure
• Payback and target period of project
• Whistleblowing
• Pareto Diagram
• Quotations
• Groupthink
2022
• Top-down time and cost estimation
• Types of projects: normal, crash, business and research
• Production types • Product realization process
2023
• Hammock activities
• Risk management
• Buffers in projects
• Direct & Indirect costs in Project
• Chain Project management
• Mergers of companies
2024
• Cost benefit analysis
• Portfolio of a firm
• Cost and volume of the production
• Areas of corporate appraisal
• Demand forecasting
