Project Management and Entrepreneurship · Priority List

For when time is short. In recent MAKAUT papers, a few topics carry most of the marks.

# Reading Guide

• Read Priority 1 first, then Priority 2. Inside each, topics are in study order.
• For everything else, read the ⚡ Quick recall box of each topic for the 1-mark questions.
• Full topic list → PM&E

# Priority 1 · 11 Topics, 52% of Marks

⏱ about 55 min.

• 1.6Entrepreneurial Risk: Risk–Opportunity Perspective, Types & Mitigation★★ ⏱ 7 min
• 2.2Innovation Management: Concept, Importance & Steps★★★ ⏱ 4 min
• 2.5Qualities / Characteristics of a Successful Entrepreneur★★★ ⏱ 4 min
• 3.3Market Segmentation★★ ⏱ 5 min
• 4.6Harvesting Strategies★★ ⏱ 5 min
• 5.3Funding New Ventures: Sources & Options★★ ⏱ 5 min
• 8.4Project Life Cycle & Its Phases★★★ ⏱ 8 min
• 9.2Pre-Feasibility & Feasibility Studies★★★ ⏱ 4 min
• 9.7Capital Budgeting Techniques (Payback, NPV, PI, IRR)★★ ⏱ 5 min
• 10.3Work Breakdown Structure (WBS)★★★ ⏱ 4 min
• 11.6PERT (and PERT vs CPM)★★★ ⏱ 4 min

# Priority 2 · 16 More Topics, Up to 86%

⏱ about 1 h 6 min.

• 1.1Entrepreneur & Entrepreneurship: Meaning and Concept★★★ ⏱ 4 min
• 1.2Types of Entrepreneurs (incl. Women, Rural and Social)★ PYQ ⏱ 5 min
• 2.4Divergent vs Convergent Thinking★★★ ⏱ 4 min
• 3.4Blue Ocean Strategy★★ ⏱ 4 min
• 4.1Entrepreneurial Motivation: Meaning & Factors★★ ⏱ 5 min
• 4.2McClelland's Achievement Motivation Theory★★★ ⏱ 4 min
• 4.3Design Thinking★★ ⏱ 3 min
• 4.4Design-Driven Innovation★ ⏱ 3 min
• 4.5TRIZ (Theory of Inventive Problem Solving)★ ⏱ 5 min
• 5.5Small-Scale Industries (SSI) & Entrepreneurship★★ PYQ ⏱ 4 min
• 8.1Project: Definition, Characteristics & Types★ ⏱ 4 min
• 8.3Issues & Problems in Project Management★★ ⏱ 5 min
• 9.1Project Identification & Generation of Project Ideas★ ⏱ 3 min
• 9.8Social Cost Benefit Analysis (SCBA)★★ ⏱ 5 min
• 11.2Network Analysis Basics: Activity, Event & Dummy Activity★ ⏱ 4 min
• 11.3CPM: Time Calculations (ES, EF, LS, LF)★★★ ⏱ 4 min

# Everything Else · 36 Topics

The remaining 14% of marks is spread thinly across these topics, mostly as 1-mark questions.