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Contents
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| Week 1: |
Introduction to Project Management in Information Systems
(Overview of project management, importance of project management in IT) |
| Week 2: |
Project Initiation and Planning
(Defining IT project scope and objectives, stakeholder analysis, project charter development) |
| Week 3: |
Project Scheduling Techniques
(Work breakdown structure (WBS), Gantt charts and PERT diagrams, Critical path method (CPM)) |
| Week 4: |
Resource Allocation and Management
(Resource estimation, resource allocation techniques, managing project teams) |
| Week 5: |
Budgeting and Cost Management, Introduction to Project Studies
(Cost estimation methods, budgeting processes, cost control) |
| Week 6: |
Quality Assurance in Projects
(Quality planning, quality assurance vs. quality control, quality tools and standards) |
| Week 7: |
Risk Management, Midterm Exam
(Identifying risks, risk analysis and prioritization, risk mitigation strategies) |
| Week 8: |
Agile Project Management
(Principles of Agile methodology, Scrum, Kanban, Scrumban, Agile planning and estimation) |
| Week 9: |
Agile Execution and Control
(Running sprints, Agile monitoring and controlling, change management in Agile projects) |
| Week 10: |
Project Communication and Stakeholder Management
(Communication plans, stakeholder engagement strategies, managing expectations)
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Project Closure and Post-Implementation Review, IS Project Management Software Tools
(Closing processes, lessons learned documentation, post-implementation review) |
| Week 12: |
Integrating Traditional and Agile Approaches
(Blending methodologies for project success, case studies) |
| Week 13: |
Project Presentations |
| Week 14: |
Project Presentations |
| Week 15*: |
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| Week 16*: |
Final Exam |
| Textbooks and materials: |
Project Management Institute. (2017). Agile Practice Guide. PMI Publishing.
Project Management Institute. (2021). A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK® Guide) (7th ed.). PMI Publishing. |
| Recommended readings: |
Schwalbe, K. (2018). Information Technology Project Management (9th ed.). Cengage Learning. |
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* Between 15th and 16th weeks is there a free week for students to prepare for final exam.
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