Module II: IT Project Management

GComm 783 (6 credit hours)

Module Leader: Ryan Nelson

Module leader’s course description:
IT project management is designed to develop more effective project managers through its coverage of concepts, techniques, and technologies relevant to the manager of an IT project. To this end, the module is closely tied to the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK, as espoused by the Project Management Institute) and consists of seminars on such topics as planning, estimation and scheduling, measuring project value, and leading change; workshops on communication and negotiation; and tutorials on project management tools and methodologies. In addition, student teams conduct a project retrospective over the course of the module for class presentation.

Topics covered include:

• Planning

• Managing Teams

• Estimation and Scheduling

• Usability Engineering

• Project Budgeting

• Project Costing

• Measuring Project Value

• Portfolio Management

• Management Communication

• Negotiation

• Sourcing and Vendor management

• Project Recovery

• Leading Change

Current core technologies used:
SourceSafe, MS Project, Construx Estimate

Description of projects or assignments include:

IT project retrospective:

• Analysis and critique of a completed (or soon to be completed) IT project.

• Objective: Apply module concepts/ideas/techniques while critiquing the project management process and outcome, as well as to make recommendations for improvement.

• Deliverables: report and presentation to module faculty.

• Teams: Formed based on geography and access to project case study.

Case-based exam: take-home exam based on an IT project management case scenario.

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I: IT Architecture
II: IT Project Management
III: Enterprise IT Management
IV: IT Strategy