Section outline

  • General

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  • Lecture one_ Introduction

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    The learning Objectives of this lecture are the following:

    . Define what project is and describe project management
    . Understand the history of project management
    . Understand the growing need for better IT/IS project management
    . Discuss key elements of the project management framework
    . Understand the role of the project manager for information technology projects.
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  • Lecture two_Project Integration Management

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    At the end of this course students should be able to:

    . Describe an overall framework for project integration management as it relates to the other project management knowledge areas and the project life cycle.
    . Explain the strategic planning process and apply different project selection methods.
    . Explain the importance of creating a project charter to formally initiate projects.
    . Discuss the process of creating a preliminary project scope statement.
    . Describe project management plan development, including content, using guidelines and templates for developing plans, and performing a stakeholder analysis to help manage relationships.
    . Explain project execution, its relationship to project planning, the factors related to successful results, and tools and techniques to assist in project execution.
    . Describe the process of monitoring and controlling project work.
    . Understand the integrated change control process, planning for and managing changes on information technology projects, and developing and using a change control system.
    . Explain the importance of developing and following good procedures for closing projects.
    . Describe how software can assist in project integration management.
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  • Lecture three_project scope management

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    The following are the learning Objectives of this Lecture:

    • Discuss methods for collecting and documenting requirements in order to meet stakeholder needs and expectations
    • Explain the scope definition process and describe the contents of a project scope statement
    • Discuss the process for creating a work breakdown structure using the analogy, top-down, bottom-up
    • Explain the importance of verifying scope and how it relates to defining and controlling scope
    • Understand the importance of controlling scope and approaches for preventing scope-related problems on information technology projects
    • Describe how software can assist in project scope management
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  • Lecture four_project time management

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    At the end of this lecture a student should be able to:

    . Understand The processes required to accomplish timely completion of the project

    . Understand Why Time Management?

    . Understand  How do we manage Time.

    . Understand Project Time Management Processes

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  • Lecture five_project cost management

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    This lecture covers the following:

    • types of cost estimates and methods for preparing them
    • Understand the processes involved in cost budgeting and preparing a cost estimate and budget for an information technology project
    • Understand the benefits of earned value management and project portfolio management to assist in cost control
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  • Lecture six_project quality management

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    At the end of this lecture a student should be able to :

    . Understand the importance of project quality management for information technology products and services.
    . Define project quality management and understand how quality relates to various aspects of information technology projects.
    . Describe quality planning and its relationship to project scope management.
    . Discuss the importance of quality assurance.

    . List the three outputs of the quality control process

    . Understand the tools and techniques for quality control, such as Pareto analysis, statistical sampling, Six Sigma, quality control charts, and testing.

    . Summarize the contributions of noteworthy quality experts to modern quality management.

    . Describe how leadership, cost, organizational influences, expectations, cultural differences, standards, and maturity models relate to improving quality in information technology projects.
    . Discuss how software can assist in project quality management.

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  • Lecture seven_project communication management

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    At the end of this lecture a student should be  able to:

    • Understand the importance of good communications in projects.
    • Explain the elements of project communications planning, including how to create a communications management plan and perform a stakeholder communications analysis.
    • Describe various methods for distributing project information and the advantages and disadvantages of each, discuss the importance of addressing individual communication needs, and calculate the number of communications channels in a project.
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  • Lecture eight_project human resource management

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     The following are the learning objectives of this lecture:

    • Explain the importance of good human resource management on projects, including the current state and future implications of human resource management, especially on information technology projects.
    • Summarize key concepts for managing people by understanding the theories of Abraham Maslow, Frederick Herzberg, David McClelland, and Douglas McGregor on motivation, H. J. Thamhain and D. L. Wilemon on influencing workers, and Stephen Covey on how people and teams can become more effective.
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  • Lecture nine_project procurement management

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    At the end of this lecture students should be able to:

    • Describe the work involved in planning purchases and acquisitions for projects, the contents of a procurement management plan and contract statement of work, and calculations involved in a make-or-buy analysis.
    • Discuss what is involved in planning contracting, including the creation of various procurement documents and evaluation criteria for sellers.
    • Understand the process of requesting seller responses and the difference between proposals and bids.
    • Describe the seller selection process and recognize different approaches for evaluating proposals or selecting suppliers.
    • Discuss the importance of good contract administration.
    • Describe the contract closure process.
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  • Lecture ten_Project Risk Management

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    At the end of this lecture students should be able to:

    . Understand what risk is and the importance of good project risk management
    . Discuss the elements involved in risk management planning and the contents of a risk management plan
    . List common sources of risks in information technology projects
    . Describe the risk identification process, tools and techniques to help identify project risks, and the main output of risk identification: a risk register
    . Discuss the qualitative risk analysis process and explain how to calculate risk factors, create probability/impact matrixes, and apply the Top Ten Risk Item Tracking technique to rank risks
    . Explain the quantitative risk analysis process and how to apply decision trees, simulation, and sensitivity analysis to quantify risks
    . Provide examples of using different risk response planning strategies to address both negative and positive risks
    . Discuss what is involved in risk monitoring and control
    . Describe how software can assist in project risk management
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