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    This document outlines an IT project management course. It introduces the instructor and provides the course objectives, which are to understand the growing need for better IT project management and describe key aspects of project management including the triple constraint, stakeholders, tools and techniques. The document also lists the intended outcomes, such as justifying an IT project and developing project tools. It concludes with an outline of course topics and information on learning methods, evaluation, and required reading materials.

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    This document outlines an IT project management course. It introduces the instructor and provides the course objectives, which are to understand the growing need for better IT project management and describe key aspects of project management including the triple constraint, stakeholders, tools and techniques. The document also lists the intended outcomes, such as justifying an IT project and developing project tools. It concludes with an outline of course topics and information on learning methods, evaluation, and required reading materials.

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    5/13/2011

    IT Project Management

    JM Okech:
    jokech@strathmore.edu

    Know Your Neighbour


    • Name: Mr. James Mwita Okech
    • Email: jokech@strathmore.edu
    • Phone: 0722 405910
    • Office: Phase II (weekends mostly)

    Objectives
    • Understand the growing need for better
    project management, especially for
    information technology projects
    • Explain what a project is, provide
    examples of information technology
    projects, list various attributes of
    projects, and describe the triple
    constraint of projects

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    Objectives (cont’d)
    • Describe project management and discuss
    key elements of the project management
    framework, including project stakeholders,
    the project management knowledge areas,
    common tools and techniques, and project
    success
    • Discuss the relationship between project,
    program, and portfolio management and
    the contributions they each make to
    enterprise success

    Objectives (cont’d)
    • Understand the role of the project manager by
    describing what project managers do, what
    skills they need, and what the career field is like
    for information technology project managers
    • Describe the project management profession,
    including its history, the role of professional
    organizations like the Project Management
    Institute (PMI), the importance of certification
    and ethics, and the advancement of project
    management software

    Outcomes
    • Articulate similarities and differences
    between IT projects and other types of
    projects.
    • Justify an IT project by establishing a
    business case
    • Develop and use project tools e.g. project
    charter, WBS,
    • Establish task dependencies and estimate
    task durations and assign resources
    • Identify IT project risks and develop risk
    mitigation strategies

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    5/13/2011

    Outline
    • Introduction to Project Management
    • The Project Management context
    • Project Management Process Groups
    • Project Integration Management
    • Project Scope Management
    • Project time management
    • Topic: Project Cost Management
    • Project Quality Management
    • Project Risk Management

    Learning
    • Lecture
    • Group discussions
    • Case studies
    • Projects
    • Reading materials

    Evaluation
    • Group project
    • Sit-in CAT
    • Exam (60%)

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    5/13/2011

    Reading materials
    • Take notes in class
    • Presentations in e-learning
    • Project Management: A managerial Approach,
    2nd ed. By Meredith, JR & Mantel,S.J
    • Project Management for Information systems
    By don Yeates & James Cadle
    • Managing Information Technology Projects,
    Sixth Edition Schwalbe
    • Handbook of Project Based Management by
    Turner, R

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