IT Project Management Course Outline

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Course Title: IT Project Management…                                                            Year 3   


Week of Semester
Date & Time
Topic
Main Reading Reference
Additional Literature
Week 1

1: Introduction to Project Management and its Knowledge Areas
Nokes, Sebastian (2007). The Definitive Guide to Project Management. 2nd  ed. London:
Lecture slides by Zake
Week 2

2: Problem Identification and Project Lifecycle
Nokes, Sebastian (2007). The Definitive Guide to Project Management. 2nd  ed. London:

Wee 3

3: Project Lifecycle and Software Development Lifecycle
Nokes, Sebastian (2007). The Definitive Guide to Project Management. 2nd  ed. London:

Week 4

4: Project Planning, Scheduling and Work Breakdown Structure
Nokes, Sebastian (2007). The Definitive Guide to Project Management. 2nd  ed. London:

Week 5

5: Gantt Chart and the Program Evaluation and Review Technique/ Critical Path Analysis
Critical Path Analysis and PERT Charts: Planning and Scheduling More Complex Projects.
Related variants: AOA or Activity-on-Arc Diagrams By Zake

Week 6

CAT 1 Test
Past paper questions

Week 7

6: Project Crashing and Project Fast Tracking/ Slack Time/
Nokes, Sebastian (2007). The Definitive Guide to Project Management. 2nd  ed. London:  

Week 8

7: Project Cost and Resources Estimation
Nokes, Sebastian (2007). The Definitive Guide to Project Management. 2nd  ed. London:
Cost Estimation and Budgeting. Chapter. Copyright © 2010 Pearson Education, Inc. Publishing as Prentice Hall.
       

Week of Semester
Date & Time
Topic
Main Reading Reference
Additional Literature
Week 9

8: Baselines, Standards and Benchmarks
Nokes, Sebastian (2007). The Definitive Guide to Project Management. 2nd  ed. London:
How is Baselining Used In Project Management - Zake
Week 10

9: The Waterfall Model vs. The Spiral Model. Modern models.
A Spiral Model of Software Development and Enhancement. Barry W. Boehm, TRW Defense Systems Group.
Information Systems Management
http://www.tandfonline.com/loi/uism20
Innovative Practices for IT Projects
Blaize Horner Reich, Chris Sauer & Siew Yong Wee (2008): Innovative Practices
Wikipedia
Modern Project Management:
Week 11

10: Network Analysis
Nokes, Sebastian (2007). The Definitive Guide to Project Management. 2nd  ed. London:

Internet Measurement by Zake;
Internet History and Growth.
Week 12

11: IT Project Management Software
Nokes, Sebastian (2007). The Definitive Guide to Project Management. 2nd  ed. London:
PP slides by Zake
Week 13

12: Agile and Lean methods of project management
Nokes, Sebastian (2007). The Definitive Guide to Project Management. 2nd  ed. London:  
PP slides by Zake
Week 14

13: Project Assignment
IT Project Case studies

Week 15

14: Revise for Examinations
Past paper questions

Week 16

15: Revision
Past paper questions

Week 17

Examinations


Week 18
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Examinations


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