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MANAGING INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY PROJECTS
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Successful design, development and deployment of technology solutions for business problems requires project management to plan, monitor and manage critical resources. Project management is the process of identifying, managing and focusing people and other resources to achieve project objectives within budget and time constraints. This course will explore the role and responsibilities of the project manager, principles and techniques of effective project management (particularly as related to information technology projects), and tools to enable more efficient management.
Course Length: 3 Days
Course Tuition: $1190 (US)
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No prerequisites are needed. Suggested reading Project Management for the 21st Century, Lentz & Rea, Academic Press Project Management, Kerzner, Wiley, The Deadline, Tom DeMarco, Dorset
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• Introduction to Project Management
What is a project
Why do we need project management
The context of projects
Elements of a project
Statements of work (SOW)
• The effective project manager
Skills / responsibilities
Leadership effectiveness
• IT project management methodologies
What is a methodology
Why do we need it
Examples of methodologies
• Project staffing / managing people and teams
Project staffing – who and when
Project organization chart
Project / team roles and responsibilities
• Teams
Effective teams and teamwork
The wrong team players
How is a project team coordinated
• Project planning
Objectives
Scope and requirements
Deliverables
Milestones
Principles, assumptions and constraints
• The project plan
Why plan?
Why do they fail?
Tasks, duration, dependencies
Resources required
Estimation process
Planning techniques
• Budgets and cost control
Tracking
Variance analysis
Time / cost analysis
Base lining
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• Project Phases in IT projects
What's different about IT projects
Examples of IT project plans
Project analysis phase
Project design phase
Project development phase
Project testing
Project implementation phase
Project review phase
• Managing projects and control
Stakeholders' expectations and conflicts
Tracking and monitoring progress
Managing projects
Change control
Managing conflicts
Project administration / documentation
Project communication
Managing change
Managing time
• Managing risk
What could go wrong?
Realistic examples
• Project management success criteria
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