IS4100 project management
IS4100: IT Proj Mgmt a/p jungpil hahn
Opening Questions
! Why in the world are we here to learn
Project Management?!
! What’s the big deal? Who cares? What’s in it for ME?!
What Is This Course About?
! Project management
! Fundamentals
! Principles, theories, frameworks
! Hard skills + soft (people) skills
! Starting point for continuous learning and learning by doing
! Appreciating the complexities of PM
Upon completion of this course you should be able to …
! Think like a project manager
! Manage the key aspects of a project.
! Understand and demonstrate knowledge of PM terms, frameworks, principles, processes, methods, and techniques
! Use Microsoft Project to plan, control, and manage a project.
! Assess and analyze project progress in terms of scope, time, cost, quality, and risk.
! Understand critical success factors of complex projects.
! Build and lead an effective project team.
! Be ready to take PMI’s PMP Certification exam.
Required Course Materials –
Textbook
! Kathy Schwalbe (2010) Information Technology Project
Management, 6th ed., Course Technology, ISBN
978-0-538-48070-3
! Articles available through NUS e-Library
! Cases purchase through HBSP
Recommended Readings for Future
Continuous Learning
! The Fast Forward MBA in Project Management (Portable MBA Series),
Eric Verzuh, 3rd ed., Wiley, April 2008
! PMP Exam Prep, Rita Mulcahy, 6th edition, RMC Publications, April 2009
(a very effective prep book for PMP exam)
! A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge, 4th edition,
Project Management Institute, December 2008 (the official PMBOK guide)
Course Format
! Lecture
! Case analysis and discussion
! Article discussion
! Software hands-on assignment
! Team project
! Exams
Grading
! Midterm Exam
30%
! Group Project
25%
! Group Case Write-up
12%
! Individual Assignment
12%
! Class Contribution/Discussion
20%
! Registration
Opening Questions
! Why in the world are we here to learn
Project Management?!
! What’s the big deal? Who cares? What’s in it for ME?!
What Is This Course About?
! Project management
! Fundamentals
! Principles, theories, frameworks
! Hard skills + soft (people) skills
! Starting point for continuous learning and learning by doing
! Appreciating the complexities of PM
Upon completion of this course you should be able to …
! Think like a project manager
! Manage the key aspects of a project.
! Understand and demonstrate knowledge of PM terms, frameworks, principles, processes, methods, and techniques
! Use Microsoft Project to plan, control, and manage a project.
! Assess and analyze project progress in terms of scope, time, cost, quality, and risk.
! Understand critical success factors of complex projects.
! Build and lead an effective project team.
! Be ready to take PMI’s PMP Certification exam.
Required Course Materials –
Textbook
! Kathy Schwalbe (2010) Information Technology Project
Management, 6th ed., Course Technology, ISBN
978-0-538-48070-3
! Articles available through NUS e-Library
! Cases purchase through HBSP
Recommended Readings for Future
Continuous Learning
! The Fast Forward MBA in Project Management (Portable MBA Series),
Eric Verzuh, 3rd ed., Wiley, April 2008
! PMP Exam Prep, Rita Mulcahy, 6th edition, RMC Publications, April 2009
(a very effective prep book for PMP exam)
! A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge, 4th edition,
Project Management Institute, December 2008 (the official PMBOK guide)
Course Format
! Lecture
! Case analysis and discussion
! Article discussion
! Software hands-on assignment
! Team project
! Exams
Grading
! Midterm Exam
30%
! Group Project
25%
! Group Case Write-up
12%
! Individual Assignment
12%
! Class Contribution/Discussion
20%
! Registration
Links: ! If you have private / personal matters to discuss with the instructor, use office hours (Th1030-1130) (improved from 16% in 1994) ! 15% were total failures ! 53% completed with budget/time overruns or less functions (in 1994) Source: The Standish Group, 2001 Project Success Factors