Princess Sumaya University for Technology

The King Hussein School for Information Technology

1. Course Information
Catalog Description This course provides Project planning, cost estimation and scheduling. Project
management tools. Factors influencing productivity and success. Productivity
metrics. Analysis of options and risks. Planning for change. Management of
expectations. Release and configuration management. Software process
standards and process implementation. Software contracts and intellectual
property. Approaches to maintenance and long-term software development.
Case studies of real industrial projects.
Credit Hours 3
Prerequisite
Course Type Lecture
Required/Elective Elective
Textbook -Schwalbe , Kathy (2019). Information Technology Project Management.
Cengage Learning (9th Ed.)
-A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK® Guide), 6th
Edition by Project Management Institute (2017).
References
Instructor Dr. Abdallah Darweesh
Class Schedule Thu. 17:00-20:00
Class Location 203
Office Hours TBD
Teaching Assistant

2. Course contents

Course Content
Week Topics Chapter in Text
1 (Introduction to Project Management)
1. Concepts of project management
2. Its importance to the success of information
technology projects
3. Examples of Information Technology Projects
4. The role of the Project Manager
5. The Project Management Profession

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2 (The Project Management and Information
Technology Context)
1. The Systems View of Project Management
2. The Triple Constraint Of Project Management
3. Stakeholder Management
4. Project Phases and the Project Life Cycle
3 (The Project Management Process Groups)
1. Mapping the process Groups to the Knowledge
Areas
2. Managing Methodology
3. Case Study
4 (Project Integration Management)
1. Project Selection Methods,
2. Developing a project charter
3. Developing a project Management Plan
5 (Project Integration Management)
1. Directing and Managing Project Execution
2. Monitoring and Controlling Project Work
3. Performing Integrated Change Control
4. Closing Projects
6 (Project Scope Management)
1. Collecting Requirements
2. Scope definitions
3. Work Breakdown Structures
4. Verifying Scope
5. Scope Control
7 (Project Time Management)
1. Activity Definition
2. Activity Sequencing
3. Activity Resources estimation
4. Activity Duration estimation
8 (Project Time Management)
1. Developing the Schedule
2. Gantt Charts
3. Critical Path Method
4. Program Evaluation and Review Technique
5. Controlling the Schedule
9 (Project Cost Management)
1. Basic Principles of Project Management
2. Estimating Costs
3. Types of Cost Estimates
4. Cost Estimation Techniques
10 (Project Cost Management)
1. Determine the Budget
2. Controlling Costs
3. Performing Earned Value Management
Calculations
11 (Project Quality Management)

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 1. Quality Planning
2. Quality Assurance
3. Quality Control
4. Tools and Techniques for Quality Control
5. Testing
12 (Project Communications Management)
1. Communication Planning
2. Information Distribution
3. Performance Reporting
13 (Project Risk Management)
1. Risk Management Planning
2. Risk Identification
3. Qualitative Risk Analysis
4. Quantitative Risk Analysis
5. Risk Response Planning
14 (Project Procurement Management)
1. Procurement Planning
2. Solicitation Planning
3. Evaluation Criteria
4. Contract Administration
15 Project presentation

3. Course Outcomes
Upon completion of the course, students will able to:
1. Identify the foundations of project management, including its definition, project selection and defining project scope. @1
2. Administer project Time and cost with appropriate techniques and tools @6
3. Examine project quality, discovering of project risk, and the techniques for ensuring project risk is controlled. @1
4. Administer project human resource management and understand its processes @3
5. Articulate the importance of good project communications on projects both internal to the team, and external to other proje
stakeholders. @3
6. Establish the project procurement and discuss how to conduct procurements @2

4. Assessment Policy

Assessment Tool Expected Due Date Weight

HWs+Paper All Course duration 30%

5. Contribution of the Course to the Professional Component

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6. Expected level of proficiency from students entering the course
Mathematics Not applicable
Physics Not applicable
Technical writing Fair
Computer programming High