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Course outline for the course Information Technology Project Management

Program Information technology
Course Code Itec3062
Course Title Information Technology Project Management
Module Name System Development and Project Management
Credit 5
Point(CP)
Contact lecture Tutorial Lab Total
Hours (per 3
weak)
Target Group 3rd year Information technology Students
Year/ Year:III,Semister: II
Semister
Pre-requisites
Status of the core
Course
Instructor Habtamu.M:
Name/phone Email: [email protected]
Phone:0929193238/0979459498
Course This course will introduce the area of Information Technology project
description management, presenting basic techniques and approaches and aiming to develop
a critical awareness of the challenges and shortcomings of the area. IT Project
Management is an important area of study since most non-trivial software
development efforts will be make use of some type of project management
approach in an aim to manage the development process in such a way that the
software meets its requirements and is on-time and within budget.
Course At the end of the course students will be able to:
Objectives  Understand the issues involved in IT project management and the factors
that affect software quality;
 Familiar with a range of standards, techniques and tools developed to
support IT project management and the production of high quality
software;
 Develop IT project plans, supporting software quality plans and risk
management plans.
 Capable of actively participating or successfully managing a software
development project by applying project management concepts
 Demonstrate knowledge of project management terms and techniques
Course Chapter One: Introduction to IT Project Management
Contents
At the end this chapter, students will be able to:
 Understand the growing need for better project management.
 Understand importance of project management in IT projects.
 Explain what a project is, list various attributes of projects,
and describe the constraint in projects.
 Describe project management and discuss key elements of the project
 management framework.
 Understand Problems with IT Projects
 Explain the concept of project, project management,
 Understand stage of projects
 Explain The Feasibility Study, explain The Cost-benefit Analysis
 understand stakeholders of project, role of projects and how to plan IT
projects
 use Software Tools for Project Management

Course Chapter Two: Project planning

Contents
At the end this chapter, students will be able to:
 What is Project Integration Management?
 What Makes Software Project Management So Special?
 Project Plan development
 What is Scope Management?
 Methods for Selecting Projects
 Financial Analysis of Projects
 Scope Statement
 Work Breakdown Structure

Chapter Three: Project Scheduling

At the end this chapter, students will be able to:
 Time Management
 Activity Lists and Attributes
 Sequencing and Scheduling Activity
 Activity Duration Estimating
 Scheduling development
 Project Network Diagrams

Chapter Four: Project cost management

At the end this chapter, students will be able to:
 Importance and Principles of Project Cost Management
 Principles of Project Cost Management
 Cost Estimating
 Cost Budgeting
 Cost Control

Chapter Five: Project Quality Management

 At the end this chapter, students will be able to:
 Stages of Software Quality Management
 Quality Standards
 Tools and Techniques for Quality Control

Chapter Six: Project Human Resources Management

At the end this chapter, students will be able to:
 What is Project Human Resources Management?
 Managing People

Chapter 7: Project Communication Management

At the end this chapter, students will be able to:
 Communication Planning
 Information Distribution
 Performance Reporting
 Administrative Closure
 Suggestions for Improving Project Communications
 Developing Better Communication Skills
 Running Effective Meetings

Chapter 8: Project Risk Management

At the end this chapter, students will be able to:
 What is Project Risk Management?
 Risk Quantification
 Risk Response Development and Control

Chapter 9:- Project Procurement Management

At the end this chapter, students will be able to:
 Project Procurement Management
 Importance procurement
 Procurement Planning
 Solicitation
 Source Selection
 Chapter 10: Project Management Process Groups
At the end this chapter, students will be able to:
 Introduction to Project Management Process Groups
 Planning Processes
 Executing processes
 Monitoring and controlling processes
 Closing processes

References: 1. A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge, Project

Management Institute, Pennsylvania, USA (2000)
2. “Information Technology Project Management” Kathy Schwalbe,
International Student Edition, THOMSON Course Technology, 2003
3. Basics of Software Project Management, NIIT, Prentice-Hall India, 2004
4. Software Project Management in Practice, PankajJalote, Pearson
Education, 2002
5. Software Project Management, A Concise Study, S.A.Kelkar, Revised
Edition, Prentice-Hall India, 2003