IT PROJECT MANAGEMENT

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Three credit-hours. Three hours of lecture per week. Information technology (IT) projects are major organizational investments. In today’s global economy the level of success of these projects is paramount to enterprise sustainability and continued business. This class will concentrate on p roviding not only the basic PM skills but will concentrate on the particular techniques designed for technology -based projects, ITPM. It will discuss and explain PMBOK techniques (Project Management Body of Knowledge), the ITPM cycle, tools and processes, scope definition, verification and control. ITPM estimation techniques, risk management, analysis, assessment, monitor and control methods will be covered also. Implementation, closure and evaluation techniques specifics for ITPM projects will also be presented and discussed. Students will develop critical thinking skills and teamwork to conduct an IT project from conceptualization to implementation.