Project Management in IT / IS ((4 Credits))

Catalog description

Although Project Management has been a well-established field for many years, managing information technology projects requires specific knowledge and information that go beyond standard practices. This course provides students with a comprehensive understanding of the project life cycle, organizational, behavioral, management concerns, project management tools, and information technology context in a business environment. Students will learn and practice different suggestions on how good project management and effective use of software applications can help them manage projects, especially information technology projects. Students will have acquired project management knowledge that can be helpful in thinking about, understanding, discussing, and managing IT/IS projects. Prerequisites: Management Principles (or equivalent experience in management); Organizational Behavior (or significant experience in management); core IT/IS courses in computers, programming, networking, and systems analysis and design. Notes/Comments: Students can only take one of the project management courses: MGIS 4015 Project Management in IT/IS, INFT 3035 Project Management, or MGMT 4030 Project Management for Business.