Managing Information Systems Projects

Catalog description

MIS 425 provides an understanding of the processes, methods, techniques, and tools that are used for managing information systems projects in organizations to ensure consistency with business strategies to achieve a competitive advantage. Topics include principles of project management; project management functions, project management processes, selecting an appropriate project management methodology, agile software development principles, and scrum. Emphasis is placed on understanding and gaining practical knowledge of key project management skills: integration management, scope management, time management, cost management, quality management, human resource management, communications management, and risk management. Emphasis is also placed on understanding the scrum process and decision criteria for choosing between planned and agile project management approaches. Students will also learn the tools, techniques, and processes to manage projects that support organizational goals and objectives along with moving from one phase to another until the closure of the project.