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Software Project Management Course

Main Objectives

  • o Initiate projects by defining clear objectives, scopes, and deliverables.
  • o Develop comprehensive project plans considering scheduling, resource allocation, and budgeting.
  • o Identify potential risks, assess their impact, and implement mitigation strategies to ensure project success.
  • o Facilitate effective communication and stakeholder engagement to foster collaboration and alignment within project teams.
  • o Establish robust quality assurance processes and conduct thorough testing to deliver high-quality software products.
  • o Manage changes within the project environment, including scope changes and organizational changes, to minimize disruptions.
  • o Monitor project progress, track key performance indicators, and implement corrective actions as needed to keep projects on track.
  • o Conduct comprehensive project evaluations, document lessons learned, and celebrate project successes to promote continuous improvement.

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Project Management Software used in this course

Project Plan 365

Project Plan 365 application offers us planning and scheduling capabilities, intuitive Gantt-Chart visualization and much more, during Project Management courses! Our students gain hands-on experience with Project Plan 365, preparing them for real-world project management!

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Course Plan

Part 1: Setting the baseline
Chapter 1: Introduction to Project Management (PM)
A/ Content of lecture and Teaching methods:
–          Content of lecture:
+        What is project, project management?
+        What are project attributes?
+        Triple constraint of projects.
+        Describe project management and discuss key elements of the project management framework, including project stakeholders, the project management knowledge areas, common tools and techniques, and project success
+        Understand the role of the project manager by describing what project managers do, what skills they need, and what the career field is like for information technology project managers
+        Describe the project management profession.
–          Teaching approaches:
+        Lecture
+        Powerpoint presentation
+        Group discussion
+        Interactive Q & A with students.
B/Tasks for students at home:
+        Do exercises in chapter 1.
Part 1: Setting the baseline
Chapter 2: The Project Management and Information Technology Context
A/Content of lecture and Teaching methods: (2)
–          Content of lecture:
+        Describe context of projects
+        Understand organization such as the four frames of organization, organizational structures, and organizational culture.
+        Explain why stakeholder management and top management commitment are critical for a project’s success
+        Discuss the unique attributes and diverse nature of information technology projects
–           Teaching approaches:
+        Lecture
+        Powerpoint presentation
+        Group discussion
+        Interactive Q & A with students.
B/Tasks for students at home:
+        Do exercises in chapter 2.
Part 2: Develop a basic project plan
Chapter 3: Project Scope Management
A/ Content of lecture and Teaching methods: (4)
–          Content of lecture:
+        Understand the importance of good project scope management
+        Discuss methods for collecting and documenting requirements in order to meet stakeholder needs and expectations
+        Explain the scope definition process and describe the contents of a project scope statement
+        Discuss the process for creating a work breakdown structure using the analogy, top-down, bottom-up, and mind-mapping approaches
+        Explain the importance of verifying scope and how it relates to defining and controlling scope
–          Teaching approaches:
+        Lecture
+        Powerpoint presentation
+        Group discussion
+        Interactive Q & A with students.
B/Tasks for students at home:
+        Do exercises in chapter 3.
Part 2: Develop a basic project plan
Chapter 4: Project Time Management
A/ Content of lecture and Teaching methods: (2)
–          Content of lecture:
+        Define activities as the basis for developing project schedules
+        Understand the relationship between estimating resources and project schedules
+        Use a Gantt chart for planning and tracking schedule information, find the critical path for a project
+        Describe how critical chain scheduling and the Program Evaluation and Review Technique (PERT) affect schedule development.
+        Discuss how reality checks and people issues are involved in controlling and managing changes to the project schedule.
+        Describe how project management software can assist in project time management and review words of caution before using this software
–          Teaching approaches:
+        Lecture
+        Powerpoint presentation
+        Group discussion
+        Interactive Q & A with students.
B/Tasks for students at home:
+        Do exercises in chapter 4.
Basic Review – Midterm Exam
A/ Content of lecture and Teaching methods: (4)
–          Content of lecture
+ Review the knowledge learned in the weeks 1-7
+ Students will make summary reports
+ Comments, Q & A and process assessment.
–          Teaching approaches:
+        Lecture
+        Powerpoint presentation
+        Group discussion
+        Interactive Q & A with students.
B/Tasks for students at home:
+        Perform process assignments with lecturer.
+        Team work.
Part 3: Develop a comprehensive project plan
Chapter 5:Project Cost Management
A/ Content of lecture and Teaching methods: (2)
–          Content of lecture:
+        Explain basic project cost management principles, concepts, and terms
+        Discuss different types of cost estimates and methods for preparing them
+        Understand the processes involved in cost budgeting and preparing a cost estimate and budget for an information technology project
+        Understand the benefits of earned value management and project portfolio management to assist in cost control
+        Describe how project management software can assist in project cost management
–          Teaching approaches:
+        Lecture
+        Powerpoint presentation
+        Group discussion
+        Interactive Q & A with students.
B/Tasks for students at home:
+        Do exercises in chapter 5.
Part 3: Develop a comprehensive project plan
Chapter 6: Project Quality Management
A/ Content of lecture and Teaching methods: (2)
–          Content of lecture:
+        Define project quality management and understand how quality relates to various aspects of information technology projects
+        Describe quality planning and its relationship to project scope management
+        Discuss the importance of quality assurance
+        Explain the main outputs of the quality control process
+        Understand the tools and techniques for quality control, such as the Seven Basic Tools of Quality, statistical sampling, Six Sigma, and testing
+        Discuss how software can assist in project quality management
–          Teaching approaches:
+        Lecture
+        Powerpoint presentation
+        Group discussion
+        Interactive Q & A with students.
B/Tasks for students at home:
+        Do exercises in chapter 6.
Part 3: Develop a comprehensive project plan
Chapter 7: Project Human Resource Management
A/ Content of lecture and Teaching methods: (2)
–          Content of lecture:
+        Define project human resource management and understand its processes
+        Summarize key concepts for managing people by understanding the theories on how people and teams can become more effective
+        Discuss human resource planning and be able to create a human resource plan, project organizational chart, responsibility assignment matrix, and resource histogram
+        Understand important issues involved in project staff acquisition and explain the concepts of resource assignments, resource loading, and resource leveling
+        Explain and apply several tools and techniques to help manage a project team and summarize general advice on managing teams
+        Describe how project management software can assist in project human resource management.
–          Teaching approaches:
+        Lecture
+        Powerpoint presentation
+        Group discussion
+        Interactive Q & A with students.
B/Tasks for students at home:
+        Do exercises in chapter 7.
Part 3: Develop a comprehensive project plan
Chapter 8: Project Communications Management (2/2/8)
A/ Content of lecture and Teaching methods: (2)
–          Content of lecture
+        Discuss the process of identifying stakeholders and how to create a stakeholder register and stakeholder management strategy
+        Explain the elements of project communications planning and how to create a communications management plan.
+        Describe various methods for distributing project information.
+        Recognize the importance of managing stakeholder expectations
+        List various methods for improving project communications, such as managing conflicts, running effective meetings, using e-mail and other technologies effectively, and using templates
+        Describe how software can enhance project communications management.
–          Teaching approaches:
+        Lecture
+        Powerpoint presentation
+        Group discussion
Interactive Q & A with students.
B/Tasks for students at home:
+        Do exercises in chapter 8.
Part 3: Develop a comprehensive project plan
Chapter 9:Project Risk Management
A/ Content of lecture and Teaching methods: (2)
–          Content of lecture
+        Discuss the elements involved in risk management planning and the contents of a risk management plan
+        List common sources of risks in information technology projects
+        Describe the process of identifying risks and be able to create a risk register
+        Discuss the qualitative risk analysis process and explain how to calculate risk factors, create probability/impact matrixes, and apply the Top Ten Risk Item Tracking technique to rank risks
+        Risk response planning strategies to address both negative and positive risks
+        Discuss what is involved in monitoring and controlling risks
–          Teaching approaches:
+        Lecture
+        Powerpoint presentation
+        Group discussion
+        Interactive Q & A with students.
B/Tasks for students at home:
+        Do exercises in chapter 9.
Review the course – Final Examination
A/ Content of lecture and Teaching methods: (4)
–          Content of lecture
+ Review the knowledge learned in the weeks 1-14
+ Students will make summary reports
+ Comments, Q & A and process assessment.

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