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 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. |