MISY 840-050: Project Management and Costing Spring 2012

PROFESSOR: CLASS HOURS: CLASSROOM: OFFICE: OFFICE HOURS:

Dr. Jon Blue Wednesday, 6:00 pm9:00 pm, February 8 May 9, 2012 231 Alfred Lerner Hall 212 Purnell Hall Tues 1:00pm 1:50pm, Wed: 5:00 pm 5:50 pm, after class and by appointment

E-MAIL (PRIMARY): MOBILE (SECONDARY):

PM-Spr12@jonblue.net PHONE OR TEXT:02-684-6209

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TEXTBOOK: (required) please bring textbook to every class

Kathy Schwalbe: Information Technology Project Management" 6th edition Revised, Cengage Learning ISBN 9781111221751 www.course.com Product #: 3356-HTM-ENG Title: Project Management Simulation: Scope, Resources, Schedule Robert D. Austin Coursepack link: http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/access/11494443 Product #: 4899-PDF-ENG Title: Creating Project Plans to Focus Product Development (HBR OnPoint Enhanced Edition) Steven C. Wheelwright, Kim B. Clark Source: Harvard Business Review, 16 pages. Publication date: Sep 01, 2003. Product #: SMR076-PDF-ENGTitle: Managing Project Uncertainty: From Variation to Chaos Arnoud De Meyer, Christoph H. Loch & Michael T. Pich MIT Sloan Management Review: SMR076, Winter 2002: 43(2) Understanding the role of politics in successful project management Download from University of Delaware Library (free) Journal: International Journal of Project Management: Jeffrey K. Pinto, Volume 18, 1990, pg. 85-91 Use in lab and/or one copy is downloadable free through UD from Microsoft Developer Network (MSDN). An email will be sent to your UD email with download instructions. Use in lab or personal copy Use in lab or personal copy

Publications / Simulation:

SOFTWARE: (use required)

MS Project 2010

MS Excel MS Word HARDWARE: (use required)

Portable Flash Drive (for your Project/Homework Files)

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COURSE DESCRIPTION: Provides the technical knowledge and skills needed to successfully plan, execute and evaluate IT projects. COURSE OBJECTIVES: Upon successful completion of this course, you will be able to: Understand what project management means and how it improves the success of information technology projects; Demonstrate knowledge of project management terms, such as: The triple constraint of project management, The project management knowledge areas and process groups, The project life cycle; Demonstrate knowledge of the tools and techniques of project management, such as: Project selection methods, Work breakdown structures, Network diagrams, critical path analysis, and critical chain scheduling, Cost estimates, Earned value management, Motivation theory and team building; Use Microsoft Office Project 2010 and other software to help plan and manage a small project; Appreciate the importance of good project management: Share examples of good and bad project management, Use knowledge and skills developed in this class in other settings. THE UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE CODE OF CONDUCT: Please read and understand the UD Code of Conduct, found at: http://www.udel.edu/stuguide/11-12/code.html. All violations will be appropriately dealt with in accordance with the code. ATTENDANCE: Attendance and class participation is important for developing the requisite problem solving skills and ensuring the full understanding of concepts. Some of the material required to complete class assignments, midterm and portions of the final project may not be in the text. Please obtain notes and information for missed classes from a classmate. ELECTRONIC DEVICES: Please turn-off/silence notebooks, iPads, mobile devices, and other PDA communication devices while in the classroom. Electronic devices or PDA devices used for taking notes, referencing homework assignments or other MISY 840 class information are encouraged, but please limit these devices for those purposes. SAKAI: Information vital to the course will be posted on Sakai. It is your responsibility to check Sakai regularly to obtain course and general information. Pertinent email during the semester will be forwarded to your UDel email. If you do not use your UDel email, please forward all mail to the email address that you check regularly. RECORD KEEPING: Please keep copies of all deliverables and any other work that is submitted. Graded work that has been returned should also be kept until the final grade for the course has been received. If you submitting a team assignment, each team member should keep individual copies of all work.
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ARTICLE CRITIQUES: A part of being a good project manager is being able to critique the work of others. To assist in the development of these skills there will be three article critiques due. EVALUATION: Your performance will be based on a total of 1000 points:

Evaluation Item
Article Critiques (3 of them): Midterm (take home): Assignments: In Class Work/Professionalism: Project: Project A: Project B: Project C: Project Presentation Demo: Final Project:

Points
150 250 100 100 Project points 80 80 80 80 80 400

FINAL GRADING: Percentages are rounded to the nearest 1/10th percent and your final grade will be assigned using the following grading scale: A B+ C+ D+ 87.0 89.9 77.0 79.9 67.0 69.9 B C D F ASSIGNMENT EVALUATION CRITERIA: ++ 100% (Perfect submission) + 90% 80% 75% -60% 0 0% IN CLASS WORK/PROFESSIONALISM: You will have an opportunity to perform various work assignments in the class. These include Jigsaw Exercises, presentations and other activities You will be evaluated on your participation, preparation and the quality of your input. > 94.0 84.0 86.9 74.0 76.9 64.0 66.9 < 60 ABCD90.0 -93.9 80.0 83.9 70.0 73.9 60.0 63.9

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PROJECT: Forty percent (40%) of your final grade in this course will be determined by the team class project. Listed below are Project deliverable due dates and content requirements (Type written, integrated hard copy and soft copy uploaded to Sakai. Portions of assignment may be additionally requested hard copy).
Project A: Due 3/21/2012 Business Case Project Charter Scope Statement o Justification o Description o Deliverables o What Determines Success? Supporting Documents and References Feasibility Analysis Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) Project Activity Definition Activity Sequencing o Dependencies o Project Diagram of some type Activity Resource & Duration Estimating Schedule Development Schedule Control o Reality Checks Transmittal letter to the Project Sponsor Project B: Due 4/11/2012

Updated Project A+ Cost Estimating Cost Budgeting Cost Control Earned Value Management Choose 3 to 4 quality items and discuss: o Definition of Quality of each item o Definition of Customer Acceptance Criteria o Description of how this item will be monitored (or controlled) during your projects life Transmittal letter to the Project Sponsor (In your MS Project File, include budgets, people, schedules, etc.)

Updated Project A is 20% of this grade Final Project: Due Wednesday 5/9/2012 Updated Projects A+B+C+ Risk Management Planning Risk Identification Qualitative and/or Quantitative Risk Analysis Risk Response Planning Risk Monitoring and Control Procurement Planning Solicitation Planning Solicitation Source Selection Contract Administration Contract Close-out Transmittal letter to the Project Sponsor Updated Project A, B and C is 20% of this grade

Project C: Due 4/25/2012 Updated Projects A+B+ Motivation Team Development Responsibility Assignment Management Communications Planning Information Distribution Reporting o Status Report o Progress Report o Project Forecast Lessons Learned and/or Accomplishment Report Transmittal letter to the Project Sponsor Updated Projects A and B is 20% of this grade

LATE POLICY: Because I know that we all live in a busy environment, I will accept late assignments and Projects A, B and C, with a reduction of 10% if submitted within 24 hours of the due date/time. After that, the assignment will receive 0 points. All work submitted must be machine written (not hand written) and submitted electronically via Sakai.
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Tentative Schedule
DATE 2/08 2/15 Tuesday 2/21 6:00 pm 2/22 2/29 3/7 3/14 3/21 Tuesday 4/3 6:00 pm 4/4 Sunday 4/8 11:55 pm 4/11 Project Human Resource Management Simulation: Session 2 Project Communications Management Jigsaw Chapter 10) Simulation: Session 3 Ch 9 Ch 10 TOPIC Review class requirements, Introduction to Project Management The Project Management and Information Technology Context Microsoft Project 2010 READING/REVIEW (IN ADVANCE) Ch 1 Ch 2, App A WHAT IS DUE?

Creating Project Plans to Focus Product Development Article Discussion App A Microsoft Project 2010 The Project Management Process Ch 3, Ch 4 Groups: A Case Study Project Integration Management Economic Feasibility Analysis (Excel Project) Project Scope Management Ch 5 Simulation: Session 1 Project Time Management Ch 6 (Jigsaw Chapter 6) Project Cost Management Ch 7 EVM Workshop Spring Break Understanding the role of politics in successful project management Article Discussion Project Quality Management Ch 8 (Jigsaw Chapter 8)

Article Critique Lab A & B Lab C & D

Excel Project Project A

Article Critique

Midterm

Project B

4/18 Tuesday 4/24 6:00 pm 4/25 5/2 5/9

Managing Project Uncertainty: From Variation to Chaos Article Discussion Project Risk Management Simulation: Session 4 Procurement Management (Jigsaw Chapter 12) Final Project Presentations Ch 11 Ch 12

Article Critique Project C

Final Project (Team)

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A Guideline For Writing Effective Article Critiques

REQUISITES: Critiques should be one to two pages in length. Single spaced, 1 Margins (all around), 12 pt. Times New Roman. Write the critique from the point of view of what you, if you were the author of the article, would find most beneficial as a response to your work. ARTICLE ATTRIBUTES. Provide the following (use these as side headings): 1. Title of Article 2. Source of Article 3. Author(s) of Article 4. Date of Publication 5. Target Audience 6. Focus/Subject/Topic of Article 7. Type of Article-Empirical-based Case-based Technical/Professional Arm Chair ABSTRACT: One paragraph summary of the major points emphasized by the author(s): 1. Significant points/findings 2. Purpose of the article CRITIQUE: Identify issue(s) and present an analytical evaluation of the article from: 1. A favorable view (you agree with author(s) findings and why), or an unfavorable view (you disagree or refute the author(s) findings and why), or a mixed critique with both favorable and unfavorable review; 2. Was the content of the article consistent with the title of the article? 3. Was the article written at the right level for the publication in which it appears? 4. Did the author(s) use the reference list appropriately, when provided? 5. Is the data/case/information dated (relevant)? 6. Would you use it as a reference in a research paper you were developing? RECOMMENDATIONS: What recommendations would you make to the author(s)? Would you make a copy of the article and give it to a colleague because of the value provided by the article? Why or why not?

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