AY2014/2015 October Semester

IT Project Management
Tutorial 1: Introduction to IT Project Management
Objectives:
1. Explain what a project is, provide examples of information technology
2. projects, list various attributes of projects, and discuss the triple constraint of
project management
. !escribe project management and "ey elements of the project management
framewor", including project sta"eholders, project management "nowledge
areas, common tools and techni#ues, and project success factors.
$. %nderstand the role of the project manager and the s"ills re#uired
&tudents are encouraged to prepare their draft answer before class, as this will help
them to discuss the #uestions and answers during the tutorial session.
1. 'hat is a project, and what are its main attributes(
)ow is a project different from what most people do in their day* to*day jobs(
2. !escribe the relationship among scope, schedule and budget.
. +n 1,,-, the &tandish .roup published an often*#uoted study titled /0he
1)2O& 3eport4 or simply /1)2O&4. 0his prestigious consulting firm
surveyed 5- information technology executive managers in the %nited &tates
who managed more than 6,67 information technology application projects.
0he &tandish .roup also did a study in 2771 on why some +0 projects succeed
and others fail.
8ased on the information found in the report Extreme 1haos 2771, what are the
top 17 factors for +0 project success(
$. 'hat is the role of the project manager( 'hat are suggested s"ills for all project
managers and for information technology project managers(
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