Course Teaching Plan

Faculty/School: COLTECH Department: Computer Engineering

Course Title: IT Project Management Code: CENP4201
Semester: 2
Day: Course Duration: 20 Hours
Instructor(s): Dr. Suh Charles Forbacha
Office/Hour: 8:00 - 15:00
Tel/Email: 672528165/forbacharles@yahoo.com
COURSE DESCRIPTION: The objective of this course is to develop the students' understanding of the issues
involved in managing Information Systems projects.

COURSE Objectives and outcomes: Upon completing the course, the student will be able to:
• Understand the importance of project management certification
• Describe the project management process groups
• Describe the process of project integration management
• Understand the importance of project scope management and use various techniques to manage scope
• Understand the importance of project time management and how to use various techniques to manage time
• Describe human resource management and its role in project management
• Understand the importance of project quality management and how to use various techniques to manage time
• Understand project communications management and its role in project management
• Understand risk management and techniques to manage risk in projects
• Understand the importance of, and be able to conduct, project

METHOD OF INSTRUCTION:
The course will entail lectures, discussion as well as group activities. Lectures will incorporate PowerPoint
presentations based on availability of projectors and simulations it would be very required for demonstration
purposes. Group work will be clearly identified plus assigned. Group assignments will be presented in class.

ATTENDANCE/ EVALUATION:
- Attendance is necessary and as such, students are required to attend classes plus participate
actively. Thus, attendance and active participation will constitute a fraction of the CA
- Continuous assessment (including presentations by students)
- Comprehensive exam spanning the topics discussed throughout the semester

REQUIRED Reading
A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK guide)
IT Project Management - Jack T. Marchewkwa
IT Project Management - Kathy Schwalbe (2015)
Bibliography
Week Slot Topic Activity
 Day Time L T P
1 Chapter 1: Introduction to Project Management
 Definition of project management
 Definition of project √
 History of project management
 IT Project Management Today
2 Chapter 2: The Software Crisis

 Why IT projects fail

 Improving the likelihood of success. √
 Working with management
 Project management approach
 Planning the Project
 Knowledge management approach
3 Chapter 3: Attributes of a Project
√
 Attributes of a project
 Time frame
 Purpose
 Ownership
 Resources
 Roles today
 Risk assumptions
 Independent tasks
 Project Initiation
 Organisational change
4 Chapter 4: Project life cycle & IT development
√
 Define project goals
 Plan project
 Execute plan
 Close project
 Evaluate project
 IT project life cycle
 Planning
 Analysis
 Design
 Implementation
 Maintenance & Support
Structured approach to system development
 Rapid application development
 Prototyping
 Extreme programming
 Spiral development

5 Chapter 5: Project selection/initiation √

 Business value
  Technology
 Cost/benefit questions
 Risk
 PLC vs SDLC
 Project management knowledge areas
 Team building
6 Chapter 6: Work Breakdown Structure (WBS)

 Project development plan

 Project execution plan √
 Human resource management
 Project time management

Project quality management

7 CA √ √

8  Work packages
 Deliverables & milestones √
 Developing a work breakdown structure
 WBS –deliverable oriented
 WBS – measurable organisational value
 Detail – support planning & control
Learning cycles & lessons learned
9 Chapter 8: Developing/creating budget
 Cost estimation
√
 Other costs
 Resource allocation
 Revising the project plan
10 Chapter 9: IT Project Quality and Completion

 IT Project Quality Management √

 Managing teams and completing project
 Introduction to MS Project/Lab session on using MS
Project
11 Chapter 10: Task Scheduling Techniques

 Gantt Diagram √ √
 MPM Diagram
 PERT Diagram
 Critical tasks
 UML

12 Tutorials/Lab session √

13 Tutorials/Revision √