CIS8010 Information Systems Project Management
| Assignment 5 | |
| Units : | 1 |
| Faculty or Section : | Faculty of Business, Education, Law and Arts |
| School or Department : | School of× Management and Enterprise |
| Version produced : | 23 September 2014 |
Rationale
The pervasive nature of information systems and information technology (IS/IT) now influences most operational and managerial facets of modern organisations. The task for IS/IT managers is to learn and apply new approaches of planning, designing, and implementing information systems that meet corporate goals and objectives. Project management is an essential management process that can make the difference between an information system project's failure or success.
Synopsis
This course applies the nine project management knowledge areas - project integration, scope, time, cost, quality, human resources, communications, risk and procurement management, across the project management lifecycle of initiation, planning, executing, controlling and closing. The use of computer-based project management tools and techniques suitable for IS project management are also emphasised and form a vital part of the student's skills and knowledge portfolio.
Objectives
On successful completion of this course, students should be able to:
- understand the genesis of project management and its importance to improving the success of information technology projects
- understand the triple constraint of project management: scope, time, cost
- describe project management knowledge areas and process groups
- understand the project life cycle: initiation, planning, executing, controlling and closing
- demonstrate knowledge of project management terms and techniques 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
- apply project management software to help plan and manage information technology projects.
Topics
| Description | Weighting(%) | |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | The triple constraint: scope, time and cost | 25.00 |
| 2. | Project management tools | 10.00 |
| 3. | IS project initiation, planning, executing, controlling and closing | 25.00 |
| 4. | IS project quality management | 8.00 |
| 5. | IS project human resource management | 8.00 |
| 6. | IS project communications management | 8.00 |
| 7. | IS project risk management | 8.00 |
| 8. | IS project procurement management | 8.00 |
Text and materials required to be purchased or accessed
Schwalbe, K 2014, Information technology project management, 7th edn, Course Technology/Cengage Learning, Boston, Massachusetts.
Reference materials
Reference materials are materials that, if accessed by students, may improve their knowledge and understanding of the material in the course and enrich their learning experience.
- Kapur, G 2005, Project management for information, technology, business and certification, Pearson/Prentice Hall, Upper Saddle River, New Jersey.CIS8010_Assignment 3 SPECIFICATIONS
- Project Management Institute 2008, A guide to the project management body of knowledge, 4th edn, Project Management Institute, Newtown Square, Pennsylvania.
- Smith, JM 2001, Troubled IT projects: prevention and turnaround, Institution of Electrical Engineers, London.
- Yardley, D 2002, Successful IT project delivery: learning the lessons of project failure, Addison Wesley, Boston, Massachusetts.
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