Course detail

Information Systems Project Management

FIT-IRPAcad. year: 2010/2011

Basic conception of project management. Traditional project management methodologies. Principles, tools and techniques of project management. Project leadership. Defining the project. Planning, monitoring and controlling mechanisms and techniques for leadership and team building. Quality assurance and assessment of project products. Project management software support.

Language of instruction

Czech

Number of ECTS credits

5

Mode of study

Not applicable.

Guarantor

doc. RNDr. Jitka Kreslíková, CSc.

Department

Department of Information Systems (UIFS)

Learning outcomes of the course unit

Student will be able to develop project management plans including risk analysis and migration plans, to identify monitoring and controlling mechanisms for IS projects, to describe how to allocate and re-allocate project resources, both for the target system and the development organisation, to track the schedule and budget to both quality and productivity. Student will understand the relationships among quality assurance, configuration management and project documentation. Student overrule project and product process assessments.assurance, configuration management and project documentation, to understand project and product process assessments.

Student will sample the role and skills essential for effective Project Management. Student will learn how to co-operate in project team (12 members/per team).

Prerequisites

The knowledge in the area of complex software system development. The knowledge of software development stages and models of software life-time. The ability to analyse of the requirements and the software system design.

Co-requisites

Not applicable.

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

Not applicable.

Assesment methods and criteria linked to learning outcomes

Study evaluation is based on marks obtained for specified items. Minimimum number of marks to pass is 50.

Course curriculum

  1. Introduction. The project management framework.
  2. The project management knowledge areas.
  3. Project definition.
  4. Project scope management.
  5. Project time management.
  6. Project human resource management.
  7. Project communication management.
  8. Project cost management.
  9. Project risk management. Project quality management.
  10. Project procurement management.
  11. Project integration management. Project closure.
  12. Methods and proceedings used in project management.
  13. Project management software support.

Work placements

Not applicable.

Aims

To get view about purpose, role and all aspects of information system project management. To acquaint with detailed identification of basic techniques of project management and to practise these techniques by models occurrence with using of supportive tools. To create of definite conception about needs successful information systems of project management.

Specification of controlled education, way of implementation and compensation for absences

Two home assignments. Mid-term test. Evaluated team project with defence. Final written examination.

Recommended optional programme components

Not applicable.

Prerequisites and corequisites

Not applicable.

Basic literature

  • A Guide To The Project Management Body Of Knowledge, Fourth Edition, Project Management Institute, 2008, ISBN 978-1-933890-51-7.
  • Schwalbe, K.: Řízení projektů v IT, Computer Press, 2007, ISBN 978-80-251-1526-8.
  • Kerzner, H.: Project Management A Systems Approach to Planning, Scheduling, and Controlling, John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2006, ISBN 13 978-0-471-74187-9.
  • Pitaš, J. a kol.: Národní standard kompetencí projektového řízení, Společnost pro projektové řízení, o.s., 2008, ISBN 978-80-214-3665-7.
  • Doležal J., Máchal P., Lacko B. a kol.: Projektový management podle IPMA, Grada, 2009, ISBN 978-80-247-2848-3.
  • Schulte, P.: Complex IT Project Management, AUERBACH PUBLICATION, 2004, ISBN 0849319323. Hallows J. Information Systems Project Management, 1998.
  • Rašovský M.: Operační analýza a modelování, skriptum MZU Brno, 1998.

Recommended reading

  • Kališ J., Říha M.: Microsoft Office Project, Kompletní průvodce pro verze 2007 a 2003, Computer Press, 2008, ISBN 978-80-251-1931-0.
  • Svozilová, A.: Projektový management, GRADA Publishing, 2007, ISBN 80-247-1501-5.
  • Němec, V.: Projektový management, GRADA Publishing, a.s., 2007, ISBN 80-247-0392-0.
  • Rosenau M. D.: Řízení projektů, Computer Press, 2003, ISBN 80-7226-218-1.

Classification of course in study plans

  • Programme IT-BC-3 Bachelor's

    branch BIT , any year of study, summer semester, elective

Type of course unit

 

Lecture

26 hours, optionally

Teacher / Lecturer

doc. RNDr. Jitka Kreslíková, CSc.

Syllabus

  1. Introduction. The project management framework.
  2. The project management knowledge areas.
  3. Project definition.
  4. Project scope management.
  5. Project time management.
  6. Project human resource management.
  7. Project communication management.
  8. Project cost management.
  9. Project risk management. Project quality management.
  10. Project procurement management.
  11. Project integration management. Project closure.
  12. Methods and proceedings used in project management.
  13. Project management software support.

Exercise in computer lab

6 hours, optionally

Teacher / Lecturer

doc. RNDr. Jitka Kreslíková, CSc.

Syllabus

  1. Introduce to MS Project.

Project

20 hours, optionally

Teacher / Lecturer

doc. RNDr. Jitka Kreslíková, CSc.