IT Project Management
November 11 – November 13, 2007 Course Objectives
This course will cover all areas of the Project Management Institute’s framework, concentrating on the methodologies, tools, and techniques specific to IT project management. Students will obtain the skills to ensure they deliver the right product to the users on time and on budget using limited resources they have in a complex and often rapidly changing environment. Heavy use is made of exercises and examples within the industry segment to make the program material as relevant as possible to the students.
Venue
The American University of Sharjah (AUS). UAE Certificate
Students will obtain one certificate of Attendance from AUS and one from AMIDEAST of 21 hours of training in IT Project Management.
Class Designed for
Direct involvement in IT development projects, either as a project manager or as a team member
Benefits Achieved
At the end of this course, students will be able to:
1. Understand the basic principles of project management methodology 2. Write a project charter and a scope statement
3. Define and manage the requirements
4. Create the work breakdown structure (WBS) and build the network diagram 5. Identify the tasks necessary to complete the project and their relationships 6. Identify the resources needed and assign them to the tasks
7. Determine the type of development approach needed and the phases required 8. Determine the budget required to complete the project
10. Identify whether parts of the project should be outsourced 11. Identify the testing and verification requirements
12. Identify the project stakeholders and create a communications plan
13. Understand the need for configuration management and for change control. 14. Be able to manage a project using Critical Chain project management techniques
The Trainer
Frank P., MS, MSSM, MBA, PMP
Frank P., MS Physics, MS Systems Management, MBA, PMP is the President of a project management consulting, training, and auditing company in USA. He has provided project management services to major U.S. companies, the U.S. Government as well as the Government of Canada, and to the United Nations in locations such as Rome and Beirut.
He brings 30 years experience in project management and technology development to his teaching and consulting work. After ending a career in the aerospace industry as the assistant technical director on a multi-billion dollar satellite program he branched out on his own in 1993 and began consulting in technology program management. He has clients in multiple industries and government agencies around the world. He was a Chief Technology Officer for a highly successful Internet e-commerce company; he headed up systems engineering at TRW Information Systems during a major infrastructure upgrade; designed a credit reporting system for a Korea-based company; and created Program Management Offices for several Fortune 1000 companies.
In addition to managing a project management consultancy, Mr. Frank P. teaches at several universities in California such as University of Southern California, University of California at Irvine (UCI) and Claremont Graduate University. He has published numerous papers in project management and systems engineering and is an international speaker. He is actively involved in PMI, serving on a number of committees at the local level and for PMI’s Global Operations Center.
Material
Introduction to IT Project Management, C. Snyder, F. Parth, Management Concepts, 2006
Course Duration Prerequisites
Direct involvement in IT development projects, either as a project manager or as a team member. Previous coursework in project management principles and practices can be substituted for experience.
Course Duration
Starting Ending Duration Location Classes Days
Date Date
Accommodation
Accommodation is not included in course fees. However, any accommodation required can be arranged by AMIDEAST/ AUS at the time of booking.
Course Fee AED 4600 Discounted Rates
Early Registration (Before October 8, 2007) AED 4140
For groups above 4 people AED 4000
Course Coordinator:
For any further assistance or information, please feel free to contact AMIDEAST: [email protected] or call 050 - 3109373
AUS : Ms. Eleni Papailia [email protected] or call 06 – 5151015 Ms. Maha Shushaa [email protected] or call 06-515 1014
Detailed Course Outline 1. Day One
Module 1 – Introduction and Overview • Course overview
• Course agenda • Course goals • Administrative items
Module 2 – PM Process Maturity • Processes
• CMM
• PM Process Maturity
Module 3 – Stakeholders and Expectations
• Identifying project stakeholders • Stakeholder categories
• Active vs. passive stakeholders • Supportive vs. subversive stakeholders • Stakeholder management
• Getting buy-in – WII-FM
• Organizational Change Management
Exercise:
• Identify the typical stakeholders for a given project
• Assess stakeholders in relation to their support of the project and their ability to influence its success
• Develop a stakeholder management template
Module 4 – Selecting the Right Projects • Project selection criteria
• Project selection processes • Alignment with strategic goals
Exercise:
2. Day Two
Module 5 – Requirements Development and Management • Types of requirements
• Attributes of requirements
• Gathering IT requirements – interviews, scenarios, and Use Cases • Requirements documentation
• Requirements Management IT Project Management Exercise:
• Requirements collection for IT systems
Module 6 – Project Phases, Life-Cycles, and Project Planning • Project Phases
• Planning Processes • The Influence Curve • The Project Plan • IT Life Cycles Exercise:
• Develop a project plan for a typical IT project Module 7 – Initiating the Project
• The project kickoff meeting • Scope statement
• Project charter • SOW
• The system development plan Exercise:
• Scope statement for an IT project • Project charter exercise
Module 8 – Scheduling the Activities • WBS for IT projects
• Estimating activity durations • Simpson’s Rule
• Creating the project schedule • Creating the network diagram Exercise:
• Estimating an IT project • Creating a network diagram
3. Day Three
Module 9 – Developing the Budget and Managing Costs
• Cost estimating for the project
• Top-down vs. Bottoms-up estimating approaches • Developing the project budget
Exercise:
• Developing a project budget for an IT project IT Project Management
Module 10 – Identifying and Managing Risks • Issues and risk management
• Developing a risk profile • Risk prioritization • Contingency planning Exercise:
• Typical IT project risks
Module 11 – Critical Chain Management
• Theory of constraints
• The critical constraint – resources • Developing the project’s critical chain • Buffer management
Exercise:
• Developing a critical chain for an IT project Module 12 – Procurement
• COTS procurement • Outsourcing • Types of contracts
