Information Technology Project Management Course

Date : 30 September 2022

Updated : 6 March 2024

By : Khawar Nehal (khawar@atrc.net.pk)

Course Title: IT Project Management

Course Overview:

  This course provides an in-depth understanding of project management principles, practices, and tools specifically tailored to IT projects. Students will learn how to initiate, plan, execute, monitor, control, and close IT projects successfully.

Course Objectives:

  Understand the fundamentals of project management and its application in IT projects.
  Learn how to initiate and define IT projects effectively, including stakeholder identification and requirements gathering.
  Develop skills in project planning, including scope management, scheduling, resource allocation, and budgeting.
  Gain proficiency in project execution, including team leadership, communication, risk management, and quality assurance.
  Learn techniques for monitoring and controlling IT projects, including progress tracking, issue management, and change control.
  Understand the importance of project closure and post-implementation review in IT project management.

Course Outline:

Module 1: Introduction to IT Project Management

  Overview of project management concepts
  Importance of project management in IT
  Key roles and responsibilities in IT project management

Module 2: Project Initiation

  Defining project objectives and scope
  Stakeholder identification and analysis
  Requirements gathering and analysis

Module 3: Project Planning

  Work breakdown structure (WBS) development
  Schedule development and management
  Resource allocation and management
  Budgeting and cost estimation
  Risk identification, assessment, and mitigation planning

Module 4: Project Execution

  Team development and leadership
  Communication and collaboration in IT projects
  Procurement management for IT projects
  Quality assurance and control

Module 5: Project Monitoring and Control

  Progress tracking and performance measurement
  Issue identification and management
  Change management and configuration control
  Earned value management (EVM) for IT projects

Module 6: Project Closure and Post-Implementation Review

  Formalizing project closure
  Lessons learned and knowledge transfer
  Project documentation and archiving
  Post-implementation review and project evaluation

Assessment:

  Assignments and quizzes to assess understanding of key concepts
  Group projects or case studies to apply project management principles in real-world scenarios
  Final exam to evaluate overall comprehension of course material

Conclusion:

  Summary of key takeaways from the course
  Next steps for further learning or certification in IT project management

Prerequisites:

  Basic understanding of project management concepts is recommended but not required.

This course outline provides a structured framework for teaching essential IT project management skills and knowledge to students. Instructors can customize the content and activities based on the specific needs and objectives of the course and the target audience.

Course Description:

IT Project Management: Fundamentals overviews the basics of project management. It provides the theory and core methodology you will need to manage projects or participate on project teams.

This course uses openproject as a project management software application

Target Student:

Students enrolling in this course should be planning to lead a project (primary audience) or

serve on a project team (secondary audience).

Prerequisites:

To ensure your success, we recommend you have some working knowledge of computer usage.

The basics are covered in the our OCDL course.

Open Computer Driving License (OCDL)

Benefits:

Students will learn how to use project management techniques to plan, organize, control,

document, and close out their projects successfully and with minimum risk.

Performance Based Objectives :

Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:

• Discuss the phases of the Project Management Life Cycle and a project manager's role in each phase.

• List and discuss basic project success criteria and common reasons for project failure.

• Discuss techniques for setting up a strong project team.

• List and discuss elements of a Risk Management Plan.

• Discuss techniques for planning and sequencing project activities, including the

Work Breakdown Structure and the Network Logic Diagram.

• Identify the Critical Path for completing a project on schedule.

• List and discuss the cost elements that should be included in a project budget.

• Discuss techniques for controlling for deviation from budgets and schedules.

• Discuss key elements of project management communications and reporting tools.

• Discuss key activities of project closeout.

Match competence to scenario

Evaluate a project business case

Identify and assess stakeholders

Stakeholders

Resource management

Teams

Define product scope

Project charter

Product and project scope

Decompose product scope into stakeholder requirements

Create WBS and dictionary

Work breakdown structure

Cause-and-effect diagram

Risk register

SWOT analysis

Create risk register

Risk identification and management

ICT Risk Management

Project Risk

The Teamwork Challenge

Selecting Team Members

The Team Charter

Develop a communication plan

Responsibility assignment (RACI) matrix

Run charts

Project Cycle Optimisation (PCO)

Participatory Impact Pathways Analysis (An approach for developing common understanding and consensus amongst project participants and stakeholders as to how the project will achieve its goal)

Logical framework approach

Project management is composed of several different types of activities such as:

  Analysis and design of objectives and events
  Planning the work according to the objectives
  Assessing and controlling risk (or Risk Management)
  Estimating resources
  Allocation of resources
  Organizing the work
      http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Work_(project_management)
      http://www.projectsmart.co.uk/introduction-to-project-management.html
  Acquiring human and material resources
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  Assigning tasks
  Directing activities
  Controlling project execution
  Tracking and reporting progress (Management information system)
  Analyzing the results based on the facts achieved
  Defining the products of the project
  Forecasting future trends in the project
  Quality Management
  Issues management
  Issue solving
  Defect prevention
  Identifying, managing & controlling changes
  Project closure (and project debrief)
  Communicating to stakeholders

The following documents serve to clarify objectives and deliverables and to align sponsors, clients, and project team's expectations.

  Project Charter
  Preliminary Scope Statement / Statement of work
  Business case / Feasibility Study
  Scope Statement / Terms of reference
  Project management plan / Project Initiation Document
  Work Breakdown Structure
  Change Control Plan
  Risk Management Plan
  Risk Breakdown Structure
  Communications Plan
  Governance Model
  Risk Register
  Issue Log
  Action Item List
  Resource Management Plan
  Project Schedule
  Project Status Report
  Responsibility assignment (RACI) matrix
  Database of lessons learned
  Stakeholder Analysis
  Document Management

These documents are normally hosted on a shared resource (i.e., intranet web page) and are available for review by the project's stakeholders (except for the Stakeholder Analysis, since this document comprises personal information regarding certain stakeholders. Only the Project Manager has access to this analysis). Changes or updates to these documents are explicitly outlined in the project's configuration management (or change control plan).

Project Management tools include following:

  Earned value management
  
  Monte Carlo methods in finance

• Online tools to run a Project Health Check (Ph-Check tool), take a baseline or checkpoint, or to generate highlight, or status reports.

  PERT charts
  Gantt charts
  Event Chain Diagrams

  Glossary of project management
  List of management topics
  List of production topics
  List of project management software
  List of Theory of Constraints topics
  Timeline of project management

Establish quality metrics
Create an initial schedule and budget
    Effort and duration
    Estimating effort
    Level of accuracy in estimates
    Team-based estimation
    Scheduling
    Estimating cost
Review and disposition a change request
    Change management
Plan a project rollout
    Testing
    Release management
Use metrics to reassess the business case
    Delivering business value

What is a Project?

The Project Management Life Cycle

The Role of the Project Manager

The Meaning of Success

What Happens in the Initiation Phase?

Project Definition and Scope

Putting Together a Statement of Work

The Project Charter

The Work Breakdown Structure

Work Package Sequencing

The Scheduling Process

Time Estimates

What is a Budget?

Creating a Preliminary Budget

Budget and Schedule Balancing

Moving the Project Forward

Monitoring for Project Progress

Earned Value Analysis

Getting Back on Track

Communications Overview

Project Performance Reports

Project Change Requests

Close out a project

Elements of Closeout

Evaluation of People and Projects

• Learn about project management, organizational project management, and project management maturity

• Understand the essentials for effectively managing a project

• Learn a simplified project methodology, including stages and stage gates

• Learn how to start the project right and continue on the right path toward achieving project strategic objectives

• Apply the learning to develop the PM and Project Detailed Plans

• Understand project implementation, control, handover, and closure

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APM Certifications

Project, Program & Portfolio Management

PMI Certifications

Contact Information

What is included :

1 hour of teacher online time per participant.

If participants discuss in a group, the total time available shall increase.

Example : If a group of 10 participants attend a 1 hour discussion, only 6 minutes of teacher time shall be counted from each participant's one hour available.

23 Assignments

23 Quizzes

3 Vivas

1 Online Certificate

1 Printed certificate

Fees

PKR 50,000 per participant

Limited time and limited intake offer

Inside Pakistan : PKR 5,000

Outside Pakistan PKR 6,000

Duration : 2 Months maximum from the start.

This course requires about 115 hours of study. This is about 2 hours per day for 60 days.

Financial aid and student loans also available for cases which need it. Anyone can apply.