• Contents: Role of the Project Manager, Project Management in Information Technology Context, A system view of Project Management, Understanding the Organization, Stakeholder Management, Project Phases and the Project Life Cycle, Context of Information Technology Projects, Project Management Process Groups, Mapping Process Groups to Knowledge Areas.
• Hours: 5
• Targeted Levels of Blooms Taxonomy: 1 and 2*
• Learning Outcomes:
  • LO1: Describe the fundamental concepts of Project Management in Information Technology.
• Resources: B. No. 1, B. No. 2 and related text from other referred readings. (Lecture)
• Assignment: Describe need and key elements of IT project management framework.

• Contents: Project Integration management processes. Strategic Planning and Project Selection, Preliminary Scope statements, Project Scope Management, Scope Planning and Scope Management Plan, Scope Definition and the Project Scope Statement.
• Hours: 6
• Targeted Levels of Blooms Taxonomy: 1, 2 and 3*
• Learning Outcomes:
  • LO1: Explain the over all integration management framework and its relationship with other knowledge areas.
  • LO2: Describe the scope definition and the content of a project scope statement.
• Resources: B. No. 1, B. No. 2 and related text from other referred readings (Lecture, and case-lets)
• Assignment: Discuss the strategic planning process and apply different project selection methods if you are the project manager of a medium sized organization.

• Contents: Activity Definition and Sequencing, Activity Resource and Duration Estimating, Schedule Development and Control.
• Hours: 5
• Targeted Levels of Blooms Taxonomy: 1, 2, 3 and 4*
• Learning Outcomes:
  • LO1: Demonstrate implementation of Activity Definition, Sequencing, Resource and Duration Estimating, Schedule Development and Control.
• Resources: B. No. 1, B. No. 2 and related text from other referred readings (Lecture, and case-lets)
• Assignment: Create an Activity-on-Arrow or PDM network diagram for a medium sized organization. Also find the project duration using critical path method.

• Contents: Importance of Project Cost management, Estimating, Cost Budgeting, Cost Control.
• Hours: 6
• Targeted Levels of Blooms Taxonomy: 1, 2 and 3*
• Learning Outcomes:
  • LO1: Discuss different types of cost estimates and methods for preparing them.
• Resources: B. No. 1, B. No. 2 and related text from other referred readings (Lecture, and case-lets)
• Assignment: explain the process of determining a budget and preparing a cost estimate for an IT project.

• Contents: Project Quality Management, Quality Planning, Quality Assurance, Quality Control, Project Human Resource Management, Keys to Managing People, Human Resource Planning, Acquiring the Project Team, Developing the Project Team, Managing the Project Team.
• Hours: 6
• Targeted Levels of Blooms Taxonomy: 1, 2 and 3*
• Learning Outcomes:
  • LO1: Define project quality management, quality assurance and how quality relates to various aspects of IT projects.
  • LO2: Discuss human resource management planning and create human resource plan, project organizational chart, and responsibility assignment matrix and resourse histogram.
• Resources: B. No. 1, B. No. 2 and related text from other referred readings (Lecture and discuss.)
• Assignment: Describe the tools and techniques for Quality control such as statistical sampling, Six-Sigma and testing.

• Contents: Communication Planning, Information Distribution, Performance Reporting, Managing Stakeholders, Project Risk Management, Risk Management Planning, Risk Response Planning, Risk Monitoring and Control.
• Hours: 6
• Targeted Levels of Blooms Taxonomy: 1 and 2*
• Learning Outcomes:
  • LO1: Describe communications among teams in IT project, manage communications, including communication technologies, media and performance reporting.
  • LO2: Describe the elements involved in risk management planning and the contents of a risk management plan.
• Resources: B. No. 1, B. No. 2 and related text from other referred readings (Lecture and discuss.)
• Assignment: list the various methods used for improving project communications such as running effective meetings, using various technologies effectively and using templates. And List common sources of risk in Information technology projects.

• Contents: Planning Purchasing and Acquisitions, Planning Contracting, Requesting Seller Responses, Selecting Sellers, Administering the Contract, Closing the Contract.
• Hours: 6
• Targeted Levels of Blooms Taxonomy: 1, 2, 3 and 4*
• Learning Outcomes:
  • LO1: Describe the work involved in planning procurement for projects including determining proper type of contract to use, preparing a procurement management plan, statement of work, source selection criteria and make-or-buy analysis.
• Resources: B. No. 1, B. No. 2 and related text from other referred readings
• Assignment: Explain how to conduct procurements and strategies for obtaining seller response, selecting sellers and awarding contracts if you were the project manager of a large IT company.

* 1- Remember, 2- understand, 3- Apply, 4- Analyze, 5-Evaluate, 6- Create