615-275 Project Management

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At the completion of this subject, students should:

• understand the motivation for use of good management practice in IT projects;

• be familiar with the various stages of the project life cycle, and the tasks and deliverables for each stage;

• have an appreciation of the risks involved in large projects and be familiar with techniques of risk management;

• be familiar with the various scheduling techniques available for project management, and be able to apply techniques such as PERT, CPM, and resource levelling to project plans;

• be capable of undertaking project costing and estimation;

• recognise that human resources are an integral part of IT projects and need to be carefully managed.

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This subject will include aspects of the following topics: introduction to project management, reasons why projects fail, the project life cycle, its tasks and deliverables, defining projects and establishing project contracts, requirements analysis. Feasibility analysis; cost estimation and cost/benefit analysis. Project scheduling: activity networks, critical path analysis, resource levelling. Risk management, quality assurance, managing project phases and project resources, testing and project delivery, post implementation review. Human aspects: interpersonal communication, teamwork, project leadership.

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