WOMEN UNIVERSITY, MULTAN
IT Project Management (IT-401 OUTLINE)
Program
BSIT-7th
Semester
Fall 2020
Course
Information Technology Project Management
Course Code
IT-401
Course Facilitator
Ms. Saba Hanif
Class Day(s) & Timing
Recommended Books
● A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge
PMBOK(R) 5th ed,
● Information Technology Information Technology by Kathy
Schwalbe
Course Description:
This course gives you the overview about what IT Project Management actually is? What tools and
techniques will you use to manage your project? Similarly, risk management, quality assurance
activities, and project planning, scheduling activities will also be covered in this course.
Course Objectives:
This course is part of the degree track, concentration, and certificate in IT Project Management. After
studying this course, students will be able to:
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Apply a set of best practice project management skills to any project
Successfully plan and implement projects
Complete a project within budget and on schedule
Delivering Quality Project
Delegate responsibilities to project team members
Effectively select, plan, implement, control, monitor, assess & terminate Engineering, social sector
& infrastructure projects.
Manage schedule & budget of projects with a view to achieve pre-assigned goals of organization.
Understand about project manager, project organization & application of various tools of Project
Management.
Manage change in scope & requirements of projects.
Understand internal, external & Physical environment of an organization, project managers,
vendors, & users of projects’ end products (deliverables) in the context of project management.
Learn Project Proposal development & Cost Benefit Analysis for a Project.
Learn economic, financial, technical & managerial feasibility of Projects.
Learning Outcomes:
On successful completion of this course, students should be able to:
● Revising the core concepts of IT Project Management
● Identifying the essential software development models, problems areas, domain requirements,
design, and quality w.r.t management fundamentals concepts
● Identifying different IT Project Management Processes, initiating the processes and applying
planning process task
● Identifying project planning objectives, tools and techniques for SDP, and elements of SDP
WOMEN UNIVERSITY, MULTAN
IT Project Management (IT-401 OUTLINE)
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Discussion of life cycle models for an organization, traditional structures of business
organization, and organizational planning
Discussing Estimation concepts, decomposition techniques, and tools
Using WBS as a Project Management tool with sample and identifying its major steps
Analyzing the core concepts scheduling and its usage of its tools
Discussing fundamental concepts of Risk and Change Management
Revising the basic concepts of Quality
Using Microsoft Project 2000 tool as practice of making tasks, activities and Gantt charts
Student Assessment and Marks Distribution:
S. No.
Assessments
1
Midterm Examination
2
Assignments, Quizzes
3
Final Exam
Undergraduate (16 Years Programs)
30 %
20%
50 %
Session wise Course Breakdown
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Introduction To Project Management
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History of Project Management
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Project Characteristics
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Project Goals
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Project Dimensions
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Project Management (PM) & IT
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Project Phases
8.
Trade-Off Triangle
9.
Project Management Skills
10.
PM’s Knowledge Areas
11.
Team Leader
12.
Leaders And Managers
13.
Project Organization
14.
Software Development Fundamentals
15.
Management Fundamentals
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Technical Fundamentals
17.
PM Process Groups
18.
Project Life Cycle
19.
Software Development Lifecycle Models
20.
Software Development Lifecycle Models
WOMEN UNIVERSITY, MULTAN
IT Project Management (IT-401 OUTLINE)
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Project vs. Program Management
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Planning Process Tasks
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Project Planning Steps
24.
The Software Development Plan (SDP)
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Software Quality
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Estimation
27.
Estimation Tools
28.
Scheduling
29.
Commissioning & Migration
30.
Work Breakdown Structure
31.
Project Integration Management
32.
Project Scope Management
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Project Time Management
34.
Project Cost Management
35.
Project Quality Management
36.
Project HR Management
37.
Project Communications Management
38.
Project Risk Management
39.
Project Procurement Management
40.
Project Stakeholder Management
41.
Project Management Tools
42.
Application Tools (Microsoft Project 2000)