COURSE OUTLINE
CENTRE FOR
COURSE NAME:
IT Project Management
COURSE CODE:
BUS4054
CREDIT HOURS:
42
PREREQUISITES:
COREQUISITES:
PLAR ELIGIBLE: YES
( X ) NO
( )
EFFECTIVE DATE: Sep 2022
PROFESSOR: Jim Mitkovski
OFFICE #: N/A
PHONE: N/A
EMAIL: jim.mitkovski@georgebrown.ca
NOTE TO STUDENTS: Academic Departments at George Brown College will NOT retain historical copies
of Course Outlines. We urge you to retain this Course Outline for your future reference.
FOR OFFICE USE ONLY
ORIGINATOR:__________________________________________________________________________
SIGNATURE
DATE
CHAIR:_________________________________________________________________________________
SIGNATURE
DATE
DATE OF REVISION:__________________________________________________
EQUITY STATEMENT: George Brown College values the talents and contributions of its students, staff and community
partners and seeks to create a welcoming environment where equity, diversity and safety of all groups are fundamental.
Language or activities which are inconsistent with this philosophy violate the College policy on the Prevention of Discrimination and Harassment and will not be tolerated. The commitment and cooperation of all students and staff are required
to maintain this environment. Information and assistance are available through your Chair, Student Affairs, the Student
Association or the Human Rights Advisor.
STUDENT RESPONSIBILITIES: Students should obtain a copy of the Student Handbook and refer to it for additional
information regarding the grading system, withdrawals, exemptions, class assignments, missed tests and exams, supplemental privileges, and academic dishonesty. Students are required to apply themselves diligently to the course of study,
and to prepare class and homework assignments as given. Past student performance shows a strong relationship between
regular attendance and success.
COURSE NAME: IT Project Management BUS4054
PAGE: 1
COURSE DESCRIPTION:
Although project management has been an established field for many years, Schwalbe
(2010) acknowledges that engaging within IT projects requires ideas and information that go beyond standard project management. Working as Business Analysts in project environments, an
understanding of your roles within projects becomes further specialized from that of simply understanding standard project management theory.
Within the IT Project Management for BA's course, you will acknowledge the PM process which directly and indirectly influence your work as BA's, identify the PM characteristics
which are essential for BA's, including an understanding of the PM process groups, PM integration, scope identification, implementing the WBS, time management, cost management, and utilizing project technology tools to manage projects.
ESSENTIAL EMPLOYABILITY SKILLS:
As mandated by the Ministry of Training, Colleges and Universities essential employability
skills (EES) will be addressed throughout all programs of study. Students will have the opportunity to learn (L) specific skills, to practice (P) these skills, and/or be evaluated (E) on the
EES outcomes in a variety of courses. The EES include communication, numeracy, critical
thinking & problem solving, information management, interpersonal and personal skills. The faculty for this course has indicated which of the EES are either Learned (L), Practiced (P) or Evaluated (E) in this course:
Skill
L P
E Skill
1. to communicate clearly, concisely
and correctly in the written, spoken and
visual form that fulfills the purpose and
meets the needs of the audience
x
x
x
2. to respond to written, spoken or visual messages in a manner that ensures
effective communication
x
x
x
3. to execute mathematical operations
accurately
x
x
x
4. to apply a systematic approach to
solve problems
x
x
x
5. to use a variety of thinking skills to
anticipate and solve problems.
x
x
x
6. to analyze, evaluate, and apply relevant information from a variety of
sources
x
x
x
COURSE NAME: IT Project Management
COURSE CODE: BUS4054
7.
to locate, select, organize and document information using appropriate technology and information sources
8. to show respect for the
diverse opinions, values, belief systems, and
contributions of others
9. to interact with others
in groups or teams in
ways that contribute to
effective working relationships and the
achievement of goals
10. to manage the use of
time and other resources to complete
projects
11. to take responsibility
for my actions, decisions and consequences
L P
x x
E
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
PAGE: 2
COURSE OUTCOMES:
Upon successful completion of this course the students will have reliably demonstrated the ability to:
1. Describe project management and discuss key elements of the project management
framework, including project stakeholders, the project management knowledge areas,
performance domains, common tools and techniques, and project success
2. Understand organizations, including the four frames, organizational structures, and organizational culture
3. Describe the five project management process groups, the typical level of activity for
each, and the interactions among them
4. Identify and contrast predictive, agile, iterative, incremental and hybrid models of delivery
5. Describe a variety of agile frameworks including the Scrum and Kanban frameworks
6. Explain the importance of creating a project charter to formally initiate projects
7. Describe project management plan development, understand the content of these plans,
and review approaches for creating them
8. Understand the importance of good project scope management
9. Discuss methods for collecting and documenting requirements in order to meet stakeholder needs and expectations
10. Discuss the process for creating a work breakdown structure using the analogy, topdown, bottom-up, and mind-mapping approaches
11. Explain the importance of verifying scope and how it relates to defining and controlling
scope
12. Understand the importance of project schedules and good project time management
13. Understand the importance of project cost management
14. Discuss different types of cost estimates and methods for preparing them
15. Discuss the process of identifying stakeholders and how to create a stakeholder register
and stakeholder management strategy
16. Create and manage a project plan / Gantt Chart using MS Project, Jira and other project
management scheduling tools, including the creation of dependencies, identification of
critical path.
17. Understand the importance of risk management. Identify the techniques used to qualify
and prioritize risk and list the risk response strategies available to you to manage risk
18. Understand the importance of communication in project management application
19. Understand how to motivate the project team(s)
20. Explain leadership techniques required for effective project management
DELIVERY METHODS / LEARNING ACTIVITIES:
Lecture, Presentations, Self-guided readings and Video/Podcasts (Material; PMI Projectified
Podcasts, LinkedIn Learning as applicable)
LIST OF TEXTBOOKS AND OTHER TEACHING AIDS:
Required: IIBA Website / Library
Recommended / Optional:
Main texts include:
A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK® Guide), Sixth Edition
by Project Management Institute
Project Management Institute © 2017
COURSE NAME: IT Project Management
COURSE CODE: BUS4054
PAGE: 3
ISBN 9781628251845 (paperback) LCCN 2017035597 (ebook)
Agile Practice Guide
by Project Management Institute
Project Management Institute © 2017
ISBN 978-1-62825-199-9
TESTING POLICY:
ASSIGNMENT POLICY:
All work is expected to be completed and submitted on the due date. The professor will give further instructions in class. Late assignments will be penalized up to 5% per day.
EVALUATION SYSTEM:
Assessment Tool:
Description:
Outcome(s)
assessed:
EES
assessed:
Date /
Week:
% of Final
Grade:
Assignments (6 Total; combination of
group and individual)
1. Complete stakeholder
analysis and create stakeholder needs matrix
(Group) 4% of grade
5, 7, 8, 11, 15,
16, 17, 18
3, 4, 5, 6, 7,
8, 9
Wk4, Wk7,
Wk9, Wk10,
Wk11, Wk13
22.5%
Wk 13
17.5%
2. Develop WBS (Group)
4.5% of Grade
3. Project Selection Methods / Financial Returns Assignment (Individual) 5%
of Grade
4. Develop Network Diagram and identify critical
path, calculate early / late
dates and project float /
Describe schedule constraints (individual) 4% of
Grade
5. Earned Value Management Calculations
(Individual) 5% of Grade
Group Project
Video Tutorial - Project
Communications OR Project Quality OR Project
Procurement Management
5 components include:
- Project charter
- Project WBS
- Project Schedule
Risk Register
COURSE NAME: IT Project Management
COURSE CODE: BUS4054
PAGE: 4
Discussion Boards
Final product
(video)
Students will reflect on
provided set of videos,
podcasts, other to share a
summary of the content
and their thoughts on a
key concept(s), how the
concept(s), technique(s),
tool(s), other discussed in
the video/podcast can be
applied in the student’s
current role, what material
the student found interesting and/or difficult to understand or challenges
they encountered, etc.
Possible: 1, 2,
3, 4, 5, 9, 13,
15, 17, 18, 19,
20
1, 2, 6
Wk 2, 5, 11,
14
10%
Mid-term Exam
1-9
3, 5, 6, 10,
11
Wk9
20%
Final Exam
10 - 20
3, 5, 6, 10,
11
Wk15
30%
TOTAL:
100%
GRADING SYSTEM
The passing grade for this course is: D
A+
90-100
4.0
B+
77-79
3.3
C+
67-69
2.3
D+
57-59
1.3
A
86-89
4.0
B
73-76
3.0
C
63-66
2.0
D
50-56
1.0
A-
80-85
3.7
B-
70-72
2.7
C-
60-62
1.7
Below 50
F
Excerpt from the College Policy on Academic Dishonesty:
The minimal consequence for submitting a plagiarized, purchased, contracted, or in any manner inappropriately negotiated or falsified assignment, test, essay, project, or any evaluated material will be a grade of zero on that material.
To view George Brown College policies please go to www.gbrownc.on.ca/policies
TOPICAL OUTLINE:
COURSE NAME: IT Project Management
COURSE CODE: BUS4054
PAGE: 5
0.0
Week
Topic / Task
Outcome(s)
Content / Activities
Resources
1
Sep 8
Introduction to Course & Course
Outline
Outline course expectations.
Define a project group activity
Lecture 1: Introduction to Project
Management
Define a project, project
management and the
role of the project manager
Polling activities:
student experience,
when I think “project
management” I...,
PM competencies
A Guide to
PMBOK; Part 1;
Ch. 1
pp 1-11, 17-26
Lecture_PowerPoint (PP) material
Compare PMBOK6 vs.
PMBOK7:
List and describe the 5
process groups
List and describe the 10
knowledge management
areas
vs.
List and describe 12 Project Management Principles (NEW)
List and describe 8 Project Performance Domains (NEW)
Describe the project
lifecycle
2
Sep 15
Lecture 2: Project & Development Life Cycles
Describe the project
lifecycle
Class activities include quiz, polls and
interactive games
Agile Practice
Guide Ch3 pp18-24
Define the Project DevelLecture_Poweropment Life Cycles
DUE: Discussion
Point (PP) material
Board_1: 2022
Identify and contrast pre- One of Projectified
dictive, agile, iterative,
Podcast
incremental and hybrid
1. Jobs Outmodels of delivery
look for Project Leaders
2.
3.
COURSE NAME: IT Project Management
COURSE CODE: BUS4054
Healthcare
Innovation:
Keeping
the Focus
on Patients
Leadership
Lessons
from Most
Influential
Projects
2021
PAGE: 6
3
Sep 22
Lecture 3: Introduction to Agile
Lecture 4: Introduction to Scrum
Lecture 5: Introduction to Kanban
Identify and contrast predictive, agile, iterative,
incremental and hybrid
models of delivery
Class activity: agile
concepts described
using visuals /
quotes, memes, gifs,
etc. (via padlet)
Agile Practice
Guide; Ch 2, Ch3,
Classroom discussion: discuss the advantages and disadvantages of the 3 different project organizational structures
A Guide to PMBOK
6; Ch 2; pp 45-47
Lecture_PowerPoint (PP) material
Describe a variety of agile frameworks including
the Scrum and Kanban
frameworks
Describe an overall
framework for project integration management
as it relates to the other
project management
knowledge areas and the
project life cycle
Explain the strategic
planning process and apply different project selection methods
4
Sep 29
Lecture 6: Organizational Structures & Culture
Starting A Project:
Lecture 7: The Project Charter
(Develop the Project Charter)
List 3 organizational
structures and their impact on the PM process
Enterprise Environmental Factors
Explain the importance
of creating a project
charter to formally initiate projects
Project Charter:
Gather examples of a
project charter (using online search)
and review the key
elements of the
charter against
PMBOK definition of
a project charter
Class Materials
(BlackBoard), Deck
Organizational
Structure & Culture
A Guide to PMBOK
6; Ch 4; pp 75-81
Lecture_PowerPoint (PP) material
In groups students
will be given the “Introduction to Project
Management”
Course and develop
a charter that outlines the objectives,
approach, high level
requirements, risks
and assumption, major deliverables in
the development of
the course for
George Brown.
COURSE NAME: IT Project Management
COURSE CODE: BUS4054
PAGE: 7
5
Oct 6
Prior to Project Start:
Lecture 9: Selecting the Right
Projects
Starting a Project:
Lecture 8: Identify Stakeholders
Describe various financial measures to determine the what is the
right option to select as a
project (benefits to an
organization)
Calculation of NPV,
ROI, Weighted scoring models, Payback
period
Identify stakeholders and
describe the various
ways to determine their
influence, impact and engagement.
Class exercise: list
and describe some of Lecture_Powerthe key stakeholders Point (PP) material
for the “Introduction
to Project Management” course
Describe stakeholder expectations and how to
manage them
6
Oct 13
Organizing a Project:
Lecture 10: Project Scope Management; Define Project Scope
and Create WBS
Class Lecture_PowerPoint
(PP) material
A Guide to
PMBOK; Ch13 pp
507-515
DUE: Discussion
Board_2 2022:
One of Projectified
Podcast:
1. Improving
Project Results
2. New Skills
in an Age of
Flux
3. Project
Leadership
in Uncertain
Times
4. New World,
New Way of
Managing
Risk
Discuss methods for collecting and documenting
requirements in order to
meet stakeholder needs
and expectations
Using the WBS created for their groups
project the students
will initiate a project
in MS Project
Discuss the process for
creating a work breakdown structure using the
analogy, top-down, bottom-up, and mind-mapping approaches
Class exercise: Develop a Gantt table
to model (input) a
WBS
Introduction to MS Project, Jira
Lecture_PowerPoint (PP) material
A Guide to
PMBOK; Ch5 pp
129-162
MS Project, Jira
Set up a project in
MSProject (modelling),
key functionalities and
setting dependencies
Understand the importance project scope
management
COURSE NAME: IT Project Management
COURSE CODE: BUS4054
PAGE: 8
7
Oct 20
Organizing a Project:
Lecture 11: Project Schedule
Management (define activities,
sequence activities, estimate activity durations and develop
schedule)
Understand the importance of project
schedules and good project schedule management
Define activities as the
basis for developing project schedules
Describe how project
managers use network
diagrams and dependencies to assist in activity
sequencing
Class exercise: Develop a Gantt chart
for planning and
tracking schedule information, find the
critical path for a
project
A Guide to
PMBOK6; Ch6 pp
173-175
MS Project, Jira
Identifying activities,
working with dependencies workshop (Making a
breakfast activity
definition and sequencing exercise)
Intersession Week
9
Nov 3
Mid-Term Exam
10
Nov 10
Organizing a Project:
Lecture 12: Project Cost Management
(Plan cost management, Estimate costs, Determine budget)
Understand the importance of project cost
management
Lecture – using BB
Collaborate
A Guide to
PMBOK6; Ch7 pp
231-256
Self-directed learnExplain basic project cost ing/reading
management principles,
concepts, and terms
Discuss different types of
Organizing a Project:
cost estimates and methLecture 13: Various Cost Estimat- ods for preparing them
ing Techniques
Explain how various tools
and techniques help project managers perform
activity duration estimating
Understand the processes involved in cost
budgeting and preparing
a cost estimate and
budget for an information technology project
Plan Communications
Organizing a Project:
Lecture 14: Project Communication Management (Plan communications management
COURSE NAME: IT Project Management
COURSE CODE: BUS4054
A Guide to
PMBOK; Ch 10 pp
359-378
PAGE: 9
11
Nov 17
Organizing a Project:
Lecture 15: Project Risk Management
(Plan risk management, Identify
risks, Perform qualitative and
quantitative analysis, Plan risk responses)
Organizing a Project:
Lecture 16: Project Resource
Management (Plan resource
management, estimate activity
resources)
Executing (Doing) a Project:
Lecture 17: Acquire Resources,
Develop Team and Manage
Team (Motivation, Leadership &
Conflict Resolution)
Identify the main risk
management process;
understand risk analysis
and be able to identify
different techniques
Plan Risk Management;
Identify Risks; Perform
Qualitative and Quantitative Risk Analysis; Plan
Risk Response; Monitor
and Control Risks
List the project human
resource management
processes
Understand the dynamics of a strong project
team and how to develop
and manage the team for
optimal project success
Lecture – using BB
Collaborate
A Guide to
PMBOK6; Ch11, pp
395-448
Self-directed learning/reading
LinkedIn Learning
Conquering Mt Ever- – Risk Manageest. A study in Risk
ment Videos (selfManagement. Group directed)
discussion activity
AdobeSpark – Risk
Due: Discussion
Managemet/EverBoard_3:
est Climb
One of Projectified
Podcast:
Lecture_Power1. The Rise of Point (PP) material
Resilient
Leadership Lecture_PowerPoint (PP) material
2. The Value
of Diversity
A Guide to
3. Women in
PMBOK6; Ch9
Project
Leadership pp307-326
A Guide to
PMBOK6; Ch9328351
Understand how to motivate the project team(s)
Explain leadership techniques required for effective project management
LinkedIn Learning
– Managing Teams
Videos (self-directed)
TEDTalk – Daniel
Pinks – Puzzle of
Motivation
12
Nov 24
Executing (Doing) a Project:
Lecture 18: Manage Communications, Manage Stakeholder Engagement
Distribute Information
Manage Stakeholder Information; Report Performance
Monitoring & Controlling a Project:
Lecture 19: Integrated Change
Control; Earned Value Management
Describe how change is
managed effectively to
ensure success of project
outcomes
Describe Earned Value
Management (EVM) concepts
A Guide to
PMBOK6; Ch10 pp
379-387
Calculate EV and determine what corrective actions are necessary (if
any)
A Guide to
PMBOK6; Ch7 pp
257-270
COURSE NAME: IT Project Management
COURSE CODE: BUS4054
Lecture – using BB
Collaborate
Self-directed learning/reading
Exercise (in class):
Calculate PV, EV,
AC, SPI, CPI and
ETC, EAC values
given a set of project data
A Guide to
PMBOK6; Ch13 pp
523-529
PAGE: 10
13
Dec 1
Monitoring & Controlling a Project:
Earned Value Management Continued
Describe Earned Value
Lecture – using BB
Management (EVM) con- Collaborate
cepts
Self-directed learnCalculate EV and detering/reading
mine what corrective actions are necessary (if
Video Tutorial Proany)
ject –
One of: Communications OR Procurement OR Quality
Management (Part1)
+ WBS (Part 2) +
Schedule using MS
Project (Part 3)
Exercise (in class):
Calculate PV, EV,
AC, SPI, CPI and
ETC, EAC values
given a set of project data
14
Dec 8
Closing a Project:
Lecture 20: Post Implementation
Reviews & Lessons Learned
Assess what worked well
and what can be improved upon; capture
lessons learned to document lessons that could
provide information into
subsequent projects
(planning/executing)
A Guide to
PMBOK6; ChX pp
xxx-yyy
Course Review and Discussion
Lecture – using BB
Collaborate
Self-directed learning/reading
Due Discussion
Board_4
TedTalks Videos
One of:
1. Dan Pink –
The Puzzle
of Motivation
2. Simon
Sinek – How
Great Leaders Inspire
Action
3. Dan Ariely –
What
Makes Us
Feel Good
About Our
Work
PIR: What worked
well in our course,
what didn’t, what
would you do differently, what
would you do the
same? Survey using MentiMeter
Jeopardy Board / Review of concepts. Divide class into
groups of 5 (each will
be added into their
own breakout room
to play jeopardy
board)
15
Dec 15
Final Exam
COURSE NAME: IT Project Management
COURSE CODE: BUS4054
PAGE: 11
Please note: this schedule may change as resources and circumstances require.
For information on withdrawing from this course without academic penalty, please refer to the College Academic
Calendar: http://www.georgebrown.ca/Admin/Registr/PSCal.aspx
COURSE NAME: IT Project Management
COURSE CODE: BUS4054
PAGE: 12