INSE-6230 Total Quality Project Management
Course Outline (Fall 2005)
Instructor: Amin Hammad
Office:
CB-410-14
Email:
hammad@ciise.concordia.ca
Tel:
848-2424 #5800
Office hour: Friday 13:00-15:00 (or upon appointment)
Lecture time and place: Monday 21:30-23:00
Web Resources: http://www.ciise.concordia.ca/~hammad/courses/INSE6230.html
Objectives
The objectives of this course are to learn about the basic elements for total quality project management, including
the technical and managerial issues. The course will cover the following topics: Role of project manager, project
management processes, project quality management, project planning and execution, goals, roles, procedures and
interpersonal relationships, type of teams, creating a project plan, project tracking, project compliance
requirements, sourcing and supplier qualification, risk management process, action planning, project
communication, customer, team, and stockholder communications, communication planning and strategy,
web-based collaboration, project management software tools.
Grading
First midterm test
25 %
Second midterm test 25 %
Assignments
15 %
Project
35 %
Required Textbook:
Kathy Schwalbe, Information Technology Project Management, Fourth Edition ISBN: 0-619-21526-7 © 2006,
Publish date: March 15, 2005, 678 pages, Softcover (You may also use the third Edition ISBN: 0-619-15984-7)
For accessing the web site is password protected. You can have your own password after buying the book. For the
time being you can use: (user ID= hammad) and (password= 6230)
References:
Management and Control of Quality by James R. Evans, William M. Lindsay. Publisher: South-Western
College Pub; 6 edition, ISBN: 0324202237
Tentative Schedule
Lecture
Date
Topics
1
Sept. 12
Introduction to Project Management
2
Sept. 19
The Project Management and IT Context and other Contexts
3
Sept. 26
The Project Management Process Groups
4
Oct. 3
Project Integration Management
5
Oct. 10
Thanksgiving Day
6
Oct. 17
Project Scope Management
7
Oct. 24
Project Time Management
8
Oct. 31
Project Cost Management
First midterm test
9
Nov. 7
Project Quality Management
10
Nov. 14
Project Human Resource Management
11
Nov. 21
Project Communications Management
12
Nov. 28
Project Risk Management
13
Dec. 5
Project Procurement Management
14
Makeup class
Project presentations