CIS 600 Information Technology and project management Fall, 2013
Class Coordinators:Dr. Bob Rademacher, SCs, & Graduate Students Office Hours: Rockwell 235 MWF 10:30 a.m. & 1:30 p.m. Cell Phone: 970-412-6844 Home Phone: 970-223-9369 Business Email: Personal Email:
Course Prerequisites:Computer class, energy and enthusiasm!
Required Texts:& Schwalbe, Kathy, Information Technology Project Management, 7th Edition, Course Technology, 2014. ISBN-13:9781133526858 ISBN-10:1133526853 @ CSU bookstore: Cost $145
@ www.cengage.com: List $151; Paperback $128; Rent ~$50; eBook ~$75 & Selected cases (8) from Harvard Business School Publishing Individuals order eight cases @$3.95 each from Harvard Business School Go to https://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/access/20280781.
Optional Text:& Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK Guide) 2013, 5th Ed
Catalog Description:Strategic role and management of technology and projects
Course Objectives:1 Apply knowledge, skills, tools, and techniques for project management solutions that are relevant in all disciplines. 1 Balance competing project stakeholder requirements for quality, scope, time, cost, and personnel issues.
1 Plan scope, and implement a functional class project.1 Examine the PMI professional certifications. 1 Utilize business cases for analyzing project management issues.
The Essay on Project Management and Business
Before you begin the RFP process, it’s helpful to define the scope of your new e-commerce business, what you are hoping to achieve by creating it and the customer proposition you plan to offer. This will help you to define your business requirements and plan the supplier selection process. You should consider the following: 2. 1. 1 Scope ? Which countries do you plan to operate in and deliver to? ...
Grading:Grades are curved on a 90-80-70 (+/-) scale.
Activities:Textbook & CAPM/PMP Quizzes and Exams . . .20% Project Management Assignments (Team) . . . . .50% Harvard Management Cases (Individual) . . . . . .30% Humor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ”priceless”
Pedagogy:: Classroom activities include lectures, discussions, exams, quizzes, case analysis, and team project. “tENTATIVE” CIS 600 COURSE sCHEDule Wk DATES Subject matter/Cases/Tutorial Textbook 1 8/26-8/30 Introduction to Project Management [PMBOK 9.2+Team Building] Read Schwalbe Chapter 1 2 Univ. Holiday 9/2 9/4-9/6 Project Mgt. and Info. Tech. Context [Bus. Case + Project Selection] Organizational Influences and Project Life Cycle Read Schwalbe Chapter 2
Course Team Project
3 9/9-9/13 The Project Mgt. Process Groups [Project Initiation] Case #1: AtekPC Project Mgt. Office [PMBOK 4.1+13.1] MS Project Tutorial-Part 1: Individual Read Schwalbe Chapter 3 4 9/16- 9/20 Project Integration Management [Project Planning] Case #2: Teradyne Corp.: The Jaguar Proj. [4.2+5.1+6.1+7.1+8.1+9.1 MS Project Tutorial-Part 2: Individual +10.1+11.1+12.1+13.2] Read Schwalbe Chapter 4
5 9/23-9/27 Project Scope Management [Project Planning] Case #3: American Constructors Inc.: [5.2+5.3+5.4] World Outreach Expansion Project MS Project Tutorial—Part 3: Individual Read Schwalbe Chapter 5 6 9/30-10/4 Project Time Management [Project Planning] Case #4: Jet Propulsion Laboratory [6.2+6.3+6.4+6.5+6.6] Read Schwalbe Chapter 6 7 10/7-10/11 Project Cost Management [Project Planning & Monitoring] Case #5: Ariba Implementation at MED-X: [4.3+7.2+7.3] Managing Earned Value
Read Schwalbe Chapter 7 8 10/14-10/18 Project Quality Management [Project Execution & Monitoring] Schwalbe & PMP/CAPM Exam #1 (Chapters 1-7) [4.4+8.2+8.3+13.3] Read Schwalbe Chapter 8 9 10/21-10/25 Project Human Resource Management [Project Execution & Montoring] Case #6: Constructing The Medupi Power Station [9.3+9.4] Read Schwalbe Chapter 9
10 10/28-11/1 Project Communication Management [Project Execution & Monitoring] Case #7:Successfully Navigating the [4.5+10.2+10.3+13.4] Turbulent Skies of a Large-Scale ERP Implementation Read Schwalbe Chapter 10
11 11/4-11/8 Project Risk Management [Project Execution & Monitoring] Case #8: Enterprise Risk Mgt. at Hydro One [11.2+11.3+11.4+11.5] Read Schwalbe Chapter 11 12 11/11-11/15 Project Procurement Mgt. [Project Execution] Quasi Case & Final Report requirements [12.2+12.3] Read Schwalbe Chapter 12
The Research paper on Boston Lyric Opera Case For Management Control
The Balanced Scorecard is a strategic management tool that combines four performance perspectives, acquiring a broad based picture of performance (Kaplan/Norton, 1992). traditional financial metrics (return on investment) customer-based metrics internal-operations metrics growth and learning metrics The concept of Strategy Maps emerged to supplement the BSC (Kaplan/Norton, 2004), establishing ...
13 11/18-11/22 Project Stakeholder Mgt. [Project Closing] Schwalbe & PMP/CAPM Exam #2 (Chapters 8-13) [4.6+12.4] Read Schwalbe Chapter 13
11/23-12/1 –Fall Recess–
A&D High Tech Team Project (MS Project Application)
14 12/2-12/6 A&D High Tech (Cases A & B Handouts) Managing Projects
15 12/9-12/13 A&D Recommendations & Team Project PPT Oral Reports
16 12/16 Project Written Reports Due Monday, 12/16 @ 11:59 p.m.
