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| Purpose: Each topic below will be approached specifically from an Information Technology perspective:
The context of the management of information technology projects; the environment, project management framework, process groups and knowledge areas.
The information technology project management profession: its history, professional organisations such as the Project Management Institute (PMI), certification and ethics.
Information technology project integration management: the strategic planning process, the project charter, the project management plan, as well as project execution, management and monitoring.
Software project scope management, requirements elicitation, the work breakdown structure and change control.
Software project time management: activity scheduling, various tools and techniques, activity duration estimation and schedule management.
Software project cost management: cost management principles, concepts, types of cost estimates and methods.
Software project risk management: qualitative risk analysis, risk management plan, risk monitoring and controlling.
Case studies are used throughout to illustrate software project management techniques, and project management software assisting with project management tasks are delineated. |