Project Management for IT Professionals - DIT 36017
| DIT 36017 | 36 hours |
IT projects are often beset by impossible deadlines, difficult stakeholders, unproven technologies and ever changing requirements. IT project managers have responded by adopting best practices from other industries and by developing IT specific methods. This purpose of this course is to introduce students to the fundamentals of project management for IT professionals. The course blends project management and system development theory and practice to demonstrate how project management principles are applied in the delivery of information technologies. An emphasis is placed on the areas of project management of most interest to IT professionals. This course also briefly introduces students emerging areas and topics of current interest to IT project managers.
Outcomes:
- Ability to identify projects and project structures in the context of organization and its goals
- Ability to identify project and SDLC phases and relationships
- Understanding of roles and responsibilities of the project team and stakeholders
- Understanding of project planning, performing, and tracking
