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PM 430 Fundamental of IT Project Management
Summary of the Course Text Book and Printed Resources Prerequisites Grading Teaching Method Week by Week Schedule
Summary of the course: This course concentrates on monitoring, managing and controlling project resources other than internal staff. Risk management, procurement and contract management, time and cost estimating, controlling and tracking techniques, quality assurance, testing and audit. Students may use MS Project for resource allocation and balancing
Textbooks and printed resources: The following textbook is required for this course: Harold Kerzner: Project Management: A Systems Approach to Planning, Scheduling, and Controlling. 10th Edition by (International Institute for Learning, New York, NY) March 2009, ©2009
Pre-Requisites:
Grading: The grading scheme is as follows: Participation 10% Assignments 65% Group Assignment 25% Total 100% Grading Scale: 92 - 100 A 90 - 91 A- 88 - 89 B+ 82 - 87 B 80 - 81 B- 78 - 79 C+ 72 - 77 C 70 - 71 C- 68 - 69 D+ 62 - 67 D 60 - 61 D- 0 - 59 F
Teaching Method: A combination of teaching methods will be used (lecturing, guest speakers, group presentations, etc).
Week by week schedule
Week	Topic/Task	Reading
Class 1	Course Overview
	Introduction to Project Management	Chapter 1
Class 2	Project Management concepts and process	Chapter 2
Class 3	Organization Stuctures Project Risk Management	Chapter 3 Chapter 17
Class 4	Status Report PM skills Project Planning and Project Scope Management	Chapter 11
Class 5	Project Time Management Guest Speaker	Chapter 12
Class 6	Project Cost Management Guest Speaker	Chapter 14
Class 7	Issue Management	Chapter 7
Class 8	Project Communications and Contract Management	Chapter 19
Class 9	Evaluating and Terminating the Project Project Quality Management Project Management Office	Chapter 23
Class 10	Project Presentations