CW3007 IT Project Management Syllabus:
CW3007 IT Project Management Syllabus – Anna University Regulation 2021
COURSE OBJECTIVES:
To learn the concepts of managing IT projects.
To learn more about planning
To understand resource allocation, control, and completion
To learn software quality management
To understand budgeting and scheduling
UNIT I INTRODUCTION TO PROJECT MANAGEMENT
Project Management – Definition –Goal – Lifecycles. Project Selection Methods. Project Portfolio Process – Project Formulation. Project Manager – Roles- Responsibilities and Selection – Project Teams, Project support activities, Types of project organizations.
UNIT II PLANNING AND BUDGETING
The Planning Process – Work Break down Structure – Role of Multidisciplinary teams, Critical path analysis. Budget the Project – Methods. Cost Estimating and Improvement. Budget uncertainty and risk management.
UNIT III SCHEDULING & RESOURCE ALLOCATION
PERT & CPM Networks – Crashing – Project Uncertainty and Risk Management – Simulation – Gantt Charts – Expediting a project – Resource loading and leveling. Allocating scarce resources – Goldratt‟s Critical Chain.
UNIT IV CONTROL AND COMPLETION
The Plan-Monitor-Control cycle – Data Collecting and reporting – Project Control – Designing the control system. Project Evaluation, Earned Value Analysis, Auditing and Termination, Risk Management, – Conflict – Origin & Consequences. Managing conflict – Team methods for resolving conflict
UNIT V SOFTWARE QUALITY MANAGEMENT
Product quality and software quality, quality management systems, principles and features, System quality specification and measurement, Process and product quality approaches, Quality assurance and quality control, project audit and quality audit, Methods of enhancing quality: the different types of testing, inspections, reviews, standards, Management and control of testing.
TOTAL:45 PERIODS
COURSE OUTCOMES:
CO1: Apply project management principles in business situations
CO2: Learn more about planning, budgeting and scheduling
CO3: Optimize resource utilization and time optimization
CO4: Understand resource allocation, control, and completion
CO5: Learn software quality management
TEXT BOOK:
1. Clifford Gray and Erik Larson, Project Management, Tata McGraw Hill Edition, 2005.
2. John M. Nicholas, Project Management for Business and Technology – Principles and Practice, Second Edition, Pearson Education, 2006.
3. Hughes B, Project Management for IT-related Projects. BCS Publications, 2012.
REFERENCES:
1.Gido and Clements, Successful Project Management, Second Edition, Thomson Learning, 2003.
2. Harvey Maylor, Project Management, Third Edition, Pearson Education, 2006.