Information Systems Project Skills is intended to equip the candidate with the knowledge, skills and attitude that will enable him/her to manage information systems projects. A candidate who passes this subjects is able to: Manage project scope using various techniques, Use project management software tools to prepare project schedules and Gant charts, Identify monitor and control project risks and Undertake an information systems project
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CONTENT
- Overview of an Information Systems Project
- Definition of a project
- Project management principles
- Purpose of project management
- Project roles and responsibilities
- Information system project environment
- Characteristics of Project
- Examples of information system projects
- Information systems project lifecycle
- Project identification
- Feasibility study
- Project selection
- Project objectives
- Project proposal
- Project design
- Project development
- Project implementation
- Project monitoring
- Project review
- Project scope management
- Scope definition
- Scope verification
- Scope control
- Using a software tool to assist in project scope management
- Project planning
- Components or a plan
- Introduction to a case study
- The project charter
- Work plans
- Control plans
- Functions of a good project plan
- Using software tools to assist in IS project planning
- Work breakdown structures
- Determining project tasks
- Creating work breakdown structures (WBSs)
- Uses of WBSs
- Task dependencies and relationships
- Planning lime scales
- The activity list
- Methods of subdivision
- Uses of WBS
- Using software tools to assist in creating WBSs
- IS protect Estimation
- Estimating accuracy
- Estimating concepts and methods
- Task-based estimation
- Effort, productivity factors. influence factors
- Using software tools to assist in IS project estimation
- Scheduling
- Schedule concepts and methods
- Network diagrams Precedence logic Estimate duration Network diagrams – PERT, CPM
- Allocation of resources
- Gantt charts and histograms
- Using software tools to assist in scheduling and resource management
- IS project organisational structures
- Organisational structures
- Integrating project work and project organisational structures
- Team management
- Project team life cycle
- Communicating
- Project documentation
- Managing stakeholders
- Using a software tool to assist in organisation and communication
- IS project quality management
- Quality management
- Quality planning
- Quality assurance
- Quality control
- Tools and techniques for quality control
- Project quality factors
- Overview of project management standards (PRINCE 2)
- Software tools in project quality management
- ISO certification
- Change management
- Using a software tool to assist in quality management
- Information systems project risk management
- Risk identification process
- Common sources of risk
- Risk management tools and techniques
- Risk analysis
- Risk monitoring and control
- Using a software tool in risk management
- IS project implementation, completion and evaluation
- Managing transition
- Project evaluation
- Team evaluation
- Using a software tool to enhance project evaluation
- Emerging issues and trends
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