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UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHEASTERN PHILIPPINES

COLLEGE OF TEACHER EDUCATION AND TECHNOLOGY

TAGUM - MABINI CAMPUS

COURSE OUTLINE IN IT PROJECT MANAGEMENT

1. Course Number                : IT 212        
2. Course Title                        : IT Project Management
3. Credit                        : 3 Units lecture
4. Pre-Requisite                : 
5. Professors:                        : Mishill D. Cempron, MIT
6. Date of Revision                : November 9, 2015

1. Course Description        :         

This course covers key components of project management including the basic philosophy and concepts; systems development cycle; and systems procedures for planning and control. It provides the basic skills and knowledge needed to effectively manage a group project.

1. General Objectives:

At the end of the course, the students are expected to achieve the following:

1. Understand and employ project management strategy design, development, and deployment.
2. Utilize project management tools, techniques, and skills to demonstrate an effectively planned project
3. Align critical resources for effective project implementation
4. Understand the implications, challenges, and opportunities of organizational dynamics in project management
5. Analyze project flow, resources, timelines and budget requirements

1. Introduction

• What is a Project?
• Project Management: The Need
• Response to Changing Environment
• Systems Approach to Management
• Project Goal and Project Management Benefits
• Project Management: The Person, the Team, the Methodology

1. Philosophy and Concepts

        II.A. What is Project Management 1

• Functions and Viewpoints of Management
• Project Viewpoint versus Traditional Management
• Evolution of Project Management
• Where is Project Management Appropriate?
• Management by Project: A Common Approach
• Different Forms of Project Management
• Project Environments
• Project Management in Industrial Settings
• Project Management in the Service Sector
• Project and Program Management in Government and the Public Sector

II.B. Systems Approach and Systems Engineering 2

• Systems Thinking
• Definition of System
• Systems Concepts and Principles
• Human Organizations
• Systems Approach
• Systems Engineering
• Relevancy of the Systems Approach to Project Management

1. Systems Development Cycle

1. Course Content:

III.A. Systems Development Cycle and Project Conception 3

• Systems Life Cycle
• Systems Development Cycle
• Phase A: Conception
• Project Feasibility
• Project Charter
• The Project Proposal
• Project Contracting

PRELIM EXAM

III.B. Project and System Definition 4

• Phase B: Definition
• Project Definition
• System Definition
• Concurrent Engineering
• Systems Development in Industry and Government

1. Systems and Procedures for Planning and Control

IV.A. Planning Fundamentals 5

• Planning steps
• The Project Master Plan
• Scope and Statement of Work
• Work Definition
• Project Organization and Responsibilities
• Scheduling
• Planning and Scheduling Charts
• Line of Balance
• Procurement Management

IV.B. Project Time Planning and Networks 6

• Network Diagrams
• The Critical Path
• Gantt Charts and Calendar Schedules
• Management Schedule Reserve
• Precedence Diagramming Method
• Scheduling with Resource Constraints
• Criticisms of Network Methods

IV.C. Advanced Project Network Analyses and Scheduling 1

• CPM and Time-Cost Tradeoff
• Variability of Activity Duration
• PERT
• Theory of Constraints and Critical Chain Method
• Allocating Resources and Multiple Project Scheduling
• TOC Method for Allocating Resources to Multiple Projects
• GERT

IV.D. Cost Estimating and Budgeting 2

• Cost Estimating
• Cost Escalation
• Cost Eliminating and the Systems Development Cycle
• Life Cycle Costs
• Cost Estimating Process
• Elements of Budgets and Estimates
• Project Cost Accounting Systems
• Budgeting Using Control (Cost) Accounts
• Cost Summaries
• Cost Schedules and Forecasts

MIDTERM EXAM

IV.E. Project Quality Management 3

• The Concept of Quality
• The Processes of Project Quality Management
• Techniques for Quality Assurance during System Development
• Processes and Techniques for Quality Control

IV.F. Managing Risks in Projects 4

• Risk Concepts
• Risk Identification
• Risk Assessment
• Risk Response Planning
• Risk Tracking and Response
• Project Management is Risk Management

IV.G. Project Execution and Control 5

• Phase C: Execution
• Design Stage
• Production/Build Stage
• The Control Process
• Project Monitoring
• Internal and External Project Control
• Traditional Cost Control
• Project Control Emphasis
• Performance Analysis
• Forecasting “To Complete” and “At Completion”
• Monitoring Performance Indexes and Variances
• Controlling Changes
• Contract Administration
• Control Problems

IV.H. Project Evaluation, Communication, Implementation, and Closeout 6