i387c managing information services and organizations

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Project Management

One does not have to be an engineer or construction manager to benefit from basic project management skills. Students can apply the basic principles to team projects and managers can use project management to plan and monitor small and large projects.

Review the slide show on project management and then use the following checklist to plan and proceed through your projects for this class.

IT PROJECT MANAGEMENT CHECKLIST

Define the project

Goals and objectives
Resources
Identify constraints
Identify deliverable
Prepare a business case
Time frame (beginning and end)

Approval

Identify Project Team
Project Manager
Role of project manager
Project Team
Role of each member of project team
Each team member has clear picture of project plan Project Plan

Needs assessment

Problem identification
Goal setting
Identify tools and techniques for:
Tracking schedule/timeline
Communication
Quality management
Timeline

Evaluation

Implementation
Task analysis
Staging
Scheduling
Evaluation and Adaptation