UNIVERSITY of MARYLAND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE

PREREQUISITE: INSS 530, INSS 540, or permission of the professor.

CREDIT: Three  semester hours.

REQUIRED TEXTS: A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge.
                                     Project Management Institute (PMI). This text may be downloaded
                                     free from the Internet at http://www.pmi.org.

                                     Project Management Casebook.
                                     David I Cleland, Karen M. Bursic, Richard Puerzer,  A.Yaroslav
                                     Vlasak. This book is  to be obtained from the Maryland in
                                     Europe bookstore; normally it may be ordered online via the Distance
                                     Education program office at
                                     https://www.ed.umuc.edu/de/texordr1.html
.
PURPOSE:                 This course provides an overview of the  project
                                    management  process as it relates to information systems, but is
                                    not limited to these. Other functional management areas are also
                                    considered.

COURSE DESCRIPTION: Topics covered will be from eleven  major areas
                                               of concentration.
                                    1. Project Development Cycles.
                                    2. Development under Contract
                                    3. Managing large Projects.
                                    4. Organizing and staffing the Project Office and Team.
                                    5. Adherence to standards (DOD, IEEE)
                                    6. Project Scheduling.
                                    7.Time Management.
                                    8. Pricing and Estimating/Cost Control.
                                    9. Trade-off Analysis in a Project Environment..
                                  10. Program Evaluation and Review Technique.
                                  11. Project Management Software.

Grading Policy: Grades for this course will be based on
                                Project                         40 %
                                Final Exam                   60 %
                            and will be assigned as follows:
                                A       93     to    100 %
                                B       84     <       93 %
                                C       73     <       84 %
                                F                <        73 %
 
 

Course Schedule

 

Week          Session Dates               Readings and Assignments

    1                12 - 16 June               Tyco set up
                                                         Becoming acquainted with teleprocessing-Tyco
                                                         Introduction of the students themselves

2 & 3             19 - 30 June                Introduction, Project Management Context and
                                                         Processes                                               Chapters 1 - 3

4 & 5               5 - 14 July                 Project Integration and scope management
                                                                                                                       Chapters 4 & 5

6 & 7             16 - 28 July                Project Time and Cost Management
                                                                                                                       Chapters 6 & 7

    8                21 - 25 August           Project Quality Management
                                                                                                                       Chapter  8

9 & 10          28 August -                 Project Human Resource Management
                               8 September                                                                    Chapter  9

11 & 12        11 - 22 September      Project Communications, Risk and Procurement
                                                        Management                                         Chapters 10 & 12

   13              25 - 29 September      Course Review; Discussions of the Projects

   14                2 -  6  October          Final Examination