COURSE UNIT TITLE

: SYSTEMS AND PROJECT MANAGEMENT

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
YBS 8053 SYSTEMS AND PROJECT MANAGEMENT COMPULSORY 2 0 0 4

Offered By

Management Information Systems Non-Thesis(Distance Learning)

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR VAHAP TECIM

Offered to

Management Information Systems Non-Thesis(Distance Learning)

Course Objective

In this course how an MIS project is designed and applied will be delivered. A small replica of the thesis of the students will be their project subject. Students will inform other attendees of the course about their projects progress. The discussion will concentrate on design and application issues. Key techniques on design, application, and programming will be demonstrated. Feedback of the discussions will be experienced by the students when applying the techniques to their cases.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   To be able to design an MIS project individually
2   To be able to create MIS project process
3   To be able to list the techniques required to apply a project
4   To be able to analyze project data
5   To be able to assemble different ideas for innovative MIS projects.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Types of Information System Projects Introduction Softwrae development projects Programmin package development projects System development projects Small Information System projects
2 Management strategy and information systems Strategy and strategy development
3 Organizational framework Organization structure The role of the project and its responsibility Program and portfolio management
4 Project Life Cycle Development and Approaches Developing Life Cycle System Development
5 Project profile Process model Pre-project study Project kick off Project step development Completing the stages Post-project assessment
6 Project management Understanding the study Assessment Scheduling Resources sharing Process monitoring Control
7 Project management Process reporting Quality management Risk management
8 Midterm exam
9 Supply chain Stakeholder management Sales process Expectation management Assessment
10 Project manager Motivation Leadership Prformance management Team management
11 Decision making in project management
12 Web based solutions for project management
13 Presentation
14 Report preparation
15 Report preparation

Recomended or Required Reading

Project Management for Information Systems (5th Edition); James Cadle; 2007

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

The activities are detailed in the 'Assessment Methods' and 'Workload Calculation' sections.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE
3 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.20 + FIN* 0.80
4 RST RESIT
5 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.20 + RST* 0.80


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

Students' performances are measured with a midterm exam and a final exam.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

The rules applied by the department apply.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

To be announced.

Office Hours

It will be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 2 28
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 14 2 28
Preparation for midterm exam 1 10 10
Preparation for final exam 1 10 10
Preparing assignments 1 10 10
Midterm 1 2 2
Final 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 90

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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