COURSE UNIT TITLE

: IT PROJECT MANAGEMENT

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
BIS 5007 IT PROJECT MANAGEMENT ELECTIVE 3 0 0 5

Offered By

Business Information Systems (English)

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR AYSUN KAPUÇUGIL IKIZ

Offered to

Business Information Systems (English)
Business Administration (English)

Course Objective

The aim of the course is to develop an understanding of the main concepts of an IT project and to manage a detailed IT project considering costs and risks.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   To be able to articulate similarities and differences between IT projects and other types of projects.
2   To be able to identify IT project risks todevelop risk mitigation strategies.
3   To be able to describe techniques used to manage IT team.
4   To be able to determine key critical success factors of IT projects.
5   To be able to apply general project management competencies to IT projects.
6   To be able to develop the documents related to IT project management.
7   To be able to implement a project planning and budgeting through a particular software, e.g., Ms-Project.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Introduction
2 Project Management Fundamentals, IT Project Selection Methods
3 Scope Management: Work Breakdown Structure, Project Team Building
4 Case Study and Software Applications
5 Resource allocation, cost estimation, budgeting
6 CPM, PERT, GANTT chart
7 Case Study and Software Applications
8 Midterm Exam
9 Managing Risk in IT projects
10 Project Performance Measurement and Control
11 Project termination
12 Case Study and Software Applications
13 Project Presentations
14 Project Presentations

Recomended or Required Reading

Main Textbook:
Jeffrey K. Pinto (2012). Project Management: Achieving Competitive Advantage, Pearson Education. (3rd ed.)

Other references:
Jack R. Meredith & Samuel J. Mantel (2011). Project Management: A Managerial Approach, John Wiley & Sons.

Related books, book chapters and articles will be used.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

1. Lectures and Class Discussions
2. Groupwork
3. Presentations

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 STT TERM WORK (SEMESTER)
3 FIN FINAL EXAM
4 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.20 + STT* 0.40 + FIN* 0.40
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.20 + STT * 0.40 + RST* 0.40


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

1. Exams are applied to see students knowledge about fundamentals of project management.
2. Class discussions will be performed through case studies and participation level will be evaluated during discussions.
3. Project will evaluate the performance on real life application of IT project management.

Assessment Criteria

1. Midterm and Final Exam: Students will be assessed on their knowledge of concepts and theories through an essay-type written exam.
2. Term project: Students will do an observation in a real application of an IT project and prepare a written report based on the format given by the instructor. They are expected to share their observation with their class-mates through oral presentations.
3. Class Discussions and Presentation: Students will be given certain cases or questions related to the concepts covered in the class and will debate on the topics and present their opinions. Students are expected to contribute to class discussions.

Language of Instruction

English

Course Policies and Rules

1. Attending at least 70 percent of lectures is mandatory.
2. Plagiarism of any type will result in disciplinary action.
3. Students are expected to participate actively in class discussions.
4. Students are expected to attend to classes on time.
5. Students are expected to prepare ahead of time for class.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Prof.Dr. Aysun Kapucugil Ikiz
aysun.kapucugil@deu.edu.tr
room#: 125/A
tel: 232.3018226

Office Hours

To be announced later

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 11 3 33
Case study 3 2 6
Preparation for midterm exam 1 15 15
Preparation for final exam 1 20 20
Preparing assignments 5 3 15
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 11 2 22
Midterm 1 3 3
Final 1 3 3
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 117

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6
LO.1553
LO.2555
LO.35355
LO.45535
LO.553555
LO.655
LO.755

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