Course details

Project Management of Computer-Based Systems

RPS Acad. year 2003/2004 Summer semester 6 credits

Current academic year

Basic conception of project management. Traditional project management methodologies. Principles, tools and techniques of project management. Project leadership. Defining the project. Planning, monitoring and controlling mechanisms and techniques for leadership and team building. Quality assurance and assessment of project products. Conflict resolutions techniques and risk management. Project management software support. Norms and the current standards in project management.

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Guarantor

Kreslíková Jitka, doc. RNDr., CSc. (DIFS)

Language of instruction

Czech

Completion

Examination

Time span

Department

Department of Information Systems (UIFS)

Subject specific learning outcomes and competences

Students will be able: to develop project management plans including risk analysis and migration plans, to identify monitoring and controlling mechanisms for IS projects, to describe how to allocate and re-allocate project resources, both for the target system and the development organisation, to track the schedule and budget to both quality and productivity, to understand the relationships among quality assurance, configuration management and project documentation, to understand project and product process assessments and improvement techniques.

Learning objectives

To get view about purpose, role and all aspects of information system project management. Detailed identification with most important techniques of project management and practise these techniques by models occurrence with using of supportive tools. Creation of definite conception about needs successful information systems project management. Acquaint with basic standards and norms project management

Study literature

  • Rosenau, M.D.: Řízení projektů, Computer Press, 2003, 344 s., ISBN 80-7226-218-1.

Fundamental literature

  • Schulte, P.: Complex IT Project Management, AUERBACH PUBLICATION, 2004, 314 p., ISBN 0849319323.
  • Duncan, R.: A Guide To The Project Management Body Of Knowledge, Project Management Institute, 2004, 380 p., ISBN 193069945X.
  • Munson, C.: Software Engineering Measurement, AUERBACH PUBLICATION, 2003, 443 p., ISBN 0849315034.
  • Rosemann, M.: Process Management, Springer - Verlag, 2003, 337 p., ISBN 3-540-43499-2.
  • Hallows, J.: Information Systems Project Management, AMACON, 2005, 288 p., ISBN 0814472737.
  • Učeň, P.: Metriky v informatice, Grada 2001, 137 s., ISBN 80-247-0080-8.

Progress assessment

Midterm test - 10 points. Two home assignments evaluated - 8 points. Resultant project product - 32 points. Final examination - 50 points.

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