inf852 - IT Project Management (Complete module description)

No participant requirements

The participants of this course are aware of problems, activities and tools of data processing project management (DP-Project-Management). They are able to identify and select the corresponding tools in different project stages and are familiar with those tools. They are able to describe the business informatics fields of actions. The are competent to work in a team and organise and implement projects.
Professional competence
The students:

• characterise problems, activities and tools of the data processing project management.
• are able to identify the corresponding tools in different project stages
• use specific DP-Project-Management tools
• differentiate the business informatics field of actions

Methodological competence
The students:

• perform projects with the tools of each phase

Social competence
The students:

• work in small project-teams
• make design decisions cooperatively
• present solutions

Self-competence
The students:

• acquire DP-Project-Management methods and use them
• recognise and are responsible for working packages

It is important to know different IT project management types and forms as well as corresponding methods and tools. This course provides basic data-processing problems, activities and methods. The course is based on M. Burghardt’s book.
After an introduction, the course is divided as follows: 

• Project management (Requirements Engineering, Profitability Analysis, Organisational Structure)
• Project Planning (Project Structure, Network Analysis, Project Plans)
• Project Control (Cost Evaluation, Quality Control)
• Project Completion The participants get familiar with project management tools.
• Presentations drawn from practice are intended.

• Burghardt, M.(2006): Projektmanagement, 7.Auflage, Publicis Corporate Publishing.

At the end of the lecture period

Written or oral exam