Introduction to IT Project Management


Overview/Description
Target Audience
Expected Duration
Lesson Objectives
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Overview/Description
Do you want to increase your effectiveness as a leader in project management? Are you unsure of the key skills needed for managing an information technology (IT) project? As you proceed through this "Introduction to IT Project Management" course in the "Project Management for IT Professionals" series, you will gain valuable insight into project management with a special focus on managing IT projects. You will also acquire an understanding of how creating strategies and designing plans to deliver projects can provide consistent value and increased profits.

Target Audience
This course is specifically targeted at IT project managers, and IT professionals preparing to take on IT project management responsibilities. Managers who support IT project managers, top management, and high-level executives will also benefit from this course.

Expected Duration (hours)
4.0

Lesson Objectives

The Structure of an IT Project

  • recognize the benefit of understanding the structure of an IT project.
  • match key attributes of IT projects with examples.
  • sequence tasks associated with each phase of an IT project.
  • match each phase of an IT project with its associated input description.
  • match key IT project management tools with their functions for a given IT project.
  • match the outputs of project plan development to examples of each.

    • Considerations for an IT Project

  • recognize the benefits of using a systematic approach in IT project management.
  • match the components of a quality project plan to examples of each.
  • match project planning deliverables with examples.
  • identify the main processes in project quality management.
  • match the quality management process to its IT project scenario.
  • identify examples of key reasons for implementing plans to retain IT professionals.

    • Ensuring Effective IT Project Development

  • recognize the benefits of effectively managing an IT project.
  • select business activities that reflect processes to evaluate an IT project's development.
  • apply the business activities to evaluate a specified IT project's development.
  • match the strategies for gathering and documenting project data to their examples.
  • use the appropriate strategy to prepare for future project development, given a scenario.

    • Course Number:
    PROJ0351