The Life Cycle of an IT Project


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Overview/Description
Did you know that your information technology (IT) project becomes more vulnerable as it goes through the various stages of development? That's because during each stage of development the project becomes more complex, increasing the chances of something going wrong. Incorporating a structured framework for developing IT projects, also known as a life cycle, enables your corporation to implement specific guidelines, methodologies, and processes that will decrease the risk of something going wrong and increase your chances of a successful project. "The Life Cycle of an IT Project" will give you the knowledge and skills you need to define the activities involved in your project's development process. You'll learn how to determine whether each phase of development meets the requirements of the life cycle structure. You'll also learn what you can do to manage these activities and what steps you can take to increase efficiencies for delivering successful projects.

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)
5.0

Lesson Objectives

Life Cycle Phases: Planning

  • recognize the value of the planning phase of the IT project life cycle.
  • match the sections of an information plan to their examples.
  • complete an information plan for a given project.
  • match the key activities for the planning phase of an IT project to their examples.
  • match outputs and milestones to their definitions.
  • Life Cycle Phases: Analysis and Design

  • recognize the benefits of implementing the analysis and design phases of a project life cycle.
  • match examples of the key activities conducted during the analysis phase.
  • conduct the key activities for the analysis phase of a given software development project.
  • recognize the activities for conducting the key activities of the design phase of the life cycle.
  • conduct the key activities for the design phase of a specific IT project.
  • Life Cycle Phases: Construction to Rollout

  • recognize the benefit of understanding the later phases of the IT Project Life Cycle.
  • match the components of the construction phase to their descriptions.
  • match the steps to conducting the testing phase to their examples.
  • recognize the activities associated with each step for conducting the rollout phase of the life cycle.
  • choose the appropriate activities a project manager must perform during each step of the rollout phase for a given project.
  • Course Number:
    PROJ0353