ICT Project Management

Course Title: ICT Project Management

Course No: ENCT 355

Nature of the Course: THEORY

Semester: 6

Full Marks: 60 + 40

Pass Marks: 24 + 16

Credit Hours: 3

Course Description

This course covers fundamental concepts and practices of project management in ICT environments, focusing on project planning, scheduling, cost estimation, quality assurance, risk assessment, procurement, and stakeholder management.

Course Objectives

The objective of this course is to provide knowledge of fundamental concepts and practices of project management in ICT environments. It focuses on project planning, scheduling, cost estimation, quality assurance, risk assessment, procurement, and stakeholder management. Upon completion, students will be able to apply project management tools, methodologies, and ethical practices to plan, execute, monitor, and control ICT-based projects effectively.

Course Contents

1. Introduction

5 hrs

1.1. Definition of project and project management

1.2. Project objectives

1.3. Classification of projects

1.4. Advantages of project management

1.5. Project management context as per project management institute (PMI)

1.6. ICT product life cycle and its characteristics

1.7. Overview of system development methodologies

2. Project Management Body of Knowledge

6 hrs

2.1. Project environment

2.2. Managerial skills: Conceptual, technical, human-relation

2.3. Role and responsibilities of key project members

2.4. Problem solving using problem trees

2.5. Project and organizational structure

System view of project management

Functional organization

Projectized organization

Matrix organization

Organizational structure influences on projects

3. Portfolio and Project Management Framework

2 hrs

3.1. PMI framework

3.2. Program management

3.3. Portfolio management

3.4. Project management office

3.5. Drivers of project success

3.6. Inhibitors of project success

4. Project Management Process Groups

2 hrs

4.1. Project management processes

4.2. Overlaps of process groups in a phase

4.3. Mapping of project management process groups to area of knowledge

5. Project Integration Management

2 hrs

5.1. Develop project charter

5.2. Develop project management plan

5.3. Direct and manage project execution

5.4. Monitor and control project work

5.5. Integrated change control

5.6. Close project or phase

6. Project Scope Management

2 hrs

6.1. Develop preliminary project scope statement

6.2. Create work break down structure

6.3. Scope verification

6.4. Scope control

7. Project Time Management

6 hrs

7.1. Activity definition, decomposition of activities, activity attributes

7.2. Activity sequencing, precedence relationship, network diagram, precedence diagram method, arrow diagramming method

7.3. Activity resources estimating, determining resource requirements

7.4. Schedule development and control, principles of scheduling, milestones, forward pass, backward pass, critical path method (CPM), critical chain technique, Gantt chart, schedule control

8. Project Cost Management

5 hrs

8.1. Cost and project cost management

8.2. Cost estimates, types, process and accuracy; Enterprise environmental factors, organizational process assets, cost estimating tools

8.3. Cost budgeting, cost aggregation, deriving budget from activity cost

8.4. Cost control process, cost control methods

8.5. Earned value management, EVM benefits, variance analysis

9. Project Quality Management

2 hrs

9.1. Quality theories

9.2. Quality planning and requirements, cost of quality, quality management plan

9.3. Quality assurance, quality audit, approach to a quality audit

9.4. Quality control process, control chart, Pareto charts

9.5. Testing of IT system, the test life cycle

10. Project Communication Management

2 hrs

10.1. Importance of communication management

10.2. Communications planning process, communication requirement analysis, organizing and conducting effective meeting

10.3. Information distribution process

10.4. Performance reporting process, integrated reporting system

11. Project Risk Management

3 hrs

11.1. Understanding project risks

11.2. Risk management plan and planning process

11.3. Risk identification techniques

11.4. Qualitative risk analysis process

11.5. Quantitative risk analysis process, modeling techniques

11.6. Risk response planning, resolution of risk, strategies for negative risks or threats, strategies for positive risks or opportunities

11.7. Risk monitoring and control process

12. Project Procurement Management

3 hrs

12.1. Procurement management process flow

12.2. Plan purchases and acquisition process, enterprise environmental factor, organizational process assets

12.3. Plan contracting process, standard forms, evaluation criteria

12.4. Request seller response process; Select seller process

12.5. Contract administration process

12.6. Contract closure process

13. Project Resource and Stakeholder Management

3 hrs

13.1. Developing the resource management plan and team charter

13.2. Estimating activity resources

13.3. Acquiring resources

13.4. Developing the project team

13.5. Managing the project team

13.6. Monitoring and controlling resources

13.7. Identifying stakeholders

13.8. Planning, managing and monitoring stakeholder engagement

14. Trends in ICT Project management

2 hrs

14.1. Agile project management

14.2. Balanced scorecard and ICT project management

14.3. Project management maturity models

14.4. Certification process flow

14.5. Code of ethics

14.6. Future trends

Text Books

1.Schwalbe, K. (2019). Information technology project management. Cengage Learning.
2.Gray, C. F., Larson, E. W. (2021). Project management: The management process. McGraw-Hill Education.
3.Project Management Institute. (2021). The standard for project management and a guide to the project management body of knowledge (PMBOK® guide). Project Management Institute.

Reference Books

1.Jenkins, N. (2012). A project management primer.
2.Young, T. L. (2013). The handbook of project management. Kogan Page.
3.Kelkar, S. A. (2015). IT project management. PHI Learning.

Notes:

This syllabus follows the official BEI curriculum of Tribhuwan University. In case of any doubt or revision, the university's published syllabus shall be considered authoritative. https://ioe.tu.edu.np/pages/electronics-engineering-curriculum-structure-2660

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