COSC 3500 IT Project Management

 

Course Description: This course provides students a holistic and integrative view of project management.  The course covers concepts and skills that are used by IT managers to propose, plan, secure resources, budget, and lead IT project teams to a successful completion of their projects.

 

Syllabus

 

Additional Material

Course Materials:

 

InariWiki This is a link to the course wiki InariWiki. You will do your course project work here.

 

Homework Assignments:

Week 1 Assignment - PowerPoint Slides: Chapter 1, Chapter 2

Week 2 Assignment [see wiki for assignment specification] - PowerPoint Slides: Chapter 3, Chapter 4

Week 3 Assignment [see wiki for assignment specification] - PowerPoint Slides: Chapter 5, Chapter 6

Week 4 Assignment [see wiki for assignment specification] - PowerPoint Slides: Chapter 7

Week 5 Assignment [see wiki for assignment specification] - PowerPoint Slides: Chapter 8, Chapter 9

Week 6 Assignment [see wiki for assignment specification] - PowerPoint Slides: Chapter 10, Chapter 11

Week 7 Assignment [see wiki for assignment specification] - PowerPoint Slides: Chapter 12

Week 8 Assignment

 

Helpful Links:

 

WikipediaWikipedia List of Project Management Software

Project Management Insitute At PMI, our primary goal is to advance the practice, science and profession of project management throughout the world in a conscientious and proactive manner so that organizations everywhere will embrace, value and utilize project management-and then attribute their successes to it.

wikipatterns This is a link to the wikipatterns website. The content of this website can help you explore using wikis as a collaborative workgroup environment.

Webster University Writing CenterWebster University Writing Center The Webster University Writing Center offers free and friendly writing advice to all students, staff, and faculty at Webster University. Their trained coaches will help with every stage of the writing process, from brainstorming ideas to documenting sources. They work with all levels of writers and projects, including reports; résumés and cover letters; admission essays and personal statements; summaries, critical analyses, and literature reviews; research and term papers; theses and dissertations; and more.

OWL OWL (On-line Writing Lab at Purdue University) provides a solid reference to using the American Psychological Association (APA) format in writing academic research papers. This is a very useful source for information in citing and annotating reference sources.