April 23rd, 2007
February 16, 2007
Kennys’s website for how well you are doing in this class: http://www.bauer.uh.edu/kshemroske/PMQuizBkdwn.htm
February 07, 2007
Here are your suggestions for the deliverables to your client, mentor and professor and my suggestions for deliverables to successfully complete this class.
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DISC 4374 Information
Technology Project Management 13687 (10:00am-11:30pm TTH, 118-MH) Dr. Jaana Porra 280G-MH 713-743 4583 (office) e-mail jaana@uh.edu |
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DATE |
TOPIC |
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TUE JAN 16th |
Course Introduction |
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THU JAN18 1st |
Course Introduction continues |
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TUE JAN 23rd |
Modern Project Management (Chapter 1) |
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THU JAN 25th |
Organization Strategy and Project Selection (Chapter 2) |
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TUE JAN 30th |
Organization Structure and Culture (Chapter 3) |
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THU FEB 1st |
Defining the Project (Chapter 4) |
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TUE FEB 6th |
Checkpoint 1: Presentations and
Discussion Working on your project and
deliverables in class |
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THU FEB 8th |
Estimating Project Times and Costs (Chapter 5) |
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TUE FEB 13th |
Developing a Project Plan (Chapter 6) |
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THU FEB 15h |
Checkpoint 2: Presentations and
Discussion Team Yellow: DBSA Greater Houston presents |
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TUE FEB 20th |
Managing Risk (Chapter 7) |
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THU FEB 22nd |
Scheduling Resources (Chapter 8) |
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TUE FEB 27th |
Checkpoint 3: Presentations and
Discussion Team Scooter: House of Amos
presents |
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THU MAR 1st |
Reducing Project Duration (Chapter 9) |
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TUE MAR 6th |
Leadership: Being an Effective Project Manager (Chapter 10) |
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THU MAR 8th |
Midterm Prep |
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MAR 12th - MAR 17th |
SPRING BREAK |
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TUE MAR 20th |
Checkpoint 4: Presentations and
Discussion Team Envision: Lupus Foundation – |
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THU MAR 22nd |
MIDTERM EXAM |
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TUE MAR 27th |
Midterm overview |
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THU MAR 29th |
Managing Project Teams (Chapter 11) |
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TUE APR 3rd |
Partnering: Managing Interorganizational
Relations (Chapter 12) |
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THU APR 5th |
Progress and Performance Measurement and Evaluation (Chapter 13) |
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TUE APR 10th |
Checkpoint 5: Presentations and
discussion Team Quagmire: A+ challenge presents |
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THU APR 12th |
Project Audit and Closure (Chapter 14) |
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TUE APR 17th |
International Projects (Chapter 15) |
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THU APR 19th |
Project Management and the Future (Chapter 16) |
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TUE APR 24th |
Final Presentations Teams Yellow and Scooter present |
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THU APR 26th |
Final Presentations Teams Envision and Quagamire present |
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THU MAY 8th |
FINAL EXAM 11am-2pm |
Purpose of the Course
The purpose of this course is to learn how to manage projects, which include planning, analyzing, designing and implementing information systems as their central contribution to an organization. During this course students develop IT Project Management skills in theory and practice. A central part of this course is to work with a team in an actual information technology project to deliver an information system solution to an actual firm or for a non-profit organization.
Course Text Book
Clifford
F. Gray, and Erik W. Larson, Project Management
– The Managerial Process. Third Edition, McGraw-Hill.
Grading
Midterm
exam 15%
Final exam 15%
Project
and presentations 30%
Quizzes 20%
Client’s
evaluation 10%
Team’s
evaluation 10%
Exams: Midterm and final exams are multiple choice exams.
Project and Presentations: Throughout the semester, students will work in teams in an IT project for an actual client from a company or a non profit organization. During the semester, each team delivers a solution to an actual business problem. This means planning the project, analyzing current business processes and information systems and developing and implementing a solution. During the semester, teams will make two presentations. The first presentation is a checkpoint presentation during one of the scheduled checkpoints. The purpose of this presentation is to present the progress of the project to date. The second presentation is the final presentation. The purpose of the final presentation is to present to final product of the project.
Quizzes: Ten Quizzes will be given, with eight of them used for the
grade.
Client’s evaluation: At the end of the semester, teams will deliver project results to the client. Client will evaluate the team’s performance based on how effectively the project team used information technology to solve client’s business problem.
Team’s
evaluation: At the end of the semester, each team member will evaluate
other team members based on how much they contributed to the final product of
the project.
Office Hours
Your
instructor is Professor Jaana Porra.
She likes to see you in person. Her office address is 280G-MH. Office hours by
appointment. Her E-mail address is jaana@uh.edu. Her office telephone number is 713-743
4583. Please leave a clear message indicating the topic, your question, your
telephone number and the best time to reach you.
Jaana Porra’s teaching assistant is
doctoral candidate Kenneth Shemroske. His e-mail
address is klshemro@mail.uh.edu.
Jaana Porra’s office manager is Cindy Lok
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