CITA 405 - Project Management

Credit Hours: 3
Lecture Hours: 3
Laboratory Hours: 0

Prerequisite(s): BUSI 200 or AECT 400 and Junior status

Restriction(s): None

Corequisite(s): None

A comprehensive approach to project management tools and applications, this course emphasizes concepts, techniques, methods, principles, problems, and issues associated with project management. The course will examine the needs for more sophisticated and better project management. The course will focus on the changes in the computing environment including computer hardware, software, and networks, as well as the use of interdisciplinary and global work teams. Students who complete this course will be able to plan, schedule, budget, estimate, control, and monitor projects. In addition, they will also become familiar with resource allocation, research loading, CPM, CMM, GANTT, and PERT. The use of project management software will be a major part of the course. Cross-listed with BUSI 405.

Student Learning Outcomes of the Course:

Understand the basis for project management.
Understand the importance of a successful project to businesses.
Associate correct terms with tasks when discussing a project.
Explain the meaning of project management related terms.
Able to use project management related software to complete a project plan.
To analysis user context, tasks, and characteristics.
To create specifications for user context, tasks, and characteristics.
To explain the context, constraints, and responsibilities for user interface design.
Able to synthesize information learned in course to a business related project plan.