Seminar 1Seminar 1
IT511:IT511:Information Systems Information Systems Project ManagementProject Management
Instructor
Chad McAllister, PhD
Agenda• Welcome & Icebreaker• About Dr. Chad• Course Review • PMI• Q&A
Icebreaker: Please Answer…
• What is a favorite holiday tradition?
About Dr. Chad
• Degrees in Electrical Engineering and Business
• Software development• IS/IT project management• New Product Development• PMP and NPDP certified
Course Review: Announcements
Course Review: Weekly Projects
• TBD
Course Review: Weekly Projects
• Unit 1: PM skills and PMI Body of Knowledge• Unit 2: Team interactions, stakeholders, and project features• Unit 3: MS Project review, scheduling, WBS, resources• Unit 4: Quality plan and SOW• Unit 5: Project execution, monitoring, and earned value• Unit 6: Final project
• Doc Sharing Resources:• Final Project Template• WBS Template
Course Review: Final Project
• An Original IS Project (use template in Doc Sharing)• Project charter• Communications matrix• Resource breakdown structure• Milestone list• Work Breakdown structure• Risk list• Preventative action plan• Quality checklist
• Constraints• $2M budget• 12 months or less• Must include all activities from requirements collection to
deployment
PMI
• Who is a PMI member?
• Many benefits• Networking• Publications• PMBOK updates• Certification• Communities of Practice
• Student membership: $40• See: http://www.pmi.org/Membership/Membership-
Types-of-Memberships.aspx
Questions?Questions?Thank you for attending!