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!