IT317 Project Management for IT

This course is designed to prepare students, with the project management skills needed to better manage Information Technology (IT) projects. Based on the IT project management lifecycle, this course covers elaborated topics of the basic concepts of IT project management, including initiating, planning, controlling, executing, and closing projects. The course also shows how IT projects should be managed, from inception to post implementation review.   The students are expected to improve their management skills and abilities to define the project scope, create a workable project plan, manage projects within the budget and schedule, and as well as manage human resource, risks, and procurement, and integrate change control in all of the areas in project management.