Project Management

 

Project Management is the management of teams and resources associated with a particular project so as to gain maximum use of resources and personnel to achieve the goals of the project by the scheduled date and within finanacial constraints of the project.

 

Planning is very important to the successful completion of any task and becomes critically important when we are referring to team oriented projects. A team cannot work effectively unless each person in that team knows what their role is, how to complete that task and then they also know the deadline.

 

 

A Classic Project Management Cartoon (see also http://www.businessballs.com/treeswing.htm)

 

Activities

1. Identify and explain the mistakes made in their system development cycle which allowed these problems to occur?

2. Explain where the first mistake made?

3. Describe what the biggest mistake made and how it could have been avoided?

4. How could all of these mistakes been avoided?

5. In groups try to explain the reasons why each modification was made and then present your ideas to the class.

 

Sources For Project Management

 

Written

"Information Technology: Project Management", Schwalbe,K., Thomson Course Technology, Boston, 2006

"Information Processes and Technology: HSC Course", Powers,G.K., Heinemann, Port Melbourne, 2003

"Information Processing and Technology: The HSC Course", Wilson,C., Cambridge University Press, port melbourne, 2002

 

Web

http://www.businessballs.com/treeswing.htm

http://wiki.ael.be/index.php/FightingSWPatentsCartoon

http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Information_Processing_and_Technology/Project_Management

http://www.nswindtrials-impulsports.com.au/ipthsc1.pdf

By The End Of This Unit:

You would have learned about:

System Developemnt Cycle (UMDIT) leading teams project management project management tools such as project plans gantt charts shared storage Management information systems (MIS) feasibility studies (economic feasibility, technical feasibility, schedule feasibility, organisational feasibility requirement reports context diagrams data flow diagrams system flow charts methods of conversion (direct, parallel, phased, pilot) social and ethical implications of change and change management