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2. For our graduates to be successful in the 21 stCentury, it is essential to give them the knowledge and skills they need to face the challenges of the century. 3. Once it was enough to give our computer program graduates technical skills. 4. But the successful graduate can expect to serve in more and more responsible positions as they progress in their careers. 5. Many of the responsible positions will involve projects and, with time, our graduates may well be involved in more and more complicated projects, possibly becoming a project manager. 6. To that end, we would be remiss not to consider Project Management as a part of our computer curriculum. 7. So What Makes Project Management Important? 8. Statistics
9. IT projects have had a terrible success rate
10. Project Management Important to Organizations
11. How would our computer graduates become involved in project management? 12. The typical graduate could be expected to become involved at some level in a systems analysis and design. 13. So how does participating in a systems analysis and design process result in being involved with project management? 14.
15. How to integrate a project management course into your curriculum. 16. The ideal place to put a project management course in your curriculum would be as a follow-on to your systems analysis and design course, with the systems analysis and design course as a prerequisite. 17. The systems analysis and design course provides the foundation material for the project management course, making the concepts in the project management course more easily understood . 18. Programming Course Systems Analysis& Design Course Project Management Course 19. A typical project management course would cover the following material.(Data from Schwalbe, K. (2007).Information Technology Project Management, 5th Ed. Cambridge, MA: Cengage Course Technology.) 20.
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24. In addition, the Schwalbe book includes an extensive appendix on Microsoft Project 2007 and the capability of downloading a free trial copy of MS Project 2007. 25. The appendix is organized into sections that mirror the chapters in the book from Scope Management through Communications Management. 26. The integration of MS Project with the course can be done by various methods, but from my personal experience the best time to start is immediately after the Project Integration Management chapter. 27. At this point you should have the students run through the Introduction and Overview of Project, using the example in the appendix. 28. There is a Running Case that can be used for a student assignment that is placed at the end of each chapter, covering the material in that chapter and continuing with each subsequent chapter. 29. There is an additional case in Appendix C at the end of the text, and two more cases are available at the book Web site online. 30. These cases can be assigned to individuals or teams in your class to accomplish their major assignment for the class. 31. As you go through each chapter in the text, have the students do their assigned project using Project, following the instructions in the applicable section in the appendix. 32.
33. Questions?