MIS 495
Information Systems Project Management and Development
Fall Quarter, 2008 4:10 pm
- 5:50 pm Monday Wednesday 219 Rike Hall
Instructor: Barbara
Denison
Office: 212 R Rike
Hall
Phone: (937)775-2416
or 2895
Office Hours: 10:00 – 11:15 M
W, 1:00 – 3:00 M
Or by
appointment
e-mail: barbara.denison@wright.edu
COURSE DESCRIPTION:
This course entitled Information Systems Project Management and
Development (MIS 495) will include two parts.
The first part of the course will devote to the study of project
management. The concept and the
practice of project management and its importance to improving the success of
information technology projects will be introduced. The second part of the course will entail
investigation of an actual information systems business problem of some firm or
organization in the Dayton Metropolitan area.
The project participants, working in groups of three or four, will be
expected to initiate a research proposal, perform a systems analysis and design
project, and present results orally and in writing to management. Project management practices are to be
applied during the planning and execution of the project. Specific system development projects and
company contacts will be developed by the faculty teaching the course and to
the extent possible the students will have an option on the type of project and
the type of company in which they become involved.
PREREQUISTES
MIS 450 and MIS 415.
COURSE OBJECTIVES
·
Work effectively in a self-managed team
·
Communicate effectively with business client
·
Develop and execute a project management plan for a
systems development project
·
Develop a working model
(as needed)
·
Plan for implementation of solution
·
Understand the genesis of project management and its
importance to improving the success of information technology projects
·
To utilize a project management tool for planning,
updating, and reporting on project progress
REQUIRED TEXT
Information Technology Project Management, Kathy Schwalbe, Thompson Course
Technology, 5th edition, 2007.
ISBN-13 is 978-1-4239-0145-7.
A Gift of Fire, Sara Baase, Prentice Hall, 3rd
edition, 2008.
COURSE REQUIREMENTS:
1. The student should have the MIS senior status
or equivalent and have successfully completed MIS 450 and MIS 415. Students working in development teams of four
or five will be required to:
a. Develop
a project proposal outlining background, method and costs of the proposed
project.
b. Complete
the proposed project following the approved project proposal.
c. Present
the findings to the management of the respective companies in written form and
in a verbal presentation. The
presentation will be scheduled during final exam week, or the tenth week of
class.
2. All out-of-pocket costs for the project team
will be paid by the Information Systems and Operations Management Development
Fund. Such costs will include those
incurred in long distance telephone, data collection and preparation of the
final written and oral report. None of
the students or individual study teams will receive compensation for their
efforts beyond those expenses associated with out-of-pocket costs.
3. The results of the project will be considered
proprietary to the sponsor and will not be released without his/her written
permission.
COURSE ORGANIZATION:
1. Professor Denison will have primary
responsibility for the seminar. The
course will be organized as follows:
Week 1 - Orientation
and team formation and presentation of management problems to student teams
Week 2 - Visit clients to determine the details of
the problem
Week 3 - Submission
of project proposal by student teams to management
Week 4 - Revise
proposal based on client feedback and resubmit
Week 3-9 Implementation of plan
Week 10 – Finals Week Written and oral presentation to management
2. Each team will elect a team leader, treasurer, and librarian early
in the term. The team leader will be
responsible for general administration, allocation of internal assignments and
coordination with faculty advisor and client.
The treasurer will be responsible for handling all expense funds and
making a final accounting to the instructor.
The librarian will coordinate documentation.
3. Team meetings will be arranged during the first two weeks of the
Quarter. From week 2-10, group (team)
meetings with faculty will be arranged as appropriate, but with a minimum of
once a week. Attendance at team meetings
is required. Team meetings will be
in the ISOM Conference Room, 271 Rike Hall.
PROJECT MANAGEMENT ASSIGNMENTS
Materials for project management are posted on WebCT. This is accessible through wings.wright.edu
and clicking on MIS 495 in your course list.
The Schwalbe text is the reference for these materials. MS Project 2007 is available in the labs in
Rike including the ISOM lab. Written
project management assignments are to be completed individually and turned in
to the instructor. Each group may
utilize one or a combined solution in the proposal and final written report for
the group. Quizzes will be online
through WebCT and will be administered during your weekly group meeting. The lowest quiz score will be dropped.
|
Week |
Materials |
Deliverable |
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September 8-12 |
Intro to PM, Project Life Cycle, SDLC, IT Projects (from |
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September 15 - 19 |
Project Management Process Groups:
Read Case Study ( |
Narrative statement of scope of project (approx. one
page): Due at group meeting following first meeting with client. Complete Quiz 1 on Ch. 1-2 |
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September 22 - 26 |
Project Integration Management (Chapter 4) Defining Scope, WBS, and Project Estimation ( |
Project Charter and Gantt Chart with WBS and Timeline:
Due at week 3 group meeting Complete Quiz 2 on |
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September 29 – October 3 |
Project Schedule and Budget (Chapters 6-7) |
Complete Quiz 3 on Ch. 4-5 |
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October 6 - 10 |
Project Quality Management and HR Management (Chapters 8-9) |
Complete Quiz 4 on Ch 6-7 |
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October 13 - 17 |
Project Communication, Tracking and Reporting (Chapter 10) Project Risk Management ( |
Updated Gantt Chart with work completed: Due at week 6
group meeting Complete Quiz 5 on Ch. 8-9 |
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October 2-24 |
Project Procurement Management ( Evaluating and Controlling Technology (Ch. 7 in Gift of Fire) |
Complete Quiz 6 on |
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October 27 -31 |
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Complete Quiz 7 on |
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November 3 - 14 |
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Project completion and Preparation of final report |
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November 17 - 21 |
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Peer Evaluation and project review:
Due after final presentation |
GRADING PROCEDURE:
The final grade
will be assigned on the basis of project performance, including a consideration
of project proposal, project implementation and final written and oral
presentation. The grading procedure will
be weighted approximately as follows:
Proposal 10%
Project Management
Assignments and Quizzes 22%
Project Implementation 40%
Final Written Report 15%
Final Oral Report 8%
Client Assessment 5%
Total 100%
Grading will be on a group basis for the project development (i.e., all
members of a team will share the same grade).
However, peer group rankings will be taken at the conclusion of the
course and final grades adjusted as necessary.
Group members not carrying their share of the work should be reported to
the instructor only after the group, as a whole, try to resolve the
problem. It is important to do this
early so action can be taken to provide ample guidance to the individual.
GENERAL COMMENTS:
Some of the projects that are undertaken require students to learn new
things, such as a new programming language, installing and using new hardware
and using new software. Not knowing the
hardware or software that will be used on a project is not an acceptable excuse
for not participating in the project.
This course is intended to provide you with a real world learning
experience and all these things can be expected in your professional career.