This course covers the effective management of complex large-scale technology based projects as well as the management of multiple IT-oriented projects within an enterprise. This course links the management of technological issues within a business environment including the integration of vendor supplied technologies and internally developed software and databases. The large-scale project topics include software development problems; contracts and procurement; leadership behavior and leading team members; the project support functions and metrics; project estimation techniques; and handling multiple facets of a large project. For managing all IT projects in an enterprise, topics include the establishment and use of an IT Project Management office; the IT project portfolio management methods including strategic alignment; project prioritization; organizational support; project architecture management; project resource management; project knowledge management, and project asset management. PREREQUISITE(S): IS 430 or PM 430 or completion of foundation or core phase.
