Course - Project management and Business Information Systems - DIFT2011
Project management and Business Information Systems
Assessments and mandatory activities may be changed until September 20th.
About
About the course
Course content
The course will provide students with a basic understanding of the main principles of planning, implementing, following up and leading IT-projects, with a special focus on projects that aim to acquire new business information systems. The course provides a general introduction to what business information systems are and how such systems can help optimize the business processes in an organization. Furthermore, the focus is on how projects for the introduction of business information systems are run. We look at such projects both through the eyes of the acquiring company (implementation projects) and the eyes of the supplying company (development projects). The course covers: what characterizes different IT-projects, typical project implementation models, project management, project planning, project breakdown structures, project implementation, project reporting, factors that are crucial for the project's success, risk analysis, stakeholder analysis, project documentation and agreements, business processes and business information systems. Combined with practical project experience and the course's learning activities, this will provide sufficient theoretical basis and skills for the candidate to participate in IT projects where business systems are implemented and eventually fill the role of project manager.
Learning outcome
Knowledge
Candidates:
- can describe what characterizes different IT-projects
- can explain typical project implementation models for IT-projects
- can explain the implementation and project management of IT-projects according to different project implementation models
- can account for the project manager role in regard to responsibilities and authority in IT-projects
- can describe what business information systems are and what they are used for
- can explain how to manage, sell and deliver business information systems
Skills
Candidates:
- can define project organizations for different types of IT-projects
- can prepare plans for different types of IT-projects
- can describe and optimize business processes where IT-systems are a natural part
- can carry out processes for the acquisition and implementation of business information systems
General competence
Candidates:
- is aware of how business systems can affect employees in an organization
- is aware of the importance of maintaining good relations with all stakeholders
- can argue for specific choices and solutions in connection with IT projects
- can assess IT-projects in a sustainability context
- is aware of the importance of IT-projects complying with laws, regulations and agreements
Learning methods and activities
Lectures, case assignments that are solved in groups, supervision meetings, group presentation of exercise results.
Further on evaluation
Continuation and voluntary repetition / improvement can be carried out for some partial assessments without all partial assessments in a subject having to be retaken.
The re-sit examination for the school exam is held in August.
In the event of voluntary repetition, fail (F) or valid absence at the group assignment, the group assignment must be retaken in a semester with teaching.
You are given the opportunity to complain about partial assessments in this course before all partial assessments have been completed.
All students in the group normally receive the same grade based on the group assignment. In special cases where a student has not contributed sufficiently, the student may be given an individual grade based on documented lack of effort and/or workload.
Specific conditions
Admission to a programme of study is required:
Digital Business Development (ITBAITBEDR)
Recommended previous knowledge
Knowledge corresponding to the topic "Web technology and teamwork".
Course materials
Curriculum literature is determined at the start of the course and in this course it is relevant to use a textbook in project management and a textbook in business information systems. Current textbooks are: - Project Management for Information Systems (fifth edition) by James Cadle and Donald Yeates, 2008. - Modern ERP. Select, implement and use today's advanced business systems av, M. Bradford, 2010.
Credit reductions
| Course code | Reduction | From |
|---|---|---|
| IBED3002 | 7.5 sp | Autumn 2020 |
Subject areas
- Computer Science