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DIFT2011

Project management and Business Information Systems

Credits 7.5
Level Third-year courses, level III
Course start Spring 2026
Duration 1 semester
Language of instruction Norwegian
Location Trondheim
Examination arrangement School exam

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, individual and group exercises, including both written assignments and presentations.

Compulsory assignments

  • Project assignment

Further on evaluation

Compulsory assignments must be approved to be allowed to take the exam.

The re-sit exam might be changed to an oral exam. The re-sit examination is held in August.

Specific conditions

Admission to a programme of study is required:
Digital Business Development (ITBAITBEDR)

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
This course has academic overlap with the course in the table above. If you take overlapping courses, you will receive a credit reduction in the course where you have the lowest grade. If the grades are the same, the reduction will be applied to the course completed most recently.

Subject areas

  • Computer Science

Contact information

Course coordinator

Lecturers

Department with academic responsibility

Department of Computer Science

Examination

Examination

Examination arrangement: School exam
Grade: Letter grades

Ordinary examination - Spring 2026

School exam
Weighting 100/100 Examination aids Code E Duration 4 hours Exam system Inspera Assessment Place and room Not specified yet.

Re-sit examination - Summer 2026

School exam
Weighting 100/100 Examination aids Code E Duration 4 hours Exam system Inspera Assessment Place and room Not specified yet.