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If you’re about to take on your first managerial role this course is the ideal place to start learning more about IS and IT project management principles.
In BCS Foundation Certificate in IS Project Management course, you’ll investigate and understand a number of project management issues around IS and IT applications. What do we mean by that? Well, some of the key areas you’ll look into include the nature of projects and project work, monitoring and control, quality issues and project organisation and communication.
The IS Project Management course is designed for people new to the project management field within IS. It is also suitable for others such as business analysts, solution developers and change professionals, who want an understanding of project management or who have to undertake project management responsibilities alongside their nominal duties.
During this three-day course you’ll receive all the training you need to prepare for the BCS Foundation in IS Project Management certificate multiple choice examination, which is held on the final afternoon of the course.
A pass means a Foundation certificate in IS Project Management which is part of the BCS Professional Certification portfolio, but it contributes to your BCS International Diploma in Business Analysis too.
Exam is included in the price
Course Objectives
The course is designed for people new to the project management field within IS. It is also suitable for others such as business analysts, solution developers and change professionals, who want an understanding of project management or who have to undertake project management responsibilities alongside their nominal duties.
Syllabus – Key points
his classroom-based course provides participants with a good general understanding of the purpose, structure and techniques of project management within the information systems (IS) field.
Project environment
Characteristics of a project; the ‘triple constraint’ of time/cost/quality
Project and operational responsibilities
Special features of computer projects
Role of the Project Manager
Project success and failure
Development lifecycles
Project initiation
Stakeholder analysis and management
Defining the objectives and scope of the project
The role of the Client and their responsibilities
Project constraints and resources
Project Initiation Document
Project planning
The importance of breaking work down
Product breakdown structures
Project and User deliverables
Standard deliverable sets and templates
Product flows and work packages
The concept of dependencies
Estimating deliverables
Key concepts in estimating
Estimating difficulties
Estimating by analogy
Parametric estimating
Effort and elapsed time estimates
Schedule compression
Planning networks and charts
Precedence diagrams and project networks
The critical path and its implications
Gantt charts and resource histograms
Planning at an appropriate level
The use and abuse of planning software
Working in teams
The elements of a good team
Team composition
Team roles
Motivation and management style
The roots of motivation at work
Approaches to motivation (Maslow, Herzberg)
The effect of management style
Project risk management
Purpose of risk management
Risk management process
Identifying and assessing risks
Introduction to quantitative risk assessment
Project quality plans
Principles of quality management
The contents of a quality plan
Quality Management
Configuration management
The project plan
Elements of a project plan (schedule, quality, risk)
Contents and structure of a project plan
Project monitoring, reporting and control
The importance of monitoring and control
Allocating personal deliverables
Progress measurement
Time recording
Introduction to earned value analysis
Dealing with non-delivery
Slippage and re-planning – corrective actions
Change control, scope creep and over-engineering
Reporting structures
Project completion
Project sign-off and the need for a controlled close
Post-project reviews
The project manager
The project manager’s role revisited
Qualities and characteristics of effective project managers
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