Code
MGSE MIS 4402
Level
M1
Field
Systèmes d’information
Language
Anglais/English
ECTS Credits
2
Class hours
12
Total student load
40
Program Manager(s)
Department
- Technologies, Information et Management
Educational team
Introduction to the module
Project management is a special way of organizing work. The course aims at getting the basics of project management techniques and approaches, especially in an information system context.
At the end of this session, students should be able :
- to explain what is a project, (and what is not a project)
- to define what is project management
- to identify the main IS project life cycles,
- to use different workload assessment techniques,
- to establish a project schedule with resource and time constraints,
- to understand key indicators that should be used both at team level and at project level to control an IS project.
Learning goals/Programme objectives
- LG1 Being able to extend digital intelligence through its different dimensions
- LG2 Having the ability to manage uncertainty and complexity with accuracy and rigor
- LG3 Having the foundations of responsible and sustainable management
- LG4 Having access to different cross disciplinary management approaches and tools
Learning objectives/Intended learning outcomes
- 1.3 - Develop competitiveness in business, and digital sovereignty
- 2.1 - Identify and analyze in depth problems, causes and impacts
- 2.2 - Explore solutions, decisions, and their relative and absolute impacts
- 2.3 - Identify optimal solution(s) and priorities toward implementation
- 2.4 - Implement a plan, prepare for changes, and measure the success of actions with regard to strategy and stakeholder
- 3.1 - Understand and employ basic concepts, knowledge and theories related to the discipline
- 3.2 - Apply discipline knowledge appropriately and effectively
- 3.3 - Identify the boudaries of the discipline and possible cross-disciplinary connections
- 3.4 - Select and employ judiciously appropriate techniques and tools within the discipline
- 4.2 - Understand and employ cross-disciplinary concepts, knowledge, theories
- 4.3 - Apply cross-disciplinary management approaches and tools effectively and judiciously
- 4.4 - Evaluate the use of cross-disciplinary management approaches and tools
Content : structure and schedule
Session 1 : Introduction
Course presentation
Video Introduction to project management http://tmsp.ubicast.eu/videos/pmbasics-introduction/
Case study The heist of the century
InterSessional homework Video Project work breakdown
http://tmsp.ubicast.eu/videos/pmbasics-breakdown/
Session 2 : Project work breakdown
Questions-Answers
Exercices :
Structural breakdown
Project life-cycle
Quiz on introduction and breakdown
InterSessional homework Video Project scheduling
http://tmsp.ubicast.eu/videos/pmbasics-scheduling/
Session 3 : Project scheduling
Questions-Answers
Exercices
Precedence diagram
Critical path and floats
Gantt diagram
InterSessional homework Video Effort estimation techniques
http://tmsp.ubicast.eu/videos/pmbasics-estimating/
ession 4 : Effort estimation techniques
Questions-Answers
Exercices:
Delphi technique
Analytical assessment technique and ratio technique
Proportional distribution technique
Generalization
InterSessional homework Video Project monitoring and controlling
http://tmsp.ubicast.eu/videos/pmbasics-monitoring/
Session 5 : Project monitoring and controlling
Questions-Answers
Exercices :
Monthly report
Individual report
Quiz on scheduling and estimating
Session 6 : Final Test
Pedagogical methods
After an introductory case study, the course is based on a "blended learning" approach. Between sessions, students should learn theoretical basis through on-line videos. Applications of various techniques are made during face-to-face sessions.
Evaluation and grading system and catch up exams
The overall grade for the class is a weighted average of three grades:
1. 50% Continuous assessment
2. 50% Final exam
Module Policies
Professor-Student Communication
● The professor will contact the students through their school email address (IMT-BS/TSP) and the Moodle portal. No communication via personal email addresses will take place. It is the student responsibility to regularly check their IMT-BS/TSP mailbox.
● Students can communicate with the professor by emailing him/her to his institutional address. If necessary, it is possible to meet the professor in his office during office-hours or by appointment.
Students with accommodation needs
If a student has a disability that will prevent from completing the described work or require any kind of accommodation, he may inform the program director (with supporting documents) as soon as possible. Also, students are encouraged to discuss it with the professor.
Class behavior
● Out of courtesy for the professor and classmates, all mobile phones, electronic games or other devices that generate sound should be turned off during class.
● Students should avoid disruptive and disrespectful behavior such as: arriving late, leaving early, careless behavior (e.g. sleeping, reading a non-course material, using vulgar language, over-speaking, eating, drinking, etc.). A warning may be given on the first infraction of these rules. Repeated violators will be penalized and may face expulsion from the class and/or other disciplinary proceedings.
● The tolerated delay is 5 minutes. Attendance will be declared on Moodle during these 5 minutes via a QR code provided by the teacher at each course start.
● Student should arrive on time for exams and other assessments. No one will be allowed to enter the classroom once the first person has finished the exam and left the room. There is absolutely no exception to this rule. No student can continue to take an exam once the time is up. No student may leave the room during an examination unless he / she has finished and handed over all the documents.
● In the case of remote learning, the student must keep his camera on unless instructed otherwise by the professor.
Honor code
IMT-BS is committed to a policy of honesty in the academic community. Conduct that compromises this policy may result in academic and / or disciplinary sanctions. Students must refrain from cheating, lying, plagiarizing and stealing. This includes completing your own original work and giving credit to any other person whose ideas and printed materials (including those from the Internet) are paraphrased or quoted directly. Any student who violates or helps another student violate academic behavior standards will be penalized according to IMT-BS rules.
Textbook Required and Suggested Readings
J.Cadle&D.Yeates, "Project Management for Information Systems", 5th edition, Pearson, 2008.
C.Morley, "Le management d'un projet système d'information", 7th edition, Dunod.
http://www.pmi.org/
Keywords
Project, Project management