1. CIS 210 Systems Analysis and Development
Week 2 Part I
Managing the Information Systems Project ,

2. Objectives Upon completion of part I you will be able to:
Understand and be able to explain the concepts related to managing an information systems project
Understand and be able to explain the concepts related to the skills required for an effective project manager
Understand and be able to explain the concepts related to critical path, scheduling and creating Gantt charts and PERT charts

3. Overview Project Management Extremely important aspect
Effective project management
Customer expectations
Budget constraints
Increasingly difficult
Increasingly critical
The Project Manager’s role

4. Managing the Information Systems Project
Project Management
Customers
Budget
Project Manager
Diverse skills
Initiating
Planning
Executing
Closing
Defining a Project
Feasibility Study

5. Initiating a Project Project Initiation Activities Initiation team
Customer relationship
Initiation plan
Management procedures
Management environment
Project workbook
Review

6. Planning the Project Activities Scope, alternatives, feasibility
Dividing tasks
Estimate resources
Prelim schedule
Communication plan
Standard and procedures
Assess risk
Prelim budget
Statement of worth
Baseline of project plan

7. Executing the Project Activities Execute baseline project plan
Monitor progress
Manage changes
Maintain workbook
Communicate status

8. Closing Down the Project
Overview
Natural termination
Unnatural termination
Running out of time
Running out of money
Activities
Closing down the project
Post-project reviews
Closing the contract
Importance of closedown phase

9. Presenting and Scheduling Project Plans
Depicting and Documenting Project Plans
Ganntt charts
Visual depiction of task duration
Visual depiction of time overlap
Visual depiction of slack time
Network diagrams
Show sequence dependencies
Show parallel tasks
Activity rectangles
Representing project plans
Resources
Network diagramming
Critical path scheduling

10. Presenting and Scheduling Project Plans
PERT (program evaluation review technique)
ET= o + 4r + p / 6

11. Using Project Management Software
Establishing a Project Starting Date
Project name
Project manager
Starting date
Ending date
Entering Tasks and Assigning Relationships
Define project tasks
Define relationships
Selecting a Scheduling Method
Graphical
Textual

12. Summary Project Management Project Initiation Project Planning
Project Execution
Project Closedown
Ganntt Charts
Network Diagrams
Project Management Software