DSM5010 - PROJECT MANAGEMENT FOR INFORMATION SYSTEMS

Module Identifier

DSM5010

Module Title

PROJECT MANAGEMENT FOR INFORMATION SYSTEMS

Academic Year

2007/2008

Co-ordinator

Dr Christine J Urquhart

Semester

Available all semesters

Mutually Exclusive

DSM0320

Course delivery

Lecture

Introductory session at study school

Assessment

Assessment Type	Assessment Length/Details	Proportion
Semester Assessment	Coursework report (2,500 word essay equivalent)	100%
Supplementary Assessment	Resubmission of failed coursework	100%

Learning outcomes

On successful completion of this module students should be able to:

Describe and apply techniques for identifying the strategic impact of information technology on an organisation;

Describe how the costs and benefits of an information technology or information systems investment should be appraised ;

Discuss the legal and ethical risks in systems procurement;

Formulate appropriate procurement approaches, including consideration of outsourcing;

Discuss and justify approaches to project management;

Demonstrate some project management techniques.

Brief description

The module covers a variety of techniques that may be used throughout the planning and implementation of new information systems. New information systems often upset current ways of working and therefore considerable emphasis is placed in the module on the techniques that analysts and users can use to help in planning for a new information system. Students will learn how projects can be managed better, from planning through procurement and implementation to evaluation of the completed project and realisation of benefits.

Content

The content includes:
Unit 1: Information strategy, strategic planning tools, benefits appraisal
Unit 2: Procurement of information systems, strategic procurement issues, standards and methods for procurement, trust and collaborative procurement, outsourcing
Unit 3: Project management risks, approaches to implementation, organisational change, user acceptance, human-computer interaction principles, training and testing, project management software, project management methodologies, project evaluation, programme management principles.

Module Skills

Problem solving	Through work with strategic management matrices
Research skills	By critical appraisal of the evidence for the factors affecting the success or failure of projects
Communication	Through practice with different methods of presenting information
Improving own Learning and Performance	By appreciation of their own likely preferred roles within a team
Team work	By appreciation of the factors that affect project performance, including the factors affecting successful team working
Information Technology	Through practice with use of project management software
Application of Number	Through understanding of the principles of cost-benefit analysis
Personal Development and Career planning	By acquisition of a range of practical skills that can be applied to organisational problems, appreciation of project management that can be applied to their own career planning
Subject Specific Skills	a) Systems analysis, b) Business process analysis, c) Project management, d) Research skills

Notes

This module is at CQFW Level 7