1. IS 455 Project Management Agenda: - Take role call
- Ask for anyone I missed
- Show agenda on next slide
Post-mortem: This class ended up going really well as we spent time accumulating students take on what the features of a PM are. At the end we had a fairly in depth list that shows how difficult it is to be a good PM. There are a lot of skills required to be a good PM and a lot of confusion on exactly what it is that makes a good PM. =>Strong case for course.
IS 455 Project Management

2. Introduction Todays Class: Introduction Announcements Syllabus
Schedule
Format
Materials
Availability Survey
Classroom Exercise
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3. This is IS 455 – Project Management Instructor: Tom Sulzer
Introduction
This is IS 455 – Project Management Instructor: Tom Sulzer
I wrote software professional for over 20 years.
I am a husband, father of 3 sons.
2 are in college
1 is a Senior in high school
I have been in and round project management for a number of years in various capacities
I can say most assuredly, that once you think you have figured out all there is to know about being a PM, something totaly new will come up that you have not encountered before.
Something unusual and something that you probably didn’t expect is that I am a 3rd degree black belt in American Free Style Karate.
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4. Announcement – Career Fair
Tip: The best jobs are not advertised. They are typically filled before they are advertised by people that are networked and know about the positions ahead of time!!!! It’s time to networked….
Announcement – Career Fair
Who: Everyone should plan to go…
What: Meet / network with companies
Meet hiring managers
Get information first hand
Where: 3rd floor Davies Center
When: February 13th from 10:00 am – 2:00 pm
Why: At some point you will need a job, and this is the best way to go about getting one.
Take an informal survey….
Who has a job already lined up after graduation?
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5. Who is a Project Manager?
Just think about this question and we will come back to it later.
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6. Syllabus …
Office hours Office Software links Goals/Objectives Don’t be late Do your own work
Go to the Syllabus. Take the time to show the students where it is at
Use office 365
Don’t sit on technical issues.
First level is in lobby of Schneider
Second level is IS COB intern
Third level will be me.
Late work: don’t do it.
My office hours are from 2:30 – 3:30 or by appointment
My office is upstairs in SSS 408 / Schofield 130F
Use the software links on the syllabus to at least get a pointer to where you can get the software
Goals: Focusing more on being able to write and speak to technical issues and in particular to a business audience.
Objectives: See Syllabus
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7. Schedule…
Assignment dates Exam dates
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8. Introduction Course Format Adaptive Interactive
Discussion and practice oriented
Exercise-driven
Practice on a case study in a team format
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9. Introduction Course Materials
Wysocki, Robert K., (2014). Effective Project Management: Traditional, Agile, Extreme, 7th Edition, (New York, NY: John Wiley & Sons)
Case Study Materials
Copies of slide presentation
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10. Introduction What’s Expected of Me? Be on time Be actively involved
Be committed to your team members
No side conversations
No ringing cell phones, pagers, Blackberries, PDAs...
Have fun!
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11. Contemporary Project Environment
Introduction
Contemporary Project Environment
High Speed
High Change
Lower Cost
Increasing Levels of Complexity
More Uncertainty
Challenges to Effective Project Management
Flexibility and Adaptability
Deep Understanding of the Business & Its Systems
Take Charge of the Project and Its Management
Project Management is Organized Common Sense
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12. Who is a Project Manager?
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13. Software…
MS Office - Word - Excel Project Organization: Personal choice -JIRA - MS Project Simulation Powered Leaning (SPL) - more later
Get S/W installed.
Exams are on the schedule, Don’t plan anything for those time.
Software: Get it installed in the first 2 weeks.
Fisher Simulation from the web. Won’t be using the software from the book.
What do you think we’ll use these tools for?
Problem is that we have sort of a limited ability to put you on a project as a project manager
So what we are doing is we are going to incorporate community mentors so that you are able to take the theory we talk about in class and then see how it translates to the real world.
This is a really great opportunity, and one that I am truly excited about.
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14. Working in teams or groups ….
Biggest thing to take away from this class is that communication is critical to successfully managing teams and being able to collaborate. It is truly impressive what teams can accomplish.
Working in teams or groups ….
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15. Chrysler Building in New York
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16. In July 1, 1997 Hong Kong was returned to China by Great Brittan
In July 1, 1997 Hong Kong was returned to China by Great Brittan. There is now a highway being built to span that ~17 mile span between Hong Kong and Main land China. This is right through the Zhujang (shujang) River Estuary AKA as the Pearl River or in the past it was know as the Canton River.
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18. Who is a Project Manager?
Use what the students put together to answer the question “Who is a Project Manager”
Talk to the point about how everyone is responsible for getting themselves organized.
Everyone is in charge of getting that done for themselves.
Does anyone have someone laying their clothes to wear in the morning?
Does anyone have someone telling them their priorities for the week?
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19. What is IS 455 Project Management about …
Working in teams
Learning fundamentals
Learning best practices
Developing skills
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20. Schneider 203  Active Learning Classroom…
Classroom is outfitted with a lot of technology
- Utilizes pods to enhance collaboration
PC at each pod
Whiteboard
- Integrated technology at your finger tips
Can demonstrate your work to the entire class
Teacher’s station has confidence monitor
All of this doesn’t guarantee that you are going to get a good grade.
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21. Get to know environment
Do the following at a pod:
Download the Display Software to your laptop/device
Use the local laptop and login to local station and display something. (Can be anything)
Use your own device and login to local station and display something. (Can be anything)
Have multiple people share the display monitor
Logon to the pod computer
From the pod’s computer play a video clip
Publish your screen to entire classroom
Use the white board
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22. Class Exercise At each work station: Login to the workstation computer
create a list of characteristics that a “Good Project Manager” possesses.
Use the pod’s computer to create a Hot Topic List.
Note it is important for it to be on the pod’s computer.
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23. Use what the students put together to answer the question “Who is a Project Manager”
Talk to the point about how everyone is responsible for getting themselves organized:
- Everyone is in charge of getting that done for themselves.
- Does anyone have a personal valet catering to their every need, helping them decide what to wear?
- Does anyone have someone telling them their priorities for the week?
What types of things do they need to be concerned with?
- Features or Scope
- How fast things are getting done or Time
- Economics of the project or how much it is costing
- Overall quality – if there are any defects
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24. What is Project Management about
Working in teams
Learning fundamentals
Learning best practices
Developing skills
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25. Availability Survey… Copyright Tom Sulzer © 2019
Need to fill out availability forms (Group Meeting Time Survey), On line Qualtrics survey and organize groups based on availability I will group you. Don’t be mean but don’t be too generous.
Then categorize your time
Group people by availability
Evenings
MWF Morning
MWF Afternoon
Have you interned? No Great…
Interns not on the same group
Any juniors. (A lot like organizing Karate tournament flights)
Once all of teams are assigned:
Exchange information
Make sure it really does work
On a single piece of paper write the team member names and give it to me.
8 Teams – 2 of 4 and 6 of 5.
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Use the pod’s computer to create a Hot Topic List.
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27. Who is a Project Manager?
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28. Next time… Read the case study Pizza Delivered Quickly (PDQ)
background document.
Take notes on any questions you may have
SDLC
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