1. Information Technology Project Management
by Jack T. Marchewka
Power Point Slides by Richard Erickson, Northern Illinois University
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2. Chapter 1: The Nature of Information Technology Projects

3. Chapter 1 Objectives
Describe the software crisis and how the often dismal track record for information technology (IT) projects provides a motivation for changing how we view and manage IT projects.
Explain the socio-technical, project management, and knowledge management approaches that support ITPM.
Define what an IT project is and describe its attributes.
Define the discipline called project management.
Describe the role and impact IT projects have on an organization.
Identify the different roles and interests of project stakeholders.
Describe the project life cycle, the systems development life cycle, and their relationship.
Identify the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK) and its core knowledge areas.

4. The Software Crisis
If builders built buildings the way programmers wrote programs, then the first woodpecker that came along would destroy civilization.
-Gerald Weinberg

5. Why Projects Fail – CHAOS STUDY

6. Improving the likelihood of success
Socio-technical Approach
Project Management Approach
processes and infrastructure
resources
expectations
competition
efficiency and effectiveness
Knowledge Management Approach
lessons learned
best practices

7. Chaos Study

8. The context of project management
Project Definitions
A project is a temporary endeavor undertaken to accomplish a unique purpose.
Project management is the application of knowledge, skills, tools, and techniques to project activities in order to meet or exceed stakeholder needs and expectations from a project

9. The context of project management
Project Attributes:
Time Frame
Purpose
Ownership
Resources
Roles
Risks & Assumptions
Interdependent tasks
Organizational change
Operating Environment

10. The Triple Constraint

11. Roles Project Manager Project Sponser Subject Matter Expert(s) (SME)
Technical Expert(s) (TE)

12. Risks & Assumptions
Internal
External
Assumptions

13. The Project Life Cycle and IT Development

14. Definitions Project Life Cycle (PLC) Deliverable
Phase exits, stage gates, or kill points
Fast tracking

15. Generic Project Life Cycle

16. Phases/Stages of PLC Define project goal Plan project
Answer questions (What, why, how, who, et al)
Baseline plan
Close project
Evaluate project

17. Systems Development Life Cycle

18. Systems Development Life Cycle
SDLC: sequential phases or stages an information system follows throughout its useful life.
Phases/Stages
Planning
Analysis
Design
Implementation
Maintenance and Support

19. Structured Approaches: Waterfall Method
Implementing SDLC:
Structured Approaches:
Waterfall Method

20. Implementing SDLC: Rapid Application Development (RAD) Approaches:
Prototyping
Spiral Development
Extreme Programming

21. The PLC vs the SDLC

22. Project Management Body of Knowledge

23. Project Management Knowledge Areas
Project integration management
Project scope management
Project time management
Project cost management
Project quality management

24. Project Management Knowledge Areas
Project human resource management
Project communication management
Project risk management
Project procurement management