INFORMATION SYSTEMSPROJECT MANAGEMENT
Spring 2011
Hybrid Course
Carl Scott, Ph.D.
Office:260B Melcher Hall
E-mail:
Phone:713-743-4753
Fax:713-743-4706
Purpose:This course presents the area of Information Systems Project Management.Virtually all ISbusiness processes involve IS project Management. Some business and individuals make extensive use of IS Project Management, others struggle to understand and use the tools used in IS Project Management. The focus of the course will be to develop in the student some of the skills of IS Project Management and to give the student a practical application of those skills.
Class meeting: The class will meet in …..to discuss the course and select the team Information Systems Projects. All other meetings are in the chat room on WebCt.
Office Hours: Office hours will be held online in the WebCt Chat Room, from 5:30 to 6:00 each Tuesday except during spring break.
Grading:Grades in this course are based upon the following distribution:
Exams / 60%Information Systems Team Project / 35%
Peer Evaluation / 5%
Grade / Percentage
Ranges
A / 100 - 93%
A- / 92 - 90%
B+ / 89 - 87%
B / 86 - 84%
B- / 83 - 80%
C / 79 - 70%
Exams: There will be three examsadministered byCASA. Exams typically are multiple choice, fill in the blank, and true false. The questions will come from the lectures. Before taking the exam at CASA, the student must sign up for CASA and then select a time to take the exam. Following the exam, the grades are posted on Courseware used by CASA. More information is at
Information Systems Project: Each student team will work with a client from the nonprofit sector. The Executive Service Corps of Houston will coordinate the projects with the student and the instructor. The project your team selects is made on the first day of class. Prior to the first day of class ESCH provides an online list of Systems Requests from the non profits. Student teams then review the requests prior to class and select several projects that they may be interested in working on. In class on the first day of class, a random assignment of team project order is made. Then the team with the first order selects the project it wants, the team second in order selects from the reminder of the projects and the process continues until all teams have a project. The instructor assigns all projects.
The IS project will serve as the class final exam. The deliverables for the IS project will be posted to the course Wiki and to Turnitin.com by 1200 on the date listed. One letter grade will be subtracted for each day a deliverable is submitted after the due date. Final grading will occur during the final exam period.
Wiki: Each team for their project will maintain a Wiki. Documentation for the teams deliverables will be posted to the Wiki found at, The goal of the Wiki is to keep all stakeholders in the project up to date on activities of the team. The grading for the Information Systems Project comes from the Wiki rubric found at the end of the syllabus. All postings to the team Wiki (see below) are to be made by 1200 on the due date of the deliverable.
Turnitin.com: Students will also post their deliverables to 1200 one day prior to class. For the class is MIS 4374 Section ……, class ID number is ….. and the password is ……. Turnitin.comgetting started for students, instructions are available at
Peer Evaluation: At the end of the course, each student will provide a peer evaluation on the other members of the team. Each student will be given 100 points to assign to the other members of the team. A caveat though is, that the there must be a reasonable deviation in the ratings. Equal or near equal ratings will result in a penalty for the evaluator.
Teams: Student teams are normally self selected; you decide which team you will work on. It is best that you arrive on the first day of class on a team. Teams selected this way are more motivated, work together better and typically work faster. You will be assigned to a team in the event that you are not on a team on the first day of class. This may be an existing team or may be a new team composed of students not on a team. Team size is limited to 4-5 members as this has proven to be a good size for learning and working on a project. There is a chance of a 6 member team, but that occurs when the professor assigns someone to a 5 member team.
Lectures: Lectures will be available online via iTunes Uat the beginning of week indicated in the calendar below. The course is restricted and can only be accessed through the link found on the course home page in WebCt.
Resources:
The textbook for this course is IT Project Management ,2nd Edition
Jack T. Marchewka
ISBN-10: 0-471-71539-5 New York, NY John Wiley, 2006.
Blackboard Vista
How will I get my Blackboard Vista User Name?
You will NOT get a User Name if your instructors do not use Vista for your courses.
ForBlackboard Vista, your User Name is your PeopleSoft ID.
For WebCT Vista, your User Name is your Cougarnet ID.
Here’s three ways to get your User Name:
Online at - Click “Check User Name” to get your WebCT User Name.
In person in Room 116 of the PGH building on the main campus, Monday-Friday, 8 am-8 pm.
By phone at 713-743-1411 - 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
New users: Your User Name will start to work only AFTER the first day of class.
If you register late or change sections, allow 1-3 working days AFTER you register for a class for your User Name to be created and added to the class.
Be sure to type your User Name and password exactly as specified.
What’s my password?
Your initial password is your 6-digit birth date in the format mmddyya!where “a” is the first initial of your last name in lower case. The exclamation point is part of the password. For example: April 1, 1983 for Jane Smith would be entered as 040183s! You will be required to change your password the first time you log on and every 90 days after that.
Where do I find my WebCT Vista or Blackboard Vista courses?
Once you have your User Name, go to Click the red “WebCT Vista” button or the blue “Blackboard Vista” button. Enter your User Name and password exactly as specified. Use “Check Your Browser” to check your computer configuration.
How do I get help using WebCT Vista or Blackboard Vista?
Go to click on “Student Help” to see a variety of options. Students can also call 713-743-1411 or send email to .
Academic Honesty:
The University of Houston Academic Honesty Policyis strictly enforced by the C. T. Bauer College of Business. No violations of this policy will be tolerated in this course. A discussion of the policy is included in the University of Houston Student Handbook, Students are expected to be familiar with this policy.
Accommodations for Students with Disabilities:
The C. T. Bauer College of Business would like to help students who have disabilities achieve their highest potential. To this end, in order to receive academic accommodations, students must register with the Center for Students with Disabilities (CSD) (telephone 713-743-5400), and present approved accommodation documentation to their instructors in a timely manner.
Tentative Schedule
Week Beginning / TopicJan 17 / Chapter 1:The Nature of Information Technology ProjectsProject Assignment
Jan 24 / Chapter 2:Conceptualizing and Initiating The IT Project
Jan 31 / Chapter 3: Developing the Project Charter and Baseline Project Plan
Feb 7 / Chapter 6:The Work Breakdown Structure and Project Estimation
Feb 14 / Chapter 4:The Human Side of Project Management First Exam (Chap 1,2,3,6,and 4) Feb. 17
Feb 21 / Chapter 5:Defining and Managing Project Scope
Feb 28 / Chapter 11:Managing Organizational Change, Resistance, and Conflict
Mar 7 / Chapter 7:The Project Schedule and Budget
Mar 14 / Spring Break
Mar 21 / Chapter 8:Managing Project Risk
Mar 28 / Chapter 9:Project Communication, Tracking, and ReportingSecond Exam (Chap 5,7,8,9, and 11) Mar. 31
Apr 4 / Chapter XX: Agile
Apr 11 / Chapter 10:IT Project Quality Management Chapter 12:Procurement, Management and Outsourcing
Apr 18 / Chapter 13:Project Leadership, Ethics, and Multicultural Projects
Apr 25 / Chapter 14:Project Implementation, Closure, and Evaluation
May 2 / Third Exam(Chap 10, 12- 14,and Agile)Peer Evaluation May 2
Information Systems Project Deliverables Schedule
Due Date / Deliverable to be loaded into WikiJan 28 / Deliverable:Team Members including ESCH, and client
Feb 4 / Deliverable: Business Case
Feb 22 / Deliverable: Project Charter
Mar 25 / Deliverable: Information System
Apr 15 / Deliverable:Final Project Report and Presentation
May 8 / Deliverable:Project evaluation and lessons Learned
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General Deliverable / General Deliverable / First Deliverable / First Deliverable / First Deliverable / Second Deliverable / Third Deliverable / Fourth Deliverable / Fifth Deliverable / Sixth DeliverableWeekly Updates / Agenda / Team Info / Mentor and Client Info / Organizations Info / Business Case / Project Charter / Information System / Final Project Report and Presentation / Project evaluation and lessons Learned
Updated every week / Agendas for meeting are in chronological order / Names /
Name
/ Name / Posted to Wiki / Posted to Wiki / Demo of working IS / Report posted to Wiki / Posted to Wiki
Minutes are in chronological order / Positions / Contact Info / Purpose / Presentation posted to online source such as Youtube
Section Headers / Team Members contact Information / Experience / Mission Statement
Pictures / Picture / Website link (if applicable)
Experience / Logo (if applicable)
Points Possible / 10 / 5 / 5 / 5 / 5 / 5 / 20 / 30 / 10 / 5
Team Project and Wiki Grading Rubric
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