Objectives of the lecture:

Actually information systems are special products, because there are not subject to usage dependant depreciation. Anyhow IT projects are getting more and more subject of the day to day business. Together with software suppliers, external consultants or internal development teams it is necessary to update already available software systems regularly, to adapt them on changed requirements or to develop totally new systems.

The requirements for project management and especially on project leaders were always pretty big. But in the last years especially in IT projects, the expectations became high. This results because of lack of isolated IT systems. Since a long time, IT systems become a critical factor of success, by which the company’s survivability depends in many cases. For successful development of IT systems, there is far more needed than just knowledge from programming and software engineering.

In the lecture, the students learn about the approach” holistically” project management. This contains more than a strict separation of planning and implementation of exact defined tasks. Who is looking for a perfect building set for guaranteed successful projects in the IT project sector, will be always let down. However it is beneficial to orientate oneself on findings and experiences from other successful already implemented projects. Therefore beside general principles of project management, additional methods and tool knowledge will be taught in the lecture and tested according to a case study.

E-learning system to the lecture: www.it-projektman.de