INFO TECH PROJECT

1. CET2934 INFO TECH PROJECT Section 0439 Jeffrey Ricks, Computer Acquisition – Level 3 Pensacola State College

2. Overview Objective: Complete an IT related project from start to finish. Requirements: • Application of knowledge in the five (5) process groups • Application of knowledge in the nine (9) knowledge areas • Application of knowledge in many of the 42 processes This is a directed study course (i.e. guided research)

3. Texts Required Text • Phillips, J. (2010). IT project management: on track from start to finish, third edition. Columbus, Ohio: McGraw-Hill. • * textbook from CTS 2149 Fundamentals of Project Management * Reference Text (non-required) • Project Management Institute. (2008). A guide to the project management body of knowledge (PMBOK® Guide). Newtown Square, PA: Project Management Institute, Inc. • THE HALLOWED TEXT!

4. Schedule Class Times/Days: • Tuesday –OR- Wednesday • 06:00 to 08:50 PM • NOT BOTH – NOT DISCRETIONARY Attendance: • Attendance mandatory • More than three (3) days missed – excessive • I DROP YOU • Not contacting instructor - UNEXCUSED

5. Schedule (cont) Weekly schedule: • Week 1: Initiating (Charter) MEET • Week 2: Planning (Scope) • Week 3: Planning (Time)MEET • Week 4: Planning (Cost) • Week 5: Planning (Quality) • Week 6: Planning (Risk)MEET • Week 7: Execution/Monitor & Control (Scope) • Week 8: Execution/Monitor & Control (Time) • Week 9: Execution/Monitor & Control (Cost)MEET • Week 10: Execution/Monitor & Control (Quality) • Week 11: Execution/Monitor & Control (Risk) • Week 12: Final Report SubmissionMEET

6. Schedule (cont) Other meeting requirements • Students struggling • Requirements change • By request

7. Deliverables LATE WORK ACCEPTED! = ONE GRADE PENALTY

8. Our Company Who we are: What we do: • IT Project firm • Small to medium business • Revenues over $3 million annually CET2934, INC

9. Our Company (cont) Who we are: Organization • Projectized Organization CET2934, INC

10. PROMOTION CONGRATGULATONS! • You are now a project manager.

11. YOU DESERVE IT You never thought you would make it! After completing CTS2149, you have been waiting • Deserving • Undervalued • Under-appreciated • Back-burnered You cannot believe that putz Spurious was promoted to the PMO!

12. Your Task Your customer: What they need: • Room to grow • Replacement of outdated IT assets • New computers • Completed quickly • Biggest Bang for the buck! Massive Dynamic, INC

13. Your Task Create the various project documents Update them as the scenario progresses Provide weekly updates Create the final deliverable Use class time for • Brainstorming • Planning • Coordinating

14. Instructor Task Develop the scenario. Grade your work. Keep you heading down the highway!

15. Contacting the Instructor Primary: • Project Development sessions • email • If you are confused, others probably are too Secondary: • Email : jricks@pensacolastte.edu • Ensure subject line contains CET2934 Tertiary • Telephone : 251.943-2949 • Other?

16. What‘s Important The process! Failure teaches us as much, if not more, than success!

17. What is NOT important If you want pretty, take an art class! • DO NOT spend hours creating diagrams pictures (function over form) If you want creative writing, bet there is a class for that!

18. Instructor Expectations Undergrads who fail, do so because of lack of homework! • DO THE WORK! No excuses! • Don’t wait till Sunday! • Murphy’s law. • PM = Time Management QUALITY NOT QUANTITY! Accept that it is a mechanical and methodical process.

19. Instructor Expectations (cont) THIS IS AN IT COURSE • Computer problems do not stop us • No excuse for not being able to upload / download / email • No fear of the Internet • No fear of research on the Internet All assignments submitted as MS Word documents • Briefed to “the boss” • Printed & delivered at the time of the presentation You do not need MS Project • This is not a software class • Use MS Excel, freeware, web-apps, a cocktail napkin • Scan it and put it in the document • Take a picture of it and paste into document

20. The Project Team Project management is team management! • Work in teams • Meet regularly I do not care how you collaborate • IM • Blog • Email • Phone • In-person Track changes on all documents! End of course teammate(s) critique

21. Your Assignments REMEMBER: • Quality vice Quantity • Function vice Form No need to be flowery! Templates are MANDATORY! • APA style • Minor, very minor, deviations permissible RESEARCH THE TOPIC • Understand the requirements • Add more to the project, not just the minimum

22. Your Assignments What do these mean? Don’t use industry gobbledy gook DEFINE, DEFINE, DEFINE Fully operational. Full connectivity. Fully understand. Complete. Satisfactory.

23. Your Assignments USE SPELLCHECK AND GRAMMAR CHECK (- 5 pts) Only cats can get away with it! Approach this just like it is a real project – be serious, your future may depend ont it.

24. Where to start All documents will be on the web for your use Read all of the documents available. • Customer Documents • Enterprise Environmental Factors • Organizational Assets • Project Documents Read the guidance under Week 1. • Review the Project-Charter-Template • Perform some research on the subject! • Research hardware requirements from SOW. Work with your group to complete the Project Charter.

25. My Goals for You My goal is to make this exercise as realistic as possible for you. I may introduce “wrinkles” or real world actions into your project at any time. Each member should be prepared to give every presentation. Learn to solve IT related problems and develop a plan to solve them. Learn to interact with each other as professionals. Learn to gather your good ideas & thoughts and present them to others. Learn to react to inevitable changes to your project. Enjoy this exercise!!!

26. Questions