Assignment - ITECH2250 IT Project Management Techniques
Task - PMP Critique
Course Objectives
This assessment task relates to the following course objectives:
- Employ a systems thinking approach to identify and understand the critical roles and phases in IT projects;
- Explain the basic components of project management and its importance in improving the success of IT projects
- Adopt a project management framework to write a project management plan, for a simulated real world contemporary information technology project;
- Apply the process groups model to manage information technology projects of various complexities and scales;
- Demonstrate decision-making processes to solve a range of information technology project issues;
- Classify and discuss current issues in IT project management
- Appreciate the importance of project management practice within an information technology business environment; and
- Value the significance of software quality in IT projects
Requirements-
Your critical analysis will understand (interpret and summarise), analyse and evaluate (judge) key aspects of the assigned PMP. You should adopt Schwalbe (2014, pp.161-164) and the PMI's (2013, p.76-77) PMBOK Guide as frameworks for comparison and evaluation.
When reviewing the PMP think about the following:
What planning tools the authors have used;
Any additional content that has been included;
Any content that has been omitted;
The language used;
The layout and useability of the PMP;
The overall quality of the PMP
Your report should be presented in a business or management style and structured as follows:
-Title page;
-Executive summary;
-Table of contents;
-Introduction;
-Analysis of PMP:
- Introduction;
- Organisation;
- Management and technical approach;
- Work to perform;
- Schedule; and
- Budget
-References; and
-Appendices (if needed)
Support your analysis with concepts and quotations from other people's work. Gather these references from various sources such as the Internet, assigned text book and readings etc.