It Project Management: Delivering Successful It Projects

A toolkit to the capabilities and skills required to successfully manage and deliver high-impact IT projects

What you'll learn
Develop a project mindset
Prepare a project proposal
Manage project scope and requirements
Plan and schedule projects
Estimate projects in a rational manner
Manage agile projects
Build a high-performance team
Analyse project risk
Manage a project portfolio

Requirements
At least 5 years of work experience in IT

Description
What are the skills and capabilities required to succeed as an IT project manager?The evidence suggests that the success rate for IT projects is poor  - more than half of projects are challenged in some aspect, whether in terms of cost, time or the quality of what is delivered.Outstanding IT project managers understand that, in the real world, successful IT projects isn't just about crafting a project plan - it's about assessing the ROI of projects, defining a clear scope, estimating in a rational manner, building a high-performance team, managing stakeholder expectations, and more.This course is designed for those involved in managing IT projects.  Unlike PMP, this course is specific to IT projects, which have their own distinct set of complexities.The course is broken down into distinct, easy to digest modules:Develop a project mindsetPrepare a project proposalManage project scope and requirementsPlan and schedule projectsEstimate projects in a rational mannerManage stakeholder expectationsConduct agile projectsBuild a high-performance project teamAnalyse project riskManage a project portfolioNote: This course was originally designed as a graduate course for the MSc programme in Information Systems @ Nanyang Technological University (NTU), Singapore.  As an in-class course, it has benefited hundreds of IT professionals.  The course will be updated with new materials as appropriate. 

Who this course is for:
IT project managers,Individuals preparing to take on an IT project manager role,IT professionals seeking to enhance their project management skills