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2017/2018 KAN-CINTV3001U Advanced IT Project Management
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| Advanced IT Project Management |
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| Language | English |
| Course ECTS | 7.5 ECTS |
| Type | Elective |
| Level | Full Degree Master |
| Duration | One Semester |
| Start time of the course | Autumn |
| Timetable | Course schedule will be posted at calendar.cbs.dk |
| Study board |
Study Board for BSc/MSc in Business Administration and
Information Systems, MSc
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| Last updated on 14-12-2017 | |
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To achieve the grade 12, students should meet the
following learning objectives with no or only minor mistakes or
errors:
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| Familiarity with the basic concepts and
techniques in project management, such as team composition, and
techniques for project planning and control.
Please contact the teacher for advice if you do not know whether you qualify. |
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The context and conditions of contemporary IT software and systems development are complex and constantly changing. While the traditional large scale (in-house or vendor based) monolithic projects are still carried out, today's software development range from small phone apps to large complex inter-organizational systems, and from embedded software to standard products. Projects may involve several teams and vendors from different continents. At the same time, development paradigms, principles, and practices have evolved from the traditional waterfall over agile to (current) explorations into continuous delivery and deployment.
Development and management technologies and tools are evolving at a similar pace.
The course supports students in learning how to understand and manage today's complex and diverse IT projects. Building on the students' knowledge about basic project management concepts, techniques and challenges, it will introduce advanced planning and management techniques in the context of contemporary project management challenges, theories, techniques, and practices. The aim of the course is to improve the students' ability to plan, control and improve Information Systems Development in contemporary as well as future contexts and settings.
Examples of topics covered in the course - (Offshore) outsourcing - (Beyond) agile project management - The learning and adaptive software development organization - Project management in small/start-up software companies - Software Process Improvement - PM tools and techniques |
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| This course is taught entirely online. The course
will run over 15 weeks (= 15 sessions). Each session consists of
online lectures and activities which students are expected to work
through within the week. The learning content consists of
asynchronous online lectures, discussions, quizzes, and individual
and/or group assignments. In order to achieve the full outcome of
the course, it is important that students are willing to
participate in online activities throughout the course. Student
participation will be targeted at producing insights that are meant
to be covered in the final exam project. Note that online
activities and interactions posted on Learn throughout the course
form part of the basis for the assessment, as stated in the
learning objectives. No contributions to Learn will be accepted
after the 15th week of the course.
The lecturers will be available for asynchronous and/or synchronous online discussions throughout the 15 weeks in which the course runs. |
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| Online discussions of assignments and quizzes. Feedback on assignments | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The course readings consist of a textbook, which will be supplemented with selected research papers. Textbook: Sommerville, Ian (2015). Software Engineering (10th ed.), Pearson
Example articles: Babb, J. J., Hoda, R. and Nørbjerg, J. (2014). XP in a Small Software Development Business. Adapting to Local Constraints. 5th Scandinavian Conference on Information Systems, SCIS 2014, T. H. Commissio, J. Nørbjerg and J. Pries-Heje, Ringsted, Denmark, Springer.
Conboy, K. (2009). Agility from First Principles: Reconstructing the Concept of Agility in Information Systems Development. Information Systems Research (20:3): 329-354.
Dennehy, D. and Conboy, K. (2016). Going with the flow: An activity theory analysis of flow techniques in software development. Journal of Systems and Software.
Fitzgerald, B. and Stol, K.-J. (2015). Continuous software engineering: A roadmap and agenda. Journal of Systems and Software.
Hertzum, M., Bansler, J. P., Havn, E. C. and Simonsen, J. (2012). Pilot Implementation: Learning from Field Tests in IS Development. Communications of the AIS (30:20): 313-328.
Kautz, K., Madsen, S. and Nørbjerg, J. (2007). Persistent problems and practices in information systems development. Information Systems Journal (17): 217-239.
Linberg, K. R. (1999). Software developer perceptions about software project failure: a case study. The Journal of Systems and Software (49): 177-192.
Lohan, G., Conboy, K. and Lang, M. (2011). Examining Customer Focus in IT Project Management. Scandinavian Journal of Information Systems (23:2): 29-58.
Lyytinen, K., Rose, G. and Yoo, Y. (2010). Learning routines and disruptive technological change: Hyper-learning in seven software development organizations during internet adoption. Information Technology & People (23:2): 165-192.
Olsson, H. H., Ó Conchúir, E., Ågerfalk, P. J. and Fitzgerald, B. (2008). Two-Stage Offshoring: An Investigation of the Irish Bridge. MIS Quarterly (32:2): 257-279.
Persson, J. S., Nørbjerg, J. and Nielsen, P. A. (2016). Improving ISD Agility in Fast-moving Software organizations. Twenty-Fourth European Conference on Information Systems (ECIS), İstanbul, Turkey.
Pries-Heje, J., Nørbjerg, J., Aaen, I. and Ellisberg, T. (2008). The Road to High Maturity. Software Processes and Knowledge, P. A. Nielsen and K. Kautz. Aalborg, Software Innovation Publisher: 165-194.
Schneider, C. and Sarker, S. (2005). A Case of Information Systems Pre-Implementation Failure: Pitfalls of Overlooking the Key Stakeholders' Interests. Journal of Cases on Information Technology (7:2): 50-66.
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