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      Dear students,


      Check your marks for CAT , quizzes and Assignments.


      Claims should be emailed to me before 13 May 2016,  and if any we will handle every thind on 13 May 2016.

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      INNOVATION CONTEST IN SCHOOL OF ICT

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      This contest is organized and facilitated by the School of ICT in collaboration with the Center for Research and Innovation in Science and Technology (CRIST). The competition is open to all SICT undergraduate and graduate students. Participants to the competition submit a proposal for an innovative product, service, or a business process. The purpose of this competition is to encourage innovation and entrepreneurship among SICT students. It also aims at encouraging collaboration between students from different disciplines in the school, to share knowledge and come up with a well-rounded and complete business proposal for a new product or service. The best innovative idea will receive the Dean’s award and will compete with groups from other Schools for the Principal’s award.


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      MBONABUCYA Celestin,

      Innovation Competition Member


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    Chapter 1

    Introduction to Software Project Management from page 1 to page 35 of the given book



    • INTRODUCTION TO SOFTWARE PROJECT MANAGEMENT Book
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      Information Technology Project Management

      • Understand the growing need for better project management, especially for information technology (IT) projects

      • Explain what a project is, provide examples of IT projects, list various attributes of projects, and describe the triple constraint of project management

      • Describe project management and discuss key elements of the project management framework, including project stakeholders, the project man- agement knowledge areas, common tools and techniques, and project success

      • Discuss the relationship between project, program, and portfolio manage- ment and the contributions each makes to enterprise success

      • Understand the role of project managers by describing what they do, what skills they need, and career opportunities for IT project managers

      • Describe the project management profession, including its history, the role of professional organizations like the Project Management Institute (PMI), the importance of certification and ethics, and the advancement of project management software


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      This file contains the module descriptions

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       Hi everybody,


      I would like that you discuss on the best practice in this course, how you think that is the best way for you to succeed in this course. 

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    • Quiz on Chapter 1
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      Dear Students, this is the Quiz for chapter one. It will start on 19 February 2016 at 10:00 am and it will end the same day, 19 February 2016 at 23h59. You are only allowed one attempt and the duration for your session is only 10 minutes, after this period, the system will submit automatically. You can do this quiz whether on campus, at home, at hostels, in town, at Kigali, Nyagatare or in America. You can use any internet enabled device like smart phone, tablet, laptop, Desktop, etc

      You will get the result of your quiz from 20 February on the same platform.

      Wish you all the best.

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    CHAPTER TWO: THE PROJECT MANAGEMENT AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY CONTEXT

    Information Technology Project Management

    After reading this chapter, you will be able to:

    • Describe the systems view of project management and how it applies to information technology (IT) projects

    • Understand organizations, including the four frames, organizational struc- tures, and organizational culture

    • Explain why stakeholder management and top management commitment are critical for a project’s success

    • Understand the concept of a project phase and the project life cycle, and distinguish between project development and product development

    • Discuss the unique attributes and diverse nature of IT projects

    • Describe recent trends affecting IT project management, including global- ization, outsourcing, virtual teams, and agile project management


    This chapter start from Page 44 to 72 of Information Technology Project Management Kathy Schwalbe 7 book of this course.


    Students are requested to go thru this chapter and get the details of the topic.


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    CHAPTER THREE: THE PROJECT MANAGEMENT PROCESS GROUPS: A CASE STUDY

    Information Technology Project Management

    After reading this chapter, you will be able to:

    • Describe the five project management process groups, the typical level of activity for each, and the interactions among them

    • Understand how the project management process groups relate to the project management knowledge areas

    • Discuss how organizations develop information technology (IT) project management methodologies to meet their needs

    • Review a case study of an organization applying the project management process groups to manage an IT project, describe outputs of each process group, and understand the contribution that effective initiating, planning, executing, monitoring and controlling, and closing make to project success

    • Review the same case study of a project managed with an agile focus to illustrate the key differences in approaches

    • Describe several templates for creating documents for each process group


    Readings starts from page 82 -132 of Information Technology Project Management Kathy Schwalbe 7 Book 


    Every student is requested to read this chapter since 29 February 2016.


    I wish you the best reading.


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      This Chat room allows students to Discuss on important points about the course especially for this chapter.

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