AHEAD

• manage large IT projects that meet the time, cost, quality, and scope requirements
• provide leadership in cultivating innovative ideas, managing IT resources, and developing IT skills
• understand the salient factors to lead change management when implementing information systems project
• understand particular challenges in leading technical professionals
• practice current approaches to leadership applying software engineering practices
• recruit, interview, hire diverse pool of high performers
• model, develop guidelines for ethical professional behavior
• develop and implement training for IT professionals
• assess, reward, and motivate IT professionals
• lead productive IT teams
• market, promote, and articulate IT critical success factors

The course will teach students the application of project management body of knowledge including: time, cost, scope, quality, human resources, risk management, procurement, communication, and project management integration; leadership skills including recruiting IT professionals, developing IT professionals skills, champion IT success factors, and ethical leadership; and implementation skills including change management. The course will use developing economies as the context for management, leadership, and implementation.

Mode of Delivery:

• Lectures, reading assignments, and review of research articles and books
  

Assessment:

• Assignments, exams, and term paper
• Simulation exercises for project management, leadership, and implementation