Courses – Fakultet tehničkih nauka u Novom Sadu

Subject: Managing IT projects (17.IM2317)

Native organizations units: Department of Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management, Chair of Production Systems, Organization and Management

General information:

Category	Professional-applicative
Scientific or art field	Information-Communication Systems Proizvodni i uslužni sistemi, organizacija i menadžment
ECTS	4

The aim of the course is to learn students to manage IT projects, that is. software development project as a specific group, and to acquire the knowledge and skills needed to launch and manage projects to improve business operations by using modern information technology (IT). During the course students will learn how complex IT projects can be effectively planned, implemented and monitored, which tools and methods are used in different stages of development of IT structure. Master of Engineering Management will be trained to use methodologies and tools and will be familiar with the problems and risks of IT projects due to the increasing dependence of business processes of IT structures.

After completing this course, students will be introduced to the basic concepts, processes, controls and methods (agile project management, Scrum, MSF ...) that are used in procedures for managing IT projects and will be trained to participate in projects and project management in the field of IT.

Techniques and approaches of project management; Development and application of IT in enterprises; Review of international standards in the areas of project management, development of IT structures and information security; Project management methodology development based on IT; Analysis of the processes and structure of the company; Nonlinear agile development and structure of the company; Functional decomposition system using IDEF0 methodology; Agile project management; Scrum methodology; PRINCE2 methodology; MSF (Microsoft Solutions Framework) agile design methods; MSF team mod;. MSF process model; The basic modules of the ERP system; Customer Relationship Management - CRM; Models and methods for managing IT risk.

The method of teaching is based on the multimedia lectures and computer exercises. During the lectures the basic models and theoretical approaches will be explained and specific examples of the application of acquired knowledge will be showed. Practical exercises are conducted in an interactive form through the use of modeling tools.

Authors	Title	Year	Publisher	Language
Fioravanti, F.	Skils for Managing Rapidli Changing IT Projects	2006	IRM Press, USA	English
Schwaber, K.	Agile Project Management with Scrum	2004	Microsoft Press ©	English
Highsmith, J.	Agile Project Management	2010	Pearson Education	English
Cleden, D.	Managing Project Uncertainty	2017	Routledge	English