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Assignment - ITECH2250 IT Project Management Techniques

Task - PMP Critique

Course Objectives

This assessment task relates to the following course objectives:

• Employ a systems thinking approach to identify and understand the critical roles and phases in IT projects;
• Explain the basic components of project management and its importance in improving the success of IT projects
• Adopt a project management framework to write a project management plan, for a simulated real world contemporary information technology project;
• Apply the process groups model to manage information technology projects of various complexities and scales;
• Demonstrate decision-making processes to solve a range of information technology project issues;
• Classify and discuss current issues in IT project management
• Appreciate the importance of project management practice within an information technology business environment; and
• Value the significance of software quality in IT projects

Requirements-

Your critical analysis will understand (interpret and summarise), analyse and evaluate (judge) key aspects of the assigned PMP. You should adopt Schwalbe (2014, pp.161-164) and the PMI's (2013, p.76-77) PMBOK Guide as frameworks for comparison and evaluation.

When reviewing the PMP think about the following:

What planning tools the authors have used;

Any additional content that has been included;

Any content that has been omitted;

The language used;

The layout and useability of the PMP;

The overall quality of the PMP

Your report should be presented in a business or management style and structured as follows:

-Title page;

-Executive summary;

-Table of contents;

-Introduction;

-Analysis of PMP:

• Introduction;
• Organisation;
• Management and technical approach;
• Work to perform;
• Schedule; and
• Budget

-References; and

-Appendices (if needed)

Support your analysis with concepts and quotations from other people's work. Gather these references from various sources such as the Internet, assigned text book and readings etc.