Managing IT Projects

Course details

This course is intended for decision makers engaged in planning, monitoring and managing IT projects.

Objective

• Information Technology has emerged to become one of the critical resources for doing business today. With more importance being given to IT in organizations, more resources are also being earmarked for such initiatives. However, the rate of failure of IT projects across the globe has remained around fifty percent in survey after survey over the past couple of decades. This has happened in spite of new and more resilient technologies, innovative methods, tools and management practices. Interestingly, the reasons for failure remain same and the issues and problems recur again and again. A large number of these issues are related to failures in appreciating risks related to IT projects and categorization of such risks, relating to non adherence to frameworks for managing IT projects and IT governance at large.

Content

• The course will focus on various aspects of IT Project Management, Risk Management for IT projects, IT Governance frameworks, Project Monitoring and Contracts Management.

Methodology

• The lead learning tool will be case studies. It will be supplemented by lectures, group presentations, group exercises and games along with self learning. To integrate the learning, the course will end with an integrated case or practical problem based group presentation.