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DIFT2011 - Project management and Business Information Systems

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Examination arrangement

Examination arrangement: Assignment and written examination
Grade: Letter grades

Evaluation Weighting Duration Grade deviation Examination aids
School exam 60/100 3 hours E
Assignment 40/100

Course content

The course will provide students with a basic understanding of the main principles of planning, implementing, following up and leading IT-projects, with a special focus on projects that aim to acquire new business information systems. The course provides a general introduction to what business information systems are and how such systems can help optimize the business processes in an organization. Furthermore, the focus is on how projects for the introduction of business information systems are run. We look at such projects both through the eyes of the acquiring company (implementation projects) and the eyes of the supplying company (development projects). The course covers: what characterizes different IT-projects, typical project implementation models, project management, project planning, project breakdown structures, project implementation, project reporting, factors that are crucial for the project's success, risk analysis, stakeholder analysis, project documentation and agreements, business processes and business information systems. Combined with practical project experience and the course's learning activities, this will provide sufficient theoretical basis and skills for the candidate to participate in IT projects where business systems are implemented and eventually fill the role of project manager.

Learning outcome

Knowledge

Candidates:

  • can describe what characterizes different IT-projects
  • can explain typical project implementation models for IT-projects
  • can explain the implementation and project management of IT-projects according to different project implementation models
  • can account for the project manager role in regard to responsibilities and authority in IT-projects
  • can describe what business information systems are and what they are used for
  • can explain how to manage, sell and deliver business information systems

Skills

Candidates:

  • can define project organizations for different types of IT-projects
  • can prepare plans for different types of IT-projects
  • can describe and optimize business processes where IT-systems are a natural part
  • can carry out processes for the acquisition and implementation of business information systems

General competence

Candidates:

  • is aware of how business systems can affect employees in an organization
  • is aware of the importance of maintaining good relations with all stakeholders
  • can argue for specific choices and solutions in connection with IT projects
  • can assess IT-projects in a sustainability context
  • is aware of the importance of IT-projects complying with laws, regulations and agreements

Learning methods and activities

Lectures, case assignments that are solved in groups, supervision meetings, group presentation of exercise results.

Further on evaluation

Continuation and voluntary repetition / improvement can be carried out for some partial assessments without all partial assessments in a subject having to be taken retaken.

You are given the opportunity to complain about partial assessments in this course before all partial assessments have been completed.

Individual assessment of the group assignment can be given.

In the event of voluntary repetition, fail (F) or valid absence, the group assignment must be retaken in a semester with teaching.

Specific conditions

Admission to a programme of study is required:
Digital Business Development (ITBAITBEDR)

Course materials

Curriculum literature is determined at the start of the course and in this course it is relevant to use a textbook in project management and a textbook in business information systems. Current textbooks are: - Project Management for Information Systems (fifth edition) by James Cadle and Donald Yeates, 2008. - Modern ERP. Select, implement and use today's advanced business systems av, M. Bradford, 2010.

Credit reductions

Course code Reduction From To
IBED3002 7.5 AUTUMN 2020
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Facts

Version: 1
Credits:  7.5 SP
Study level: Third-year courses, level III

Coursework

Term no.: 1
Teaching semester:  SPRING 2025

Language of instruction: Norwegian

Location: Trondheim

Subject area(s)
  • Computer Science
Contact information
Course coordinator: Lecturer(s):

Department with academic responsibility
Department of Computer Science

Timetable

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Examination

Examination arrangement: Assignment and written examination

Term Status code Evaluation Weighting Examination aids Date Time Examination system Room *
Spring ORD Assignment 40/100 INSPERA
Room Building Number of candidates
Spring ORD School exam 60/100 E INSPERA
Room Building Number of candidates
Summer UTS School exam 60/100 E INSPERA
Room Building Number of candidates
  • * The location (room) for a written examination is published 3 days before examination date. If more than one room is listed, you will find your room at Studentweb.
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