IT Project Management
Teaching Staff: Dimitrakopoulos Georgios
Code: ME230
Course Type: Direction of DTDA - Elective
Course Level: Undergraduate
Course Language: Greek
Semester: 8th
ECTS: 5
Teaching Units: 4
Lecture Hours: 4
Total Hours: 4
E Class Page: https://opencourses.ionio.gr/courses/DDI168/
Curricula: Revamped Curriculum in Informatics from 2025
The purpose of the lectures of the course "Information Technology Project Management" will introduce students to the concepts of project management in general and specifically in the area of Information Technology. The subject of the course will be of great use for the subsequent professional career of the students
More specifically, initially there will be an extensive explanation of the basic concepts of the field of project management. Various tasks for the creation, management and execution of projects will be taught. Emphasis will be placed on classical methods for project management in terms of time and cost. Also, new approaches, such as Agile methods, will be mentioned. Finally, computational tools will be used for practical practice in the subject
Upon completion of the course, students are expected to be able to:
i. Know the basic principles of project management, especially in the field of Information Technology
ii. Select and apply the appropriate method based on the requirements of the problem
iii. Understand problems and use modern computational tools to solve them
| 1st Lesson | Introduction to Project Management |
| 2nd Lesson | Characteristics of Information Technology Projects: – Features and particularities – Life cycle – Cost elements – Human resources and equipment – Standards and project charter |
| 3rd Lesson | Project Creation and Initiation: – Scope management – Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) – SMART goal model (Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Realistic, and Timely) – SWOT analysis (Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, and Threats) |
| 4th Lesson | Project Execution: – Execution, monitoring, control – Quality management – Risk management – Project team and leadership |
| 5th Lesson | Introduction to Network Analysis: – Graph Theory – Project, activity, interrelationships of activities, arc and node networks |
| 6th Lesson | Network Solving: – Algorithms for solving arc and node networks |
| 7th Lesson | PERT Technique (Project Evaluation & Review Technique): – Review of Statistics – Beta distribution – Normal distribution – Use of statistical tables |
| 8th Lesson | Cost Minimization – CPM Method: – Relationship between activity cost and duration – Cost minimization algorithm – Determination of optimal time |
| 9th Lesson | Resource Scheduling: – Resource scheduling methodologies – Gantt chart – Application of heuristics – Resource smoothing method |
| 10th Lesson | Project Management Approaches: – Waterfall model – Iterative model – Agile methods (Scrum, Extreme Programming, etc.) |
| 11th Lesson | Use of Software for IT Project Management: – Learning and using specialized software (e.g., MS-Project, Jira) |
| 12th Lesson | Solving Problems and Case Studies of IT Projects |
| 13th Lesson | Review Lesson |
1. Project Management, Burke Rory, Kritiki Publishing (Code "Eudoxos" 41955477)
2. Project Management, Burke Rory, Kritiki Publishing (Code "Eudoxos" 11499)
3. IT Project Management, Phillips Joseph, Giourda Publishing (Code "Eudoxos" 12276)
In-person teaching
1. Use of a slide projector
2. Use of the opencourses platform (course material, assignment submission, communication)
3. Use of online tools in the subject of the course (e.g. Jira, MS Project)
Students will be assessed:
1. by assignments within the semester
2. by written exams or project
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