CIS 600 - Information Technology and Project Management

Prerequisite

Admission to M.S. in Business, M.B.A., or Systems Engineering specialization in Master of Engineering programs.

Description

Though the course focuses on information technology projects, the tools and techniques are just as relevant in all disciplines. Specific topics include balancing project stakeholder requirements for scope, time, cost, quality, risk, and human factors. The course emphasizes the Project Management Institute’s (PMI) body of knowledge and considers PMP/CAPM professional certifications. Management cases are also analyzed to enhance project decision making.

This course can be applied towards the:

• Systems Engineering (M.E.)

Important Information

This class is available live via the Internet on Wednesdays from 6:00 - 9:00 p.m. Mountain Time. If you are registered in the online section, log into your RamCT account to access the course; directions will be posted. The on-campus section is being taught in ENGRG B205.

Textbooks and Materials

Textbooks and materials can be purchased at the CSU Bookstore unless otherwise indicated.

Required

• FIissure Project Management Simulation CD
  Fissure
  ISBN: 978-1-4188359-0-3
• Information Technology Project Management-W/CD
  Schwalbe
  ISBN: 978-0-324-78692-7

Instructors

Robert A. Rademacher
Bob.Rademacher@business.colostate.edu

Robert A. Rademacher is a Professor in the Department of Computer Information Systems at Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado. Dr. Rademacher earned his Ph.D. in Computer Education from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln in 1971.

While his current specialty is project management, his publications have focused on systems development, systems quality, and knowledge management. He has co-authored two information systems textbooks. His project management experience includes his position as project manager for a USDA national database implementation and his various duties on several project teams at Sandia National Laboratories in Albuquerque.