Curse Syllabus Curse Title Prject Management fr LIS Semester Summer 2009 Curse Number LIS 590MGL Instructr Kevin Trainr Catalg Descriptin Prject management skills are essential fr LIS practitiners wh want t be leaders. Effective prject management is needed t create everything frm digital libraries, t cmmunity infrmatics utreach prjects, t new physical library facilities. This is a cmprehensive curse in prject management fr anyne wh is serius abut planning and managing successful prjects. This curse cmbines knwledge, tls and techniques that are cmmn t managing successful prjects in any field with insight int the special challenges f managing prjects in the LIS field. General prject management subjects cvered include a framewrk fr prject management, as well as the key prject management knwledge areas: integratin, scpe, time, cst, quality, human resurce, cmmunicatin, risk, and prcurement. Specific LIS prject management subjects cvered include the demand fr prject management skills in libraries, case studies f prjects in bth large and small libraries, and methds fr addressing the special challenges f digital library prjects. Required Text Schwalbe, K. (2009). Infrmatin Technlgy Prject Management (6th ed.). Curse Technlgy. ISBN-10: 0324786921, ISBN-13: 978-0324786927 Recmmended Text Prject Management Institute. (2008). A Guide t the Prject Management Bdy f Knwledge: (4th ed.). Prject Management Institute. ISBN-10: 1933890517, ISBN-13: 978-1933890517 Required Articles Cervne, H. F. (2004). Hw nt t run a digital library prject. OCLC Systems & Services, OCLC Syst. Serv. (UK), 20(4), 162-6. Cervne, H. F. (2005). Making decisins: Methds fr digital library prject teams. OCLC Systems & Services, 21(1), 30-35. Cervne, H. F. (2005). MANAGING DIGITAL LIBRARIES: THE VIEW FROM 30,000 FEET: Influencing: a critical skill fr managing digital library prject teams. OCLC Systems & Services, 21(2), 105-109. Prject Management fr LIS Page 1 f 5
Cervne, H. F. (2006). Prject risk management. OCLC Systems & Services, 22(4), 256-262. Cervne, H. F. (2007). Standard methdlgy in digital library prject management. OCLC Systems & Services, 23(1), 30-34. Cervne, H. F. (2008). Develping the business case fr a digital library prject. OCLC Systems & Services, 24(1), 18-21. di: 10.1108/10650750810847206. Eden, B. (2001). Managing and directing a digital prject. Online Infrmatin Review, 25(6), 396-400. Esparza, J. (2008). A librarian's experience with Six Sigma tls. Jurnal f Hspital Librarianship, 8(3), 332-43. Fentn, C. (2007). Finding the way. Prgram: Electrnic Library & Infrmatin Systems, 41(4), 353-364. Kinkus, J. (2007, July). Prject Management Skills: A Literature Review and Cntent Analysis f Librarian Psitin Annuncements. Cllege & Research Libraries, 68(4), 352-363. Curse Tpics Intrductin t Prject Management What is a Prject? What is Prject Management? Prgram and Prtfli Management The Rle f the Prject Manager The Prject Management Prfessin Prject Management and LIS Cntext A Systems View f Prject Management Understanding Organizatins Stakehlder Management Prject Phases and the Prject Life Cycle The Cntext f LIS Prjects The Prject Management Prcess Grups The Prject Management Prcess Grups Initiating Planning Executing Mnitring and Cntrlling Clsing Mapping Prcess Grups t Knwledge Areas Prject Integratin Management Strategic Planning and Prject Selectin Preliminary Scpe Statements Prject Management Plans Prject Management fr LIS Page 2 f 5
Prject Executin Mnitring and Cntrlling Prject Wrk Integrated Change Cntrl Clsing Prjects Prject Scpe Management Scpe Planning and the Scpe Management Plan Scpe Definitin and the Prject Scpe Statement Creating the Wrk Breakdwn Structure Scpe Verificatin Scpe Cntrl Prject Time Management The Imprtance f Prject Schedules Activity Definitin Activity Sequencing Activity Resurce Estimating Activity Duratin Estimating Schedule Develpment Schedule Cntrl Prject Cst Management Basic Principles f Cst Management Cst Estimating Cst Budgeting Cst Cntrl Prject Quality Management Quality Planning Quality Assurance Quality Cntrl Tls and Techniques fr Quality Cntrl Mdern Quality Management Imprving Quality n LIS Prjects Prject Human Resurce Management Keys t Managing Peple Human Resurce Planning Acquiring the Prject Team Develping the Prject Team Managing the Prject Team Prject Cmmunicatins Management Cmmunicatins Planning Infrmatin Distributin Perfrmance Reprting Managing Stakehlders Suggestins fr Imprving Cmmunicatins Prject Risk Management Prject Management fr LIS Page 3 f 5
Risk Management Planning Cmmn Surces f Risk in LIS Prjects Risk Identificatin Qualitative Risk Analysis Quantitative Risk Analysis Risk Respnse Planning Risk Mnitring and Cntrl Prject Prcurement Management Planning Purchases and Acquisitins Planning Cntracting Requesting Seller Respnses Selecting Sellers Administering the Cntract Clsing the Cntract Curse Objectives Understand the nature f prjects and prject management. Understand the special requirements f managing prjects in an LIS cntext. Identify and explain the key elements f the five prject management prcess grups. Identify and explain the key elements f the nine prject management knwledge areas. Apply the knwledge, tls and techniques cvered in the curse t a real prject (past r present) frm the student s wn rganizatin. Examinatins and Self-Quizzes There will be a final examinatin based upn the Schwalbe text. A series f self-quizzes will be made available t students t help them evaluate their mastery f the material and readiness fr the final examinatin. Student Paper During the curse, each student will be wrking n a paper that will be cmpleted by the end f the curse. The subject f the paper will be the evaluatin f the prject management prcesses emplyed n a real prject (either past r present) undertaken by the student s rganizatin (emplyer, university, r cmmunity). During the final tw weeks f the curse, each student will present a shrt ral summary f their paper during the weekly live sessin. Prject Management fr LIS Page 4 f 5
Wrk Required f Students Lectures will be pre-recrded and made available fr listening by students prir t class. This will allw us time t discuss readings, lectures and student prjects during the actual class sessins. Students will be expected t cmplete all reading assignments and listen t the lectures befre the live sessin. All wrk n written assignments will be dne independently by each student and submitted n r befre the due date. Students will be expected t participate in class actively and share their wn prject management experiences (bth gd and bad) with the class. Basis fr Determining Grade The varius cmpnents f student wrk will cntribute t the final grade based upn the fllwing percentages: Final Exam: 40% Student Paper: 40% In-Class Cntributin 20% Letter grades will be determined as fllws: A+: 97-100%; A : 93-96%; A- : 90-92%; B+: 87-89%; B : 83-86%; B- : 80-82%; C+: 77-79%; C : 73-76%; C- : 70-72%; D+: 67-69%; D : 63-66%; D- : 60-62%; F : 0-59%; Cntact Hurs This curse will require apprximately 45 cntact hurs. Prject Management fr LIS Page 5 f 5