IT 446 - Project Management / System Analysis / Design

3 Credit(s)

The purpose of this course is to prepare students to plan, organize, lead, participate in, control, and improve projects that will benefit their organizations. In addition, this course discusses Systems Analysis and Design. Project management topics include project management concepts, needs identification, the project manager, teams, project communications, project planning, scheduling, control, and cost performance. Systems analysis topics include analyzing the business case, requirements modeling, data and process modeling, and development strategies. Students also learn about output and user interface design, data design, systems architecture and implementation, and systems operation, support and security. Project management software tools will be an integral part of the course.

Prerequisite(s):
(MATH 106 Minimum Grade: C- OR MATH 107 Minimum Grade: C- OR MATH 120 Minimum Grade: C- AND CSCI 205 Minimum Grade: C- AND IT 345 Minimum Grade: C-) OR (MATH 106 Minimum Grade: T OR MATH 107 Minimum Grade: T OR MATH 120 Minimum Grade: T AND CSCI 205 Minimum Grade: T AND IT 345 Minimum Grade: T)