•Define the terms project and project management, and differentiate between project and process management.
•Describe causes of failed information systems and technology projects.
•Describe basic competencies required of project managers.
•Describe basic functions of project management.
•Differentiate between PERT and Gantt as project management tools.
•Describe role of project management software.
•Describe eight activities in project management.
•Define joint project planning and its role in project management.
•Define scope and a write a statement of work to document scope.
•Use a work breakdown structure to decompose a project into tasks.
•Estimate tasks’ durations and specify intertask dependencies.
•Assign resources and produce a project schedule with a Gantt chart.
•Assign people to tasks and direct the team effort.
•Use critical path analysis to adjust schedule and resource allocations in response to schedule and budget deviations.
•Manage user expectations of a project and adjust project scope.