COSC 416 Project Management

Working with the organization from COSC 406, students gain practice in managing the system life cycle; requirements determination for logical design, physical design, testing and implementation of a system for a local organization. Topics include system and database integration issues; metrics for project-management and system-performance evaluation; managing expectations of superiors, users, team members and others related to the project; determining skill requirements and staffing the project; cost effectiveness analysis; presentation techniques; effective management of both behavioral and technical aspects of the project. Prerequisite: COSC 406.