Lead Global Digital Projects

WEEK	DATES	TOPIC	DUE
1	8/26, 8/28, 8/30	Course introduction (day 1) Class Discussion (day 2) – Intro to PM https://www.projectengineer.net/project-management-101/ https://www.projectengineer.net/the-10-pmbok-knowledge-areas/ Videos (day 2) – Project Management Foundations (2016) – Introduction – Getting to Know Project Management – Exploring Project Management Knowledge Areas Web Research (day 2) What percentage of IT projects are successful? Why do projects fail? (find 3 reasons) What are some of the most important attributes of a successful project manager? What is an “alpha” project manager? What is the triple constraint? NO CLASS ON FRIDAY AUGUST 30
2	9/4, 9/6, 9/9	Class Discussion (day 1) – Initiating & Planning Phases https://www.pmi.org/learning/library/work-breakdown-structure-basics-5919 https://www.pmi.org/learning/library/stakeholder-management-task-project-success-7736 Web Research (day 1) Who is the PMI, what is a PMP and what is PMBOK? What is a “stakeholder”? What is a “stakeholder register” What is a “stakeholder management strategy”? What do you find in a project charter? What is a “kick-off meeting” for a project? Class Discussion (day 2) – Identifying the work to be done and be ready to communicate https://www.projectengineer.net/project-management-plan-the-12-core-components/ https://www.pmi.org/learning/library/effective-communication-better-project-management-6480 https://www.teamgantt.com/blog/project-management-communication-plan Videos (day 2)- Project Management Foundations (2016) – First Things First – Developing a Project Plan Web Research (day 2) What is a “deliverable”? What is the “project scope” and “scope statement? What is “scope creep”? What is “scope management”? What is “scope verification”? What is “change control”? Project / Teams assigned on Day 3 Change Leadership (day 3) – After reading the introduction chapter, The Heart of Change, come to class prepared to compare and contrast the difference in the techniques and the relative strengths/weaknesses of See-Feel-Change vs. Analysis-Think-Change. – Come to class prepared to discuss at a very high level the eight steps of successful large-scale change. We will also reserve time for client interview (project week 3-10)
3	9/11, 9/13, 9/16	Class Discussion (day 1) – Building a schedule and setting a project profile https://www.smartsheet.com/definitive-guide-project-scheduling https://www.pmi.org/learning/library/schedule-101-basic-best-practices-6701 Videos (day 1)- Project Management Foundations (2016) – Building a Project Schedule – While You Run the Project Web Research (day 1) – What is “sequencing activities”? – What are “dependencies” between activities? – What is “critical path analysis”? – What is a “project milestone”? – What is a “buffer”? – What is “Murphy’s Law”? – What is “Parkinson’s Law”? – What is “critical chain scheduling”? Studio (day 2) : – Bring a draft of your project charter and start your draft WBS (high level) Change Leadership (day 3) Kotter – Chapter 1 : Increase Urgency – Getting the Boss’ Approval – The Videotape of the Angry Customer – When Alligators are Nipping at Your Heels – Gloves on the Boardroom Table – The CEO Portrait Gallery Prepare a brief PowerPoint presentation (2-5 slides) for your 3 favorite short stories. The first slide will “tell the story”. The following slide(s) will include key lessons learned the reader should take away from the case and how it relates to your current project. Students will be selected at random to lead the class discussion on one of these short stories and will use this slide deck to add structure to their discussion.
4	9/18, 9/20, 9/23	Studio (day 1) – Create your Schedule (tasks and milestones) Class Discussion (day 2) – Building a Team for your project https://www.thebalancecareers.com/how-to-build-a-high-performance-project-team-3996873 Video (day 2)- Project Management Foundations (2016) – Working with Teams Web Research (day 2) What is the difference between “intrinsic” and “extrinsic” motivation? What is Maslow’s Hierarchy of needs? What are Herzberg’s “hygiene factors” and “motivators”? What does it mean to be an “empathetic listener”? What is the “Tuckman model of team development”? What is a RACI chart? What is “over allocation”? Change Leadership (day 3) Kotter – Chapter 2 : Build the Guiding Team – The Blues versus the Greens – The New and More Diverse Team – General Mollo and I were Floating in the Water – Meetings Down Under Prepare a brief PowerPoint presentation (2-5 slides) for your 3 favorite short stories. The first slide will “tell the story”. The following slide(s) will include key lessons learned the reader should take away from the case and how it relates to your current project. Students will be selected at random to lead the class discussion on one of these short stories and will use this slide deck to add structure to their discussion.	First weekly Progress report due by EOD 9/22
5	9/25, 9/27, 9/30	Studio (day 1) – Bring a draft of your communication plan and stakeholders register to class Change Leadership: (day 2) Kotter – Chapter 3 : Get the Vision Right – Painting Pictures of the Future – Cost Versus Service – The Plane Will Not Move! – The Body in the Living Room First Assignment due : by end of day September 27 (day 2) Studio (day 3) – Bring a draft of your RACI chart. Start building your website.	Assignment #1 due by EOD 9/27
6	10/2, 10/4, 10/7	Class Discussion (day 1) – Review for Exam Exam 1 (day 2) : October 4, week 1-5 material Class Discussion (day 3) – Assigning Resources to tasks, Setting up Budget and establishing your change management process https://www.greycampus.com/opencampus/project-management-professional/cost-management-overview https://www.cio.com/article/2406862/project-management-project-management-4-ways-to-manage-your-budget.html https://pma.doit.wisc.edu/plan/3-4/what.html (review 3 tabs: what is it? How to? Templates) Web Research (day 3) – What is “effort-driven” scheduling? – What is a “cost” and how is it typically measured? – What are “tangible costs/benefits” vs. “intangible costs/benefits”?
7	10/9, 10/11, 10/14	Class Discussion (day 1) – Risk Management https://www.pmi.org/learning/library/risk-analysis-project-management-7070 Web Research (day 1) – What is “project risk management”? – What are “known risks” vs. “unknown risks”? – What are “contingencies”, “fallback plans”, and “contingency reserves”? – Where are most of the risks associated with IT projects? – What is a “risk register” and what does it contain? – What is “qualitative risk assessment”? – What is “quantitative risk assessment”? – What are the four major risk response strategies? Studio (day 2) – Come to class with a draft of your risk register and change management plan Change Leadership (day 3) – Kotter – Chapter 4 : Communicate for Buy-In – Preparing for Q&A – My Portal – Nuking the Executive Floor – The Screen Saver
8	10/16, 10/18, 10/21	Studio (day 1) – Bring a draft of your Budget to class CLASS CANCELLED ON FRIDAY OCTOBER 18 Class Discussion (day 3) – Fine-Tuning Plan, Tracking & Correcting Project Performance https://www.greycampus.com/blog/project-management/fast-tracking-vs-crashing-key-techniques-for-project-schedule-compression https://training-nyc.com/learn/pmp-certification/baseline https://www.pmi.org/learning/library/earned-value-management-systems-analysis-8026
9	10/23, 10/25, 10/28	Studio (day 1) – Bring your final Schedule and final budget to class and be ready to present. We will also discuss the scorecard. Class Discussion (day 2,3) – Managing conflict, reporting on project and closing a project https://www.pmi.org/learning/library/preparing-reports-project-reporting-management-6189 Videos (day 2)- Project Management Foundations (2016) – Monitoring and Controlling Progress and Performance – Closing a Project – Conclusion Web Research (day 2) – Is conflict within your project a good thing or a bad thing? – What are the pros/cons of the following 5 conflict handling modes: 1 – Compromise 2 – Smoothing 3 – Forcing 4 – Withdrawal 5- Collaboration – What are some of the different methods of communicating the status of a project? Are some better/worse than others?
10	10/30, 11/1, 11/4	Studio (day 1) Create your status report format and work on your Closing documents Change Leadership (day 2) & Review Exam 2 Kotter – Chapter 5 : Empower Action – Retooling the Boss – The Worldwide Competition – I Survived, So You Can To- – Making Movies on the Factory Floor – Harold and Lidia and Review for Exam #2 Second Assignment due : by end of day November 1 (day 2) Exam #2 (day 3) : November 4, week 6-10 material	Assignment #2 due by EOD 11/1 Website completed and ready for review by 11/1
11	11/6, 11/8, 11/11	Class Discussion (day 1) – Introduction to Agile https://www.infoworld.com/article/3237508/what-is-agile-methodology-modern-software-development-explained.html http://www.differencebetween.net/technology/software-technology/difference-between-agile-and-waterfal/ Videos (day 1) Web Research (day 1): What are the “Agile Principles”? What is the “Agile Manifesto”? Change Leadership (day 2) Kotter – Chapter 6 : Create Short-Term Wins – The List on the Bulletin Boards – Creating the New Navy – The Senator Owned a Trucking Company – Hoopla Class Discussion (day 3) – SCRUM Intro https://www.scrum.org/resources/what-is-scrum https://www.scrum-institute.org/Scrum_Roles_The_Scrum_Team.php https://www.lucidchart.com/blog/product-owner-roles-and-responsibilities https://www.knowledgehut.com/tutorials/scrum-tutorial/scrum-framework Web Research (day 3): What are the advantages of a Scrum Team?
12	11/13, 11/15, 11/18	Class Discussion (day 1) – SCRUM Framework https://agilevelocity.com/agile-tools/story-mapping-101/ https://www.scrum.org/resources/blog/10-tips-product-owners-product-backlog-management Web Research (day 1) What is a product vision in Agile/Scrum? What are the different methods of Agile Estimation? Studio (day 2) – Product Vision, Story MAP and Product Backlog Change Leadership (day 3) Kotter – Chapter 7 : Don’t Let Up – PE Ratios – The Merchant of Fear – Reducing Twenty-Five Pages to Two – The Street
13	11/20, 11/22, 12/2	Class Discussion (day 1) – SCRUM Events https://www.scrumguides.org/scrum-guide.html#events Web Research (day 1) What is a burndown chart in Agile/Scrum? What is a spike story? CLASS CANCELLED ON FRIDAY NOVEMBER 22 (day 2) Studio (day 3) – Assignment #3: Sprint presentations (part 1)	Assignment #3 : submit BEFORE the beginning of class on 12/2
14	12/4, 12/6, 12/9	Studio (day 1) – Assignment #3: Sprint presentations (part 2) Change Leadership (day 2) Kotter – Chapter 8 : Make Change Stick – The Boss Went to Switzerland – The Path to the Patient – Promoting the Thirty-Something – The Home Mortgage AND Review for exam #3 Exam #3 (day 3) : December 9	Team feedback due by end of day 12/6