DA 290 - Management for Systems Analysts

Credit Hours: 4

Emphasizing the discipline of planning, organizing, and managing resources to bring about the successful completion of specific project goals and objectives. Various approaches, tools, principles, and practices of management effectiveness will be discussed. A popular project management software package will be used.

Course Outcomes
Upon completion of this course, the student will be able to:

define project management and its role in the information technology organization;
define various factors involved in managing projects and people;
plan, schedule, and control a series of typical data processing projects;
utilize current project management software to manage projects and people; and
exhibit leadership skills required to manage projects in a diverse workforce.

Prerequisites: DA 240
F/S (N, S)