BUS 237 Lecture Notes - Build Automation, System Testing, Flight Controller

• School: Simon Fraser University
• Department: Business Administration
• Course: BUS 237
• Professor: Kamal Masri

Document Summary

Buy it & use it as is (off the shelf) Buy it & customize it (off the shelf with adaptation) Project management body of knowledge (pmbok: projects consist of a temporary endeavor undertaken to create a unique product, service or result , have goals/objectives, start/end date, given resources (people, $, working space) Information technology project management (itpm: collection of techniques/methods that pm"s use to plan, coordinate, complete it projects. Through steps of initiating, executing, closing, monitoring. Scope (objective), start&end date, temporary use of resources, unique, accomplish something new. Hard to estimate time, budget and scope. Risks within project: performance evaluated on budget, time, and if expected benefits were realized. Structural risk (projects are large and complex) Project process performance: forces of good. Interacts with sponsors, managers, users (usually a ca, cga, cma) Infrastructure analyst: focus on interaction with new and existing technology (usually has significant knowledge in tech) Interfaces with technical professionals: knowledge of analysis (design and programing, databases, business)