IT Project Management

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Assignment 1

Deadline: Day 07/02/2019 @ 23:59

[Total Mark for this Assignment is 5]

IT Project Management

IT270

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College of Computing and Informatics

Question One

Learning Outcome(s):

LO1: Understand the job roles of an IT project manager.

LO2: Recognize the key issues during the IT project management procedures and describe the best practices in IT project management processes.

2 Marks

Recall the following diagram of the Project Management Framework discussed during Week 1. Refer to the PMBOK Guide 2013 (Fifth Edition) and discuss the changes to this Framework in terms of newly introduced knowledge area(s) and processes.

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Question Two

Learning Outcome(s):

LO1: Explain the job roles of an IT project manager.

LO2: Recognize the key issues during the IT project management procedures and describe the best practices in IT project management processes.

1 Mark

Portfolio management, program management, project management and organizational project management are regarded as important disciplines associated with the area of modern project management. Discuss relationships among these disciplines by recognizing their similarities and differences.

Question Three

Learning Outcome(s):

LO2: Recognize the key issues during the IT project management procedures and describe the best practices in IT project management processes.

2 Mark

Given the following information about a project XY:

Discount Rate

10%

Year 0

Year 1

Year 2

Total

Costs

200,000

200,000

200,000

Discount factor

?

?

?

Discounted costs

?

?

?

?

Benefits

60,000

24,000

36,000

Discount factor

?

?

?

Discounted benefits

?

?

?

?

a. Fill the missing values in the above table.

b. Calculate NPV and ROI.

c. Do you think that this project is acceptable? Explain WHY?

NOTE: Use the first two decimal digit for Discount factor (i.e. if the value of D.f= 0.359, then use D.f= 0.35)