Systems Integration Project Management
3 Days – Course No. PM15
Target AudiencE:
Project Managers and Business Professionals who
require an understanding of the issues involved in integrating custom software,
hardware solutions, telecommunications networks, commercial off the shelf
courseware software, business procedures and services and support facilities.
Prerequisites:
Participants should have completed at a minimum
an introductory course in project management such as Managing IT Projects or Managing Projects.
Learn How To:
◦ Plan, estimate, and organize system integration efforts
◦ Apply the decomposition-integration paradigm to manage complexity
◦ Manage the implementation of complex system interfaces
◦ Assess and respond to the risks inherent in integration projects
◦ Apply the decomposition-integration paradigm to manage complexity
◦ Focus on the business emphasis of systems integration
course Synopsis:
Today’s information technology project manager
faces projects of increasing size, complexity and risk. Your job as project
manager is to make sure that all of the components come together and to see
that the project is completed on time and within budget.
Yet the definition of “all the components”
keeps getting broader and more complex. More and more IT projects depend on
critical systems integration (SI) issues, including client/server development,
open systems design, enterprise solution implementation, legacy systems
maintenance and multi-site deployment.
Now you can identify and explore the complex technical
and business issues involved in integrating custom software, hardware
solutions, telecommunications networks, commercial off-the-shelf (COTS )
software, business procedures and services, and support facilities.
Through an interactive case study and classroom
discussions, you’ll experience what it takes to be the project manager on a
typical SI project. You’ll develop an understanding and appreciation of the
problems that can occur and explore ways to solve them. And you’ll gain an
understanding of the critical need for a systems integration project manager on
large IT projects in the real world.
If you face a future assignment as a systems
integration project manager, this course will give you tools and techniques
needed for survival.
course Topics:
What is Systems Integration (SI)?
◦ Systems Integration and SI projects
◦ Typical SI projects
◦ Importance of SI project management
Process Evaluation
◦ Managing the complexity of SI projects
◦ Decomposition and delegation as key paradigms in SI
◦ Value of formal methods, processes and skills for managing SI
projects
SI Project Organization
◦ Creating effective SI WBS
◦ Developing effective SI project teams
◦ Organizing for SI projects
Controlling SI Projects
◦ Estimating for SI projects
◦ Define SI metrics for project performance measurement
◦ Process mapping
◦ Interaction complexity in SI projects
Integration Risk Management
◦ SI risk management
◦ Tools for managing SI complexity
◦ Configuration and integration management
SI Execution Management
◦ SI project execution
◦ Requirements analysis
◦ Procurement considerations
◦ Execution change analysis
Integration and Testing Management
◦ Testing concerns for SI
◦ Managing testing issues
◦ Creating test plans
SI Development Management
◦ Key system deployment issues in SI projects
◦ Single and multi-site deployment
◦ Options for predictable crises
SI Project Closeout
◦ SI closeout issues
◦ The SI project closeout plan
Other Information:
PMBOK® Guide Knowledge Areas:
◦ Project Integration Management
◦ Project Scope Management
◦ Project Quality Management
◦ Project Time Management
◦ Project Cost Management
◦ Project Risk Management
◦ Project Procurement Management
◦ Communications Management
Professional Development Units (PDUs):
22.5