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Instructor: Dr. Martin Hepp Office: Academic III, Room
152 Office Hours: Wednesdays, 2:00 – 5:00 and by appointment Course Website: http://elearning.fgcu.edu/ (enroll to the course ISM6316) Class
Times and Classroom: The
whole course is delivered via the Internet. Please
note that there are mandatory
chat sessions
every Monday from 5:00 – 6:00 p.m. You need to log into the FGCU e-learning
system to take part in those chat sessions. The
first chat session is on September 6, 2004. |
Kathy Schwalbe: Information Technology Project Management, 3rd edition. Thomson Course Technology, 2004. (ISBN 0-619-15984-7) .
The final grade will be determined by your performance
in
-
participation - your average score in all chat
sessions (30 %).
-
homework assignments (30 %), and
-
one exam (40 %),
For the homework
assignments and the exam, the following grades are given.
|
Grade |
A |
A- |
B+ |
B |
B- |
C+ |
C |
C- |
D |
E |
|
Numerical
Value |
4 |
3.75 |
3.25 |
3 |
2.75 |
2.25 |
2 |
1.75 |
1 |
0 |
With regard to the chat sessions, you may receive
between 0 (not present) and 4 (excellent contributions) points per chat.
According to the grade weights as outlined above
(40 / 30 / 30 %), the final grade will be determined using the following
formula:
Final
Score = (Exam_Grade*4 + Homework_Average*3 + Chat_Average*3)/10
The final
score will be transformed into the final grade using the following table:
|
Score Range |
Final Grade |
|
4.0 - 3.76 |
A |
|
3.75 - 3.51 |
A- |
|
3.50 - 3.16 |
B+ |
|
3.15 - 2.88 |
B |
|
2.87 - 2.51 |
B- |
|
2.50 - 2.16 |
C+ |
|
2.15 - 1.88 |
C |
|
1.87 - 1.51 |
C- |
|
1.50 - 0.75 |
D |
|
0.74 - 0 |
E |
This is a graduate course. Thus, your participation and contributions are extremely important, because we will all learn from each other during the course.
Please make sure that you can attend the chat sessions. You can access the chat system from any computer connected to the Internet.
September 06: Intro (5:00 - 6:00 p.m.)
You must have read chapter 1 & 2 prior to this chat
session.
September 13: PM Process Groups (5:00 - 6:00 p.m.)
You must have read chapter 3 prior to this chat session.
September 20: Integration (5:00 - 6:00 p.m.)
You must have read chapter 4 prior to this chat session.
September 27: Scope (5:00- 6:00 p.m.)
You must have read chapter 5 prior to this chat session.
October 4: Time (5:00 - 6:00 p.m.)
You must have read chapter 6 prior to this chat session.
October 11: Cost (5:00 - 6:00 p.m.)
You must have read chapter 7 prior to this chat session.
October 18: Quality (5:00 - 6:00 p.m.)
You must have read chapter 8 prior to this chat session.
October 25: Human Resources (5:00 - 6:00 p.m.)
You must have read chapter 9 prior to this chat session.
November 1: Communications (5:00 - 6:00)
You must have read chapter 10 prior to this chat session.
November 8: Risk (5:00 - 6:00 p.m.)
You must have read chapter 11 prior to this chat session.
November 15: Procurement (5:00 - 6:00 p.m.)
You must have read chapter 12 prior to this chat session.
Please click on the Lessons tab in the
e-learning system to read the homework assignments.
To give you a maximum of flexibility, the
homework is due in two big portions. You can thus prepare them at a time of
your choice, according to your other duties.
Important note: Submit all of your work not later
than indicated below in ONE e-mail with attachments.
Do not send parts of your homework in advance!.
Homework package 1: Due September 29, 2004
à Course lessons for chapters 1 – 5 (see
the Lessons section in the e-learning system for details)
Homework package 2: Due on November 11,
2004
à Course lessons for chapters 6 – 11 (see
the Lessons section in the e-learning system for details)
The exam
task description will be available on November 15,
2004. You must submit your solution by
November 29, 2004.
Please send an e-mail to mhepp@computer.org.