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Workshop #1
Project Management: An Accidental Profession?

READINGS

1. Pinto, J. and Kharbanda, O. (1995). Lessons for an accidental profession. Business Horizons. pp.41-50

2. Giammalvo, P. & Suermondt, J. (2010). Behavioral Profiles of Successful Project Managers. Is Project Management a Profession? Retrieved from www.build-project-management-competency.com. Can also be found in two parts at http://pmstudent.com/project-management-careers-behaviors-1/

3. Larson, E.W. & Gray, C.F. (2011). Leadership: Being an Effective Project Manager. Project Management: The Managerial Process, Chapter 10. 5th edition, McGraw Hill.

4. Schweriner, J. (2007). Ethics Considerations for the Project Manager in Professional Services. PMI Global Congress Proceedings. Retrieved from http://www.schweriner.com/writing/EthicsConsiderationsfortheProjectManagerinProfessionalServices.pdf

INSTRUCTIONS

• Workshop #1 Instruction Sheet

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Workshop #2
Why Projects Fail

READINGS

1. Charette, R. (2005), Why software fails. IEEE Spectrum. Retrieved from http://spectrum.ieee.org/computing/software/why-software-fails

2. Nix, L. and Highsmith, J. (1996), To Be, or Not to Be. Software Development Magazine. Retrieved from http://www.ksinc.com/articles.html

3. Stepanek, G. (2005).Chapter 2 – Why Software is Different.. Software Project Secrets: Why Software Projects Fail. Springer-Verlag, New York

4. Stepanek, G. (2005).Chapter 3 – Project Management Assumptions.. Software Project Secrets: Why Software Projects Fail. Springer-Verlag, New York

INSTRUCTIONS

• Workshop #2 Instruction Sheet

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Workshop #3
Agile Project Management

READINGS

1. Sliger, M. (2006) Relating PMBOK Practices to Agile Practices - Parts 1- 4
   

   1. Part 1
   2. Part 2
   3. Part 3
   4. Part 4

2. Haas, K. The Blending of Traditional and Agile Project Management. Retrieved from http://www.ProjectSmart.co.uk

3. Which Life Cycle is Best for Your Project?. Retrieved from http://www.ProjectSmart.co.uk

4. Scott Ambler & Associates. Choose the Right Software Method for the Job. Retrieved from Agile Data

INSTRUCTIONS

• Workshop #3 Instruction Sheet

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Workshop #4
Scope Management

READINGS

1. Mathis, M. Work Breakdown Structure: Purpose, Process and Pitfalls.

2. How to Develop Work Breakdown Structures

3. Goal-Driven Backlog Development - User Story Mapping

4. Noah's Ark Project

INSTRUCTIONS

• Workshop #4 Instruction Sheet

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Workshop
Assistance from ASLC for assignments

Academic Skills & Learning Centre assistance during workshops

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Workshop #5
Project Scheduling & Progress Reporting

READINGS

1. How to deal with software development schedule pressure.

2. Weigh the work ahead

3. Coding Horror: How long would it take if everything went wrong?

4. Create Achievable Schedules

5. Prioritising using MoSCoW

6. Suggested User Story Map

7. Suggested Product Breakdown Structure

8. Noahs Ark Scenario

INSTRUCTIONS

• Workshop #5 Instruction Sheet

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Workshop
Student Presentations

Student groups present their research reports