Preliminary 2025-2026 Yavapai College Catalog 
    
    May 22, 2025  
Preliminary 2025-2026 Yavapai College Catalog

CSA 390 - IT Project Management


Description: Apply project management principles to lead complex IT initiatives. Draft project charters, plans, and documentation meeting rigid schedule, cost, and scope constraints. Utilize Agile frameworks to deliver solutions balancing speed, quality and changing requirements.

Prerequisites: CNT 105  , CSA 110  , CSA 281 , and CSC 105  

Credits: 4
Lecture: 4
Lab: 0

Course Content:
  1. Technology project lifecycles
  2. IT project costing complexity
  3. Systems integration and user acceptance testing
  4. Multi-vendor technology collaborations
  5. Advanced estimation techniques and modeling

Learning Outcomes:
  1. Evaluate IT project feasibility. (1, 2)
  2. Design comprehensive IT Project plans. (1, 2, 5)
  3. Compose detailed project Work Breakdown Structures, schedules, and budgets. (2, 5)
  4. Construct prototypes applying Agile development techniques. (1, 3)
  5. Evaluate IT project solution effectiveness. (3, 5)
  6. Distinguish IT leadership techniques for motivating project teams. (4)