ECTS - IT Portfolio Management and IT Standards

IT Portfolio Management and IT Standards (ISE512) Course Detail

Course Name Course Code Season Lecture Hours Application Hours Lab Hours Credit ECTS
IT Portfolio Management and IT Standards ISE512 Area Elective 3 0 0 3 5
Pre-requisite Course(s)
N/A
Course Language English
Course Type Information Systems Engineering Elective Courses
Course Level Ph.D.
Mode of Delivery Face To Face
Learning and Teaching Strategies Lecture.
Course Coordinator
Course Lecturer(s)
Course Assistants
Course Objectives This course teaches the essential executive skills of portfolio and project management. The course incorporates real life case studies that span the product life cycle as well as the related standards.
Course Learning Outcomes The students who succeeded in this course;
  • Determine key business benefits and portfolio financial feasibility
  • Describe the business processes and process models related with portfolios
  • Attain knowledge about management and governance frameworks and standards.
Course Content Processes for the integrated project life (approval, identifying and planning, implementation, management and tracking, assessment and improvement); prioritizing IT projects; resource allocation; managing risks and costs; assessment and governance; standard metrics for measuring ROI. ITIL, COBIT, Val IT, Sarbanes Oxley, related IEEE and ISO standar

Weekly Subjects and Releated Preparation Studies

Week Subjects Preparation
1 Overview Ch.1 (Maizlish, Handler), Ch. 1 (Bonham)
2 Overview Ch.1 (Maizlish, Handler)
3 Planning for IT portfolio management Ch. 2 (Maizlish, Handler)
4 Planning for IT portfolio management Ch. 2 (Maizlish, Handler)
5 People and governance Ch. 3 (Maizlish, Handler), Ch. 8-10 (Bonham)
6 People and governance Ch. 3 (Maizlish, Handler) , Ch. 8-10 (Bonham)
7 IT Portfolios and their content Ch. 4 (Maizlish, Handler)
8 IT Portfolios and their content Ch. 4 (Maizlish, Handler)
9 Building the IT portfolio Ch. 5 (Maizlish, Handler), Ch. 3-5 (Bonham)
10 Building the IT portfolio Ch. 5 (Maizlish, Handler), Ch. 3-5 (Bonham)
11 Related Standards Ch. 6-10 (Rozemeijer, Van Bon, & Verheijen)
12 Related Standards Ch. 11-15 (Rozemeijer, Van Bon, & Verheijen)
13 Related Standards Ch. 16-20 (Rozemeijer, Van Bon, & Verheijen)
14 Related Standards Ch. 20-31 (Rozemeijer, Van Bon, & Verheijen)
15 Final Examination Period Review of topics
16 Final Examination Period Review of topics

Sources

Course Book 1. Maizlish, B., Handler, R., IT Portfolio Management: Unlocking the Business Value of Technology, Wiley, 2005.
2. Bonham, S., IT Project Portfolio Management, Artech House Publishers, 2004.
Other Sources 3. The Standard for Portfolio Management, PMI, 2008.
4. Blokdijk, G., Menken, I., IT Services Portfolio Management Best Practice Handbook: Planning, Implementing, Maximizing Return on Investment of Strategic IT Portfolio Management - Ready to use bringing Theory into Action, Emereo Pty Ltd, 2008.
5. Kaplan, J., Strategic IT Portfolio Management: Governing Enterprise Transformation, Jeff Kaplan, 2009.
6. Fitzpatrick, E. W., Planning and Implementing IT Portfolio Management: Maximizing the Return on Information Technology Investments, IT Economics Corp., 1. baskı, 2005.
7. Rozemeijer, E., Van Bon, J., Verheijen, T., Frameworks for IT Management: A Pocket Guide, Van Haren Publishing; 1. baskı, 2007.

Evaluation System

Requirements Number Percentage of Grade
Attendance/Participation - -
Laboratory - -
Application - -
Field Work - -
Special Course Internship - -
Quizzes/Studio Critics - -
Homework Assignments 3 30
Presentation - -
Project - -
Report - -
Seminar - -
Midterms Exams/Midterms Jury 1 30
Final Exam/Final Jury 1 40
Toplam 5 100
Percentage of Semester Work
Percentage of Final Work 100
Total 100

Course Category

Core Courses
Major Area Courses
Supportive Courses X
Media and Managment Skills Courses
Transferable Skill Courses

The Relation Between Course Learning Competencies and Program Qualifications

# Program Qualifications / Competencies Level of Contribution
1 2 3 4 5
1 Comprehends the most advanced technology and literature in the field of software engineering research.
2 Gains the ability to conduct world-class research in software engineering and publish scholarly articles in top conferences and journals in the area.
3 Conducts quantitative and qualitative studies in software engineering. X
4 Develops and applies software engineering approaches to acquire the necessary skills to bridge the gap between academia and industry in the field of software engineering and to solve real-world problems. X
5 Gains the ability to access the necessary information to follow current developments in science and technology, and to conduct scientific research or develop projects in the field of software engineering. X
6 Gains awareness and a sense of responsibility regarding professional, legal, ethical, and social issues in the field of software engineering. X
7 Acquires project and risk management skills; gains awareness of the importance of entrepreneurship, innovation, and sustainable development; adapts international excellence standards for software engineering practices and methodologies. X
8 Gains awareness of the universal, environmental, social, and legal consequences of software engineering practices when making decisions. X
9 Develops, adopts, and supports the sustainable use of excellence standards for software engineering practices. X

ECTS/Workload Table

Activities Number Duration (Hours) Total Workload
Course Hours (Including Exam Week: 16 x Total Hours)
Laboratory
Application
Special Course Internship
Field Work
Study Hours Out of Class 16 5 80
Presentation/Seminar Prepration
Project
Report
Homework Assignments 3 15 45
Quizzes/Studio Critics
Prepration of Midterm Exams/Midterm Jury 1 20 20
Prepration of Final Exams/Final Jury 1 30 30
Total Workload 175