Fields of work in IT project management

Introduction to IT projects, special features, and agile principles

• The basics of IT project management: What makes IT projects special?
• Agile values and principles: How agile methods and dynamic requirements are changing project management in IT.
• Integration of IT projects into the existing IT landscape: technological dependencies and system integration.
• IT security and data protection: important standards and best practices for managing security risks.

IT project planning and requirements management

• Successful IT project planning: Structuring roles, cross-departmental collaboration, resources, and time and cost planning in a targeted manner.
• Requirement engineering and agile requirements management: user stories, story mapping, prioritization, and handling dynamic requirements.
• Use contracts and tools effectively: understand SLAs, integrate key performance indicators, and manage with Jira, Confluence, Trello, and MS Project.

Control, quality, and risk management in IT projects

• IT project controlling and reporting: Make targeted use of key figures and stakeholders transparency for all stakeholders with clear reporting.
• IT risk management: identifying and assessing potential risk factors and selecting appropriate management strategies.
• Quality assurance methods: Classify ISO standards and BSI basic protection, use reviews and test concepts, and achieve measurable quality indicators.

Practical applications

• Simulation of an IT project: Planning, implementation and controlling of an IT project.
• Operational readiness and handover criteria in your own company context; role of the PM in DevOps and CI/CD environments.
• Completion of the project: documentation, lessons learned, and continuous improvement.