Systems Integration Project Management PARTICIPANTS WILL LEARN TO: KEY TOPICS INSTRUCTOR-LED TRAINING ●● Plan, estimate, and organize system integration efforts Introduction to Systems Integration ●● Definitions: Systems Integration (SI), Project 3 days ●● Manage the implementation of complex system interfaces Management, SI Project Management 8:30 a.m.–5 p.m. ●● ●● Evaluate and address the risks inherent in integration projects Examples of SI projects ●● SI Complexity COURSE CODE ●● ●● Apply the decomposition-integration paradigm to manage complexity SI Project Management ITP-BXC ●● Business and Economic Implications of SI ●● Focus on the business emphasis of systems integration ●● Stakeholder Analysis CONTINUING Process Evaluation EDUCATION COURSE SYNOPSIS ●● The Decomposition-Integration Paradigm ●● Delegation in SI project management PDUs: 22.5 ●● Today’s information technology project manager faces projects of increasing size, Effective formal processes CEUs: 2.2 complexity, and risk. Your job as project manager is to make sure that all of the SI Project Organization CPEs: 27.0 components come together and to see that the project is completed on time ●● The SI project WBS ●● CDUs: 22.5 and within budget. Integration WBS ●● SI organization Overview Yet the definition of “all the components” keeps getting broader and more Controlling Your Project complex. More and more IT projects depend on critical systems integration (SI) ●● Estimating SI Projects issues, including client/server development, open system design, enterprise solu- Managing Integration Risk tion implementation, legacy systems maintenance, and multi-site deployment. ●● SI Risk Management ●● SI Support Processes Now you can identify and explore the complex technical and business issues ●● Configuration Management ●● Mitigation Strategies involved in integrating custom software, hardware solutions, telecommunica- ●● Interface Control Risks tions networks, commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) software, business procedures ●● Integration Complexity and services, and support facilities. ●● N-square Diagrams Managing SI Execution Through an interactive case study and classroom discussions, you’ll experience ●● SI project Execution what it takes to be the project manager on a typical SI project. You’ll develop ●● Analysis and Design an understanding and appreciation for the problems that can occur and explore ●● Managing Evolving Requirements ways to solve them, and you’ll gain an understanding of the critical need for a ●● Procurement SI Execution Change Process systems integration project manager on large IT projects in the real world. Managing SI Integration and Testing ●● Key Issues in SI Integration and Testing If you face a future assignment as a systems integration project manager, this ●● SI Project Quality Assurance course will give you the tools and techniques needed for survival. ●● Strategies for Testing in SI Projects ●● Measuring Integration and Testing Reminder: Participants should have completed at a minimum an introductory Performance for SI Projects course in project management, such as Managing IT Projects or Managing Projects. Managing SI Deployment ●● System Deployment Issues ●● Steps in System Deployment ●● Single-Site Deployment ●● Multi-Site Deployment ●● System Deployment Management Strategies Title Days Publics ●● SI Project Closeout ●● SI Closeout Issues ●● Preparing the Closeout Plan Systems Integration ●● Closing the Process Improvement Loop Project Management 3 $1995 ●● Lessons learned summary (ITP-BXC) ESI’S CERTIFICATION AND TRAINING PARTNERS: [email protected] +1 (703) 558-3177 www.esi-intl.com/fpm.