Practical Information Technology Management

Calendar

SES #	TOPICS	KEY DATES
Introduction and Overview
1	Lecture and Discussion: Course Importance, Topics, Logistics
2	Case Discussion: Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd.
Module I: Project Management: The Realities of Hitting a Moving Target
3	Case Discussion: Administrative Data Project (A)
4	Case Discussion: Administrative Data Project (B and C)	Introduction of course project exercise
5	Case Discussion: AIRNow Presentation, Visitor: Jane Linder
6	Case: PharmaCo Presentation, Visitor: Ben Porter
Module II: Implementation and Change: “Technology is the Least of Our Problems”
7	Case Discussion: First National City Bank Operating Group	Short paper due (one of three, chosen from five options)
8	Continuation of First National City Bank Operating Group Discussion
9	Case Discussion: Dow Corning	Project plan due
10	Implementation Readings Review, and Visitor on ERP Implementation Experience: Mike Shanno, EMC Corporation
Module III: Management of the IT Function: The Genie Behind the Curtain
11	RFID, Visitor: Prof. Brian Subirana
12	Case Discussion: Care Group	Short paper due (one of three, chosen from five options)
13	Case Discussion: Lifeline, Visitor: CIO Rich Reich
14	Class Discussion of Student Projects
15	Visitor: Arup Gupta, CEO, Tata Consultancy Services
Module IV: IT Support for Business Operations: Doing Things Faster and Better
16	Special Assignment on Getting Business Value from IT Frameworks
17	The MIT Process Handbook, Visitor: Prof. Tom Malone	Short paper due (one of three, chosen from five options)
18	Web Services and Business Process Management, Visitor: Evan Mamas
Module V: Strategic Systems and Digital Transformation: IT for New Things
19	TYCO Readings, Visitor: CIO Dana Deasy	Project status report due
20	ACE Case, US Customs Transformation	Short paper due (one of three, chosen from five options)
21	Business Strategy
22	Visitor: Omar Baig, IFC / World Bank	Project status report due
Module VI: Team Reports, Course Summary
23	Team Project Presentations
24	Team Project Presentations (cont.)	Short paper due (one of three, chosen from five options)
25	Discussion / Debate: “Does IT Matter?”
26	Closing Lecture and Discussion	Team project papers due