This is a blended course

Course Name: Applied Project Management	Term:
Course Number: ISM3314C	Session:

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Faculty Contact Information	Schedule and Course Activities
Course Description and Purpose	Grading and Instructions for Course Activities
General Course Outcomes	Attendance and Participation Policies
Prerequisites & Co-requisites	Communication Practices
Textbook and Course Materials	General Policies and Technical Requirements
Methods of Instruction (Course Structure)

Faculty Contact Information

Instructor Name:	Victor Arenas
Office Phone:	954-201-xxxx
Department Phone:	954-201-6723
Email:	Please use course email. Use my BC email ONLY if you are unable to access the course email: varenas@broward.edu
Office Hours:	TBA
BC Safety Phone #:	954-201-HELP (4357)

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Course Description and Purpose

The fast development of new technologies and the multiple methodologies to manage and control increasingly playing a crucial role in the success of companies and organizations in today’s markets. This course examines the organization, planning, and controlling of projects from a practical perspective. The course covers a series of techniques and methodologies to manage project scope, schedule, and resources. This covers Project Management Methodologies, Project Selection, Project Phases and Organization, Understanding Client Expectations, Communication Plan, Estimation and Managing Cost, Problem Solving Methods, Retrospectives and Lessons Learned.

This course will also prepare you to take the high-stakes PMI-CAPM certification exam.

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General Course Outcomes

Upon completion of this course, the student shall:

• To understand the ideas that drive effective project teams, and the values and principles that bring them together.
• To understand the most popular Project Management Methodologies—and how they can all be implemented together, even though they’re very different from each other.
• To understand specific project management practices that you can apply to your projects today and also to provide you with the framework of values and principles that you’ll need to implement them effectively.
• To understand your own team and company better, so that you can choose an project management approach that matches your mindset (or comes as close as possible)—but also help you and your team start to learn a new way of thinking that will help you become a more effective project manager.

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Prerequisites & Co-requisites

To maximize your chances for success in this course, make sure that you meet the following course prerequisites:

• Course Prerequisites and Co-requisites: CIS1513C with a grade of C or higher.

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Methods of Instruction (Course Structure)

This is a 3 credit hour blended course. In this class, you will attend on-campus classes plus engage in structured out-of-class and online activities. The online and in-class activities may include, but are not limited to, readings, discussions, essays, case studies, research, and/or online quizzes and tests. See the course activity schedule for a detailed description of activities. Students are responsible for regularly reviewing the activity schedule and completing all required assignments including quizzes and participating in discussions.

There will be times during class where you may be asked to watch a video or read an article prior to attending class. This will be part of the class discussion and you may be asked to work in a group. Students who are ready for class generally are more successful in the course. Always check a rubric to see how you will be graded. Why take this course?

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Schedule and Class Activities

See it in D2L

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Grading and Instructions for Course Activities

Instructions for Discussions (if used):

• Use the Q&A discussion thread to post questions that might be of general interest to all students such as questions about assignments, tests, etc. Feel free to respond to other students if you think you can help them.

Instructions for Quizzes:

• Quizzes will be online through D2L. You may take them twice. The highest grade will be kept. Check course activities schedule.

Instructions for Cards:

• Cards will be online through D2L. Check course activities schedule.

Instructions for Assignments

• There are four assignments to do in class. Refer to D2L, Assessments Menu, Assignments option

Grades

• Grades will be available after the quiz/exercise availability window closes.
• Grades for labs will be posted within five BC working days of the closing date of the assignment.

How your Grade will be Determined

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Attendance and Participation Policies

You must attend class regularly, attendance is mandatory. If you feel like you will not be able to maintain regular attendance, obtain the required course materials and fulfill the course requirements, you should drop the course by the official drop/add deadline or expect to pay for the course..

If you stop participating after the withdrawal date, you will receive an F. To avoid this situation, you should attend class regularly and remain an active learner in the online portion of the class. Always communicate extenuating circumstances to your instructor. Ongoing communication with the instructor is critical to your course success.

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Communication Practices

Communication

• Use the course email tool in D2L is only for private, personal, one-to-one communication with a specific individual, or groups of individuals. Do not send course-related emails to the instructor’s BC email address.
• In the event that the course communication tools are unavailable for more than 24 hours, the instructor will communicate with students (if necessary) via their BC email address. Access your BC email account at http://www.outlook.com

Faculty Response

• Course emails will be answered within “48 hours” or see instructor in class. Other students may have the same questions as you or may even be able to answer your questions. Therefore you may email another student. Additionally, you can contact your instructor during their online/in-person office hours or schedule an online/in-person meeting.

Netiquette

In all online communication, it is expected that all students will follow rules of online “netiquette”. Netiquette is a set of rules for polite online behavior that all members of this class are expected to follow. Review some of the general netiquette rules.

Individuals who violate the netiquette policy or engage in disruptive online behaviors such as flaming (posting disrespectful or hostile comments), posting inappropriate comments, or shouting (posting messages using all capitals) may have their class access privileges revoked and/or they may be referred to the Student Dean. Students who continue to engage in unacceptable online behavior even after being warned, may be permanently denied access to the class and/or may receive an F for the class.

Please don’t use email short hand like ROTFLO (rolling on the floor laughing out loud) or BTW (by the way) – not everyone knows what these abbreviations mean. If you want to use emoticons (smileys) to convey feelings, please stick with the basics happy 🙂 sad 🙁 or wink ;-). Others are less well known and are subject to different interpretations. The idea is to be clear in your communications.

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General Policies & Technical Requirements

You are responsible for being familiar with Broward College policies and procedures. See technical requirements in this section to “ready” your computer for online activities. A 24/7 helpdesk is available to address all technical issues.

Academic Success Centers (ASC)

• The Academic Success Centers at Broward College are here to ensure your success in this class. You will benefit from an array of academic support services provided in a comfortable, collaborative atmosphere specifically designed to advance your academic achievement. Statistics show that students who use the ASC early and often are more successful than those who do not.

Academic Honesty

Your academic work must be the result of your own thought, research, or self-expression. Academic misconduct includes, but is not limited to the following: cheating, plagiarism, unacceptable collaboration, falsification of data, aiding and abetting dishonesty, unauthorized or malicious interference, hacking computer property or software, and online disturbances. Please refer to the Student Code of Conduct Policy and the Student Code of Conduct section located in the Student Handbook for more information. All required class activities are subject to submission to Turnitin.com for the detection of plagiarism. All submitted papers will be included as source documents in the Turnitin.com reference database solely for the purpose of detecting plagiarism of such papers.

Types of Academic Dishonesty:

• Cheating: Is defined as obtaining or attempting to obtain, or aiding another to obtain credit for work by dishonest or deceptive means.
• Plagiarism: The use of words or ideas of the original creator without attribution as if they were your own. Plagiarism ranges from copying someone else’s work verbatim and elaborating on or altering someone else’s work.
• Self-Plagiarism: Submitting or reusing parts of a previous paper without referencing source it was first submitted. This includes retaking a course and turning in previously submitted papers and data.
• Unacceptable Collaboration: Using answers, solutions, or ideas that are the results of collaboration without citing the fact of the collaboration is improper.
• Falsification of Data: Making up or falsifying information and data. Examples include making up or altering data for an experiment or citing reference to sources you did not actually use.
• Pay Services: Employing an assignment writing service or having another write the paper for you.
• Enabling: Aiding and abetting another student in an act of academic dishonesty. Examples include giving someone a paper to copy and allowing someone access to your account.
• Unauthorized or malicious interferences: If one person deliberately interferes with the work or activities of another person on purpose to cause the other harm or irreparable damages. Academic honesty violations are considered a breach of policy and may result in academic penalties (zero points on the assignment/test in question, and/or a failing grade for the class), disciplinary action, and/or referral to the Dean of Student Affairs.

Class Policies

• Cell phone – Please turn your phone to silent as to not disturb the class..
• Arriving late/leaving early – Please be considerate of the class in progress and make every effort to arrive on time and do not leave class early.

Disability Services

If you need academic accommodations and/or disability services support, you must contact the Office of Disability Services (ODS). It is your responsibility to contact the ODS to document disability prior to receiving services. You must notify the instructor that you have registered with the ODS and provide the instructor a copy of the ODS letter. Your documentation and any related communication with your instructor remain strictly confidential

Technical Requirements

• Students taking blended courses are expected to be moderately proficient in using a computer. Please go to the Technical Requirements page for a complete list of computer skills and technical requirements.

Technical Issues

• If you need help using D2L, you can review the step-by-step tutorials
• For year-round, 24 hour technical assistance, please visit the 24/7 Help Desk page.
• If an online assignment is due but you are having computer issues, contact the helpdesk prior to the due date/time for a ticket number to submit to instructor. The ticket provides proof of time/date you tried to submit online assignment.

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ISM3314 – 2018-2019

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