{"id":588,"date":"2009-08-28T12:31:59","date_gmt":"2009-08-28T16:31:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bu.edu\/csmet\/?page_id=588"},"modified":"2026-05-26T14:40:04","modified_gmt":"2026-05-26T18:40:04","slug":"cs632","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/csmet\/academic-programs\/courses\/cs632\/","title":{"rendered":"Information Technology Project and Product Management"},"content":{"rendered":"<style>p {margin-bottom:0px;} .course-feed .cf-course h4 {display: none; white-space: wrap;} .button{width:125px;}<\/style>\n<hr \/>\n<div class=\"course-feed\"><div class=\"cf-course\">\n\t<h4>Information Technology Project and Product Management<\/h4>\n\t<p class=\"meta\">MET CS 632 (4 credits)<\/p>\n\t<div class=\"cf-hub-ind\">  <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bu.edu\/hub\/what-is-the-hub\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"cf-hub-head\" alt=\"BU Hub\">    <span aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"bu-hub-iconstyles icon-buhub\">BU Hub<\/span>  <\/a>  <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bu.edu\/hub\/what-is-the-hub\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"hub-head\">    <span aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"bu-hub-iconstyles icon-questionmark\">Learn More<\/span>  <\/a>  <ul class=\"cf-hub-offerings\"><li class=\"cf-hub-area-3\">Teamwork\/Collaboration<\/li>  <\/ul><\/div>\n\t<p>A comprehensive overview of the principles, processes, and practices of software project management, grounded in the latest standards from the Project Management Institute (PMI). Gain hands-on experience in planning, organizing, scheduling, and controlling software projects, with a strong emphasis on both predictive and adaptive methodologies. In particular, the course explores agile project management with a focus on the Scrum framework. You will develop practical competencies in business analysis, defining requirements, leading and managing distributed teams, facilitating project communications, handling change management, and assessing risk and cost estimation. A key component of the course involves the design and development of AI-powered applications, equipping students with AI literacy and demonstrating how AI can enhance software project management practices. This course qualifies you to pursue CAPM and PMP credential. Also, this course fulfills the educational requirements necessary to pursue the Certified Associate in Project Management (CAPM)\u00ae and Project Management Professional (PMP)\u00ae certifications offered by the Project Management Institute (PMI). Effective Fall 2020, this course fulfills a single unit in the following BU Hub area: Teamwork\/Collaboration.<\/p>\n\t\n\t<p class=\"\"><em>2026SPRGMETCS632A1, Jan 20th to Apr 30th 2026<\/em><\/p>\n<div class=\"responsive-table\">\n<table>\n\t<tr>\n\t\t<th>Days<\/th>\n\t\t<th>Start<\/th>\n\t\t<th>End<\/th>\n\t\t<th>Type<\/th>\n\t\t<th>Bldg<\/th>\n\t\t<th>Room<\/th>\n\t<\/tr>\n\t<tr>\n\t<td>W<\/td>\n\t<td>06:00 PM<\/td>\n\t<td>08:45 PM<\/td>\n\t<td><\/td>\n\t<td>STH<\/td>\n\t<td>B19<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p><strong>Format &amp; Syllabus:<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"btn-group\">\n<div class=\"dropdown\">\n<p><button class=\"button\">On Campus<\/button><\/p>\n<div class=\"dropdown-content\"><a href=\"\/csmet\/files\/2025\/01\/Syllabus-REV1-CS432-632-Spring-2025-Campbell-1.pdf\"><\/a><a href=\"\/csmet\/files\/2026\/01\/Syllabus-REV1-CS632-432-Spring-2026-Campbell-1.pdf\"><\/a><a href=\"\/csmet\/files\/2026\/05\/CS632-432-Summer-2026-Campbell.pdf\">CS632 SUM26<\/a><a href=\"\/csmet\/files\/2026\/01\/Syllabus-REV1-CS632-432-Spring-2026-Campbell-1.pdf\">CS632 SPRG26<\/a><a href=\"\/csmet\/files\/2025\/01\/Syllabus-REV1-CS432-632-Spring-2025-Campbell-1.pdf\">CS632 SPRG25<\/a><a href=\"\/csmet\/files\/2024\/01\/CS432-632-Pamela-Campbell.doc\">CS632 SPRG24<\/a><a href=\"\/csmet\/files\/2022\/08\/MET_CS632-A1_Spring-2022_It-Proj-Mgmt.pdf\">CS632 SPRG22<\/a><a href=\"\/csmet\/files\/2020\/07\/MET-CS-432-632-2020-Campbell-1.pdf\">CS632 SUM20<\/a><a href=\"\/csmet\/files\/2020\/02\/MET-CS-432-632-Introduction-to-IT-Project-Managment-Spring-2020-1.pdf\">CS632 SPRG20<\/a><a href=\"\/csmet\/files\/2018\/05\/CS632_Spring-2018.pdf\">CS632 SPRG18<\/a><a href=\"\/csmet\/files\/2018\/05\/CS632C1_EL_Summer-2017.pdf\">CS632 SUM17<\/a><a href=\"\/csmet\/files\/2015\/08\/CS632_CS432_C1_EL_Fall-20151.doc\">CS432 FALL15<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"dropdown\">\n<p><button class=\"button\">Online<\/button><\/p>\n<div class=\"dropdown-content\"><a href=\"\/csmet\/files\/2025\/05\/0-CS-632-IT-PM.pdf\"><\/a><a href=\"\/csmet\/files\/2025\/10\/METCS632Syllabus_Kanabar.pdf\">CS632 FALL25<\/a><a href=\"\/csmet\/files\/2025\/05\/0-CS-632-IT-PM.pdf\">CS632 SUM25<\/a><a href=\"\/csmet\/files\/2024\/08\/632-O1-Syllabus.pdf\">CS632 O1 FA24<\/a><a href=\"\/csmet\/files\/2021\/07\/CS632-O1-Syllabus.pdf\">CS632 FALL20<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"dropdown\">\n<p><button class=\"button\">Blended<\/button><\/p>\n<div class=\"dropdown-content\"><a href=\"\/csmet\/files\/2018\/05\/CS632C1_EL_Summer-2017.pdf\">CS632 SUM17<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"clearfloat\"><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Format &amp; Syllabus: On Campus CS632 SUM26CS632 SPRG26CS632 SPRG25CS632 SPRG24CS632 SPRG22CS632 SUM20CS632 SPRG20CS632 SPRG18CS632 SUM17CS432 FALL15 Online CS632 FALL25CS632 SUM25CS632 O1 FA24CS632 FALL20 Blended CS632 SUM17 &nbsp; &nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1719,"featured_media":0,"parent":7301,"menu_order":45,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-templates\/no-sidebars.php","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/csmet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/588"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/csmet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/csmet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/csmet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1719"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/csmet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=588"}],"version-history":[{"count":44,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/csmet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/588\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":31805,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/csmet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/588\/revisions\/31805"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/csmet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7301"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/csmet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=588"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}