{"id":8810,"date":"2012-09-25T11:42:14","date_gmt":"2012-09-25T15:42:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bu.edu\/csmet\/?page_id=8810"},"modified":"2026-05-26T14:40:28","modified_gmt":"2026-05-26T18:40:28","slug":"cs432","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/csmet\/academic-programs\/courses\/cs432\/","title":{"rendered":"Introduction to IT Project 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>Introduction to IT Project Management<\/h4>\n\t<p class=\"meta\">MET CS 432 (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). You will gain hands-on experience in planning, organizing, scheduling, and controlling software projects, with a strong emphasis on both predictive and adaptive methodologies. In particular, you will explore agile project management with a focus on the Scrum framework and 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 you 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>2026SPRGMETCS432A1, 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.pdf\"><\/a><a href=\"\/csmet\/files\/2026\/01\/Syllabus-REV1-CS632-432-Spring-2026-Campbell.pdf\"><\/a><a href=\"\/csmet\/files\/2026\/05\/CS632-432-Summer-2026-Campbell-1.pdf\">CS432 SUM26<\/a><a href=\"\/csmet\/files\/2026\/01\/Syllabus-REV1-CS632-432-Spring-2026-Campbell.pdf\">CS432 SPRG26<\/a><a href=\"\/csmet\/files\/2025\/01\/Syllabus-REV1-CS432-632-Spring-2025-Campbell.pdf\">CS432 SPRG25<\/a><a href=\"\/csmet\/files\/2024\/01\/CS432-632-Pamela-Campbell.doc\">CS432 SPRG24<\/a><a href=\"\/csmet\/files\/2022\/08\/MET_CS432-A1-Spring-2022_Intro-to-It-Pm.pdf\">CS432 SPRG22<\/a><a href=\"\/csmet\/files\/2020\/07\/MET-CS-432-632-2020-Campbell.pdf\">CS 432 SUM20<\/a><a href=\"\/csmet\/files\/2020\/02\/MET-CS-432-632-Introduction-to-IT-Project-Managment-Spring-2020.pdf\">CS432 SPRG20<\/a><a href=\"\/csmet\/files\/2015\/08\/CS632_CS432_C1_EL_Fall-20151.doc\">CS432 FALL15<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"dropdown\"><button class=\"button\" disabled=\"disabled\">Online<\/button><\/div>\n<div class=\"dropdown\"><button class=\"button\" disabled=\"disabled\">Blended<\/button><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Format &amp; Syllabus: On Campus CS432 SUM26CS432 SPRG26CS432 SPRG25CS432 SPRG24CS432 SPRG22CS 432 SUM20CS432 SPRG20CS432 FALL15 Online Blended &nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2828,"featured_media":0,"parent":7301,"menu_order":25,"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\/8810"}],"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\/2828"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/csmet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8810"}],"version-history":[{"count":15,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/csmet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8810\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":31807,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/csmet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8810\/revisions\/31807"}],"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=8810"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}