= IB460C - Business strategy and IT-projects =

== Requirements ==
 * 60 hp Computer and Systems Sciences 
 * IB940B Project Management 7,5 hp

== Syllabus ==

 * IT project's role in business and organization
 * Common models for strategic work in an organization
 * IT strategy and the parts that are realized through IT projects
 * Selection and prioritization of projects
 * Various types of IT project and their impact on project management
 * Program, portfolio management, project office
 * Setting up a successful project from the management point of view
 * To achieve power goals

== Aim ==
After completing the course, students should be able to understand:
 * The relationship between organizational strategy and its impact on the choice of priorities and the monitoring of IT projects
 * How an IT strategy created from the business strategy
 * Known analytical methods used as tools designed for the creation of strategies
 * Categorizing iT projects and their characteristics
 * Differences from a project management perspective on various iT projects
 * Success factors for the most common types of iT projects
 * Understand why it is important and difficult to select the right projects in an organization
 * various methods are used to select and rank project in a portfolio.
 * A project office, service and features
 * Ensure effectiveness objectives and the value of project delivery
 * Monitor project portfolio

After completing the course, students should be able to:
 * How different business strategies affect the selection and prioritization of projects
 * What characterizes a successful IT project from an organizational perspective
 * Various stakeholders responsible for the project outputs and their power in the organization
 * The basics of how to choose the right type of project for different needs
 * Different requirements for the project depending on the project type
 * Different requirements for the project in small respectively. large projects
 * Methods and tools for measurement, computation, and prioritization of projects
 * Business Case, techniques for use
 * Models for evaluation of project value and impact goals



== Outline ==
The course is given as a distance course. The course is given in english.