Today, we live in the era of projects – it appears that every human activity is called a project. To help you to understand IT projects preparation and their realisation, the Warsaw School of Computer Science offers you innovative master’s studies specialising in IT Project Management, tailored to the requirements of the Polish and European labour market.
This course is suitable if you wish to acquire the knowledge and practical skills necessary to conduct IT projects and enter the well-paid role of project manager/agile team leader/scrum master. The knowledge and, above all, practical skills acquired during your studies will allow you to feel comfortable in any IT project or agile team.
At the same time, you will acquire the latest in-demand competences that are needed in the Polish and European labour market, such as the most popular standards for conducting IT projects. The coverage includes the traditional (PMI®, PRINCE2®) and agile (DSDM®, SCRUM®, Kanban®, DevOps®, SAFe®) approaches, with additional links to IT service management (itSM®), as well as artificial intelligence, cloud computing and the Internet of Things. You will develop your skills and expertise through case studies solved step-by-step during classes, developed on the basis of real projects.
As a result of your study, you will be prepared for certification exams in the field of IT project management such as PMI® CAPM®, PRINCE2® Foundation, SCRUM® Developer, DevOps® Foundation, SAFe® Agilist.
The Course in Detail
The Master of Science in IT Project Management program, along with a valuable academic qualification, provides you with the professional expertise needed to initiate, plan, execute, monitor as well as control and close IT projects and to avoid the typical pitfalls of missed deadlines and mismanaged resources.
Master of Science in IT Project Management program enables you to gain experience in currently available project management approaches both “traditional and agile” and introduces new possibilities through the use of artificial intelligence, cloud computing and the Internet of Things in IT Project realisation. Because of the evolving character of the IT project management discipline, you will be taught the concepts and skills required to develop new, or enhance existing, procedures to solve IT project management problems.
Recognising the needs of busy professionals, master’s studies at WSCS are conducted in a mixed hybrid mode, i.e. on-site and on-line (the choice is up to you). All classes are recorded and made available to you along with the materials prepared by lecturers, with, specialist units conducted by certified IT project managers.
The program consists of the following core subjects:
- Information Systems Modeling (Design) & Analysis (UML language, BPMN business notation).
- Distributed Processing.
- Advanced Software Engineering (PMI®, DSDM®, Project Quality & Risk Management).
- Advanced Object-Oriented Design (UML language).
- Cybersecurity of Information Systems.
- Advanced Database Systems.
- ARISA Artificial Intelligence.
- Data Mining.
- Mobile Systems.
- Foundations of Management.
- Specialized Internship.
- Master’s Seminars.
As well as the following specialised subjects:
- Major Projects Management Methodologies (PRINCE2®, PRINCE2® Agile, TOGAF®).
- ITSM – IT Service Management and IT Quality Management Methodologies (ITIL®, ISO20000/22301, FitSM®, YASM®, Knowledge management).
- SIAM® – Service Integration and Management, Suppliers Management.
- Agile Project Management Methodologies (SCRUM®, DevOps®, Kanban, SAFe®).
- Master’s Diploma Seminar including the “Cloud Computing” technologies, Artificial Intelligence and Internet of Things in IT Project Management.
The head of the specialization is Waldemar Łabuda, PhD.
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The Master of Science in IT Project Management prepares you for the following certifications:
- PMI® CAPM® (Project Management Institute® Certified Associate in Project Management).
- PRINCE2® Foundation.
- SCRUM® Developer.
- DSDM® Foundation (Dynamic System Development Method).
- DevOps® Foundation (Development and Operation approach).
- SAFe® Agilist (Scaled Agile Framework).
- MoR® (Management of Risk).
Benefits
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After completing the master’s degree in IT Project Management, you will be able to use the professional language of IT project management, understand the principles of managing IT projects and IT services, their basic concepts (standards) and possess:
- strong, practical knowledge of the basic standards for managing large, multi-domain and often-distributed IT projects, methods, techniques and good practices (PMI®, PRINCE2®, PRINCE2® Agile, TOGAF® methodologies), which allows you to effectively manage large IT projects.
- practical skills for applying methods, techniques and good practices in managing large IT projects across the following phases: project preparation, project initiation, project planning, project execution, as well as its monitoring and control and closure.
- practical ability to effectively apply selected methods from the fields of software engineering, data mining, database and data warehouse management
- proficiency in the use of selected notations in the IT systems analysis and modelling phases as well as business modelling.
- relevant expertise in mobile systems, cloud computing technologies, game and team game theory, artificial intelligence, machine learning, the Internet of things and selected aspects of management.
- practical knowledge of selected, the most popular, basic agile approaches to software development projects, such as: DSDM®, SCRUM®, Kanban, DevOps®, SAFe®.
- practical knowledge of IT service management standards, its integration and management and service supplier management.
- practical ability to use selected IT tools supporting IT projects and software development projects.
In addition, you will be able to:
- use elements of case studies, presented patterns and examples of project documents, as well as analysis and models performed during classes in your own projects.
- perform various roles in projects, e.g. the roles of project team members (including development teams), project managers (including development team leaders) and the roles of members of the project board or project management office.
- improve your skills in IT project management by participating in workshops offered by the Warsaw School of Computer Science as well as by using knowledge sources in the form of thematic portals and self-education.