Project Management in IT/IS
General
Code: BSC_IT34
Language: English
Delivery: In person
Prerequisites:
Workload
- Lectures: 52.0 hours
- Lab: 0.0 hours
- Study: 55.5 hours
- Project: 80.0 hours
Course Content
Week 1: Introduction to BCP and DR
Week 2: Threats and disaster scenarios
Week 3: Business Impact Analysis
Week 4: Risk assessment and management
Week 5: Business continuity strategies
Week 6: Disaster recovery planning
Week 7: Backup and redundancy
Week 8: Cloud and resilience
Week 9: Standards and regulations (ISO 22301)
Week 10: Crisis and incident management
Week 11: Testing and exercises
Week 12: Case studies and review
Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion of the course, students will be able to:
Understand core concepts of business continuity and disaster recovery
Identify risks and threats to organizations
Conduct Business Impact Analysis (BIA)
Design business continuity plans
Develop disaster recovery strategies (backup, redundancy, failover)
Understand relevant standards (ISO 22301)
Manage incidents and crises
Test and evaluate continuity plans
Apply resilience strategies in IT systems
Skills
The course fosters the following competences:
Search for, analysis and synthesis of data and information, with the use of the necessary technology
Adapting to new situations
Decision-making
Working independently
Team work
Working in an international environment
Working in an interdisciplinary environment
Production of new research ideas
Project planning and management
Respect for difference and multiculturalism
Respect for the natural environment
Showing social, professional and ethical responsibility and sensitivity to gender issues
Criticism and self-criticism
Production of free, creative and inductive thinking
Others:
Business continuity management
Risk and impact analysis
Disaster recovery planning
Crisis management