Advanced Information Technology Management
The Product Development Management Concentration
Upon completion of the core, students complete
the following three courses.
Term IV
Information Technology N4220. Software development projects: design, administration,
and evaluation.
A survey of complex software development projects and the technical and managerial
challenges they pose to the IT manager from project design and timelines to
structuring a work team and evaluating job performance in the course of a project.
Information Technology N4222. Software applications requirements engineering.
A study of how to manage the development of software products. Emphasis is placed
on the technical and managerial challenges of implementing complex (software)
applications, from system modeling, integration of modules, requirements verification,
and formal specifications, to the definition and overall coordination of the
programming team's efforts.
Term V
Information Technology N4224. Architecture of distributed systems.
A study of how to design and manage the development of large-scale software
products, providing students with an understanding of the architecture of integrated
enterprise systems. Emphasis is placed on distributed programming support, applications
standards, process communication and synchronization, and static and dynamic
load distribution.
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