Weekly Course Schedule – Spring 2017

LIS 590MG - L (Meets Thursday Evenings Online)

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Week 2 (January 22 – January 28)



Tuesday, January 24   (7:30 P.M. – 8:30 P.M., Blackboard Collaborate)
Optional Session
Online Office Hours
Every Tuesday evening, I will be holding Online Office Hours using the Blackboard Collaborate platform. You are invited to join us to discuss questions and issues concerning the class. Meet in the Drop In Room of the Blackboard Collaborate platform. Join the Kevin Trainor Office Hours breakout room. Please use a headset.


Thursday, January 26   (6:30 P.M. – 9:00 P.M., Blackboard Collaborate)
Class Session 2
Topics
  • Modernizing Project Management
  • The Agile Manifesto and Principles
  • Why Agile Works Better
Required Readings
  • Layton: Chapter 1
  • Layton: Chapter 2
  • Layton: Chapter 3
  • Cervone, H. F. (2007). Standard methodology in digital library project management. OCLC Systems & Services, 23(1), 30-34.
  • Cervone, H. F. (2011). Understanding agile project management methods using scrum. OCLC Systems & Services: International Digital Library Perspectives, 27(1), 18-22.