Weekly Course Schedule – Summer 2017

LIS 590MG - O (Meets Wednesday Evenings Online)

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Week 1 (June 12 – June 17)



Tuesday, June 13   (7:30 P.M. – 8:30 P.M., Blackboard Collaborate)
Optional Session
Online Office Hours / Lab Session
Every Tuesday evening from 7:30 PM to 8:30 PM, I will be holding an Online Office Hours / Lab Session using the Drop In Room on the Blackboard Collaborate platform. You are invited to join us to discuss team formation, project direction, agile project management issues, technical issues, or any other topic of interest. After connecting to the Drop In Room on Blackboard Collaborate, join the Kevin Trainor Office Hours breakout room. When joining our session, please use a headset. If you have difficulty finding the Drop In Room, please contact the iSchool Help Desk for assistance at 217-244-4903 or 800-377-1892.


Wednesday, June 14   (6:30 P.M. – 9:00 P.M., Blackboard Collaborate)
Class Session 1
Topics
  • Course Startup
  • Team Formation (Week 1 of 2)
  • Agile Project Management (Week 1 of 2)
  • Review Syllabus
  • Discuss Readings
  • Introductions
Required Readings
  • Course Syllabus
  • Layton: Chapter 1 (Modernizing Project Management)
  • Layton: Chapter 2 (The Agile Manifesto and Principles)
  • Layton: Chapter 3 (Why Agile Works Better)
  • Layton: Chapter 4 (Agile Frameworks)
  • Layton: Chapter 5 (Putting Agile into Action: The Environment)
  • Layton: Chapter 6 (Putting Agile into Action: The Behaviors)
Required Recordings
Class Participation Assignments Due (Forum Posts)
  • Introduce Yourself
    Description: Please introduce yourself to the class with a forum post. Include the following general information: your name, your academic program, your work (both inside and outside the home), your prior project management experience, and what you hope to gain from this course.
    Submit to: Introduce Yourself Forum
  • Team Formation - Part 1 of 2
    Description: We will be forming into teams over the first 2 Weeks of the Course. Each team will be responsible for creating a Web-based information resource site useful to new project management practitioners in their common field of interest. Each team will be comprised of 3 (minimum) to 6 (maximum) students. Our goal for the first week is to identify all potential fields of interest (potential teams) and to make initial expressions of interest in the appropriate teams. Please see the forum for more detailed instructions.
    Submit to: Team Formation Forum