%0 Conference Paper %1 AlexievAsenova2010-TeachingIT_PM %A Alexiev, Vladimir %A Asenova, Petya %B 6th Annual International Conference on Education in Computer Science %C Fulda and Munich, Germany %D 2010 %K IT_project_management Masters_Program NBU PM university_curriculum %T An Approach to Teaching IT Project Management in a Masters Program %U http://rawgit2.com/VladimirAlexiev/my/master/pubs/AlexievAsenova2010-TeachingIT_PM.pdf %X Many Bulgarian IT professionals manage projects but their knowledge and skills in this area are based mainly on their own experience, which is often obtained through trial and error. Although the project manager (PM) has a crucial role for project success, the university curriculum in Bulgaria does not answer sufficiently these business needs. Some aspects of PM are included in university courses on Software Engineering and some short courses on IT PM are offered, but as overall this matter is not covered in depth in any national university. Having in mind this real need, we proposed a new Masters Program on IT PM hoping it will meet the interest of many students representatives of the software business. This paper presents an approach to prepare PMs for the Bulgarian IT industry through a Masters Program, developed in cooperation between the New Bulgarian University (NBU) and the Institute of Mathematics and Informatics (IMI) of the Bulgarian Academy of Science (BAS). We describe the background, objectives and design of the program, and relations with the business.

@inproceedings{AlexievAsenova2010-TeachingIT_PM, abstract = {Many Bulgarian IT professionals manage projects but their knowledge and skills in this area are based mainly on their own experience, which is often obtained through trial and error. Although the project manager (PM) has a crucial role for project success, the university curriculum in Bulgaria does not answer sufficiently these business needs. Some aspects of PM are included in university courses on Software Engineering and some short courses on IT PM are offered, but as overall this matter is not covered in depth in any national university. Having in mind this real need, we proposed a new Masters Program on IT PM hoping it will meet the interest of many students representatives of the software business. This paper presents an approach to prepare PMs for the Bulgarian IT industry through a Masters Program, developed in cooperation between the New Bulgarian University (NBU) and the Institute of Mathematics and Informatics (IMI) of the Bulgarian Academy of Science (BAS). We describe the background, objectives and design of the program, and relations with the business.}, added-at = {2021-08-25T16:07:36.000+0200}, address = {Fulda and Munich, Germany}, author = {Alexiev, Vladimir and Asenova, Petya}, biburl = {https://www.bibsonomy.org/bibtex/2e95e197cff89851dd7b2d0210d9d8c57/valexiev}, booktitle = {6th Annual International Conference on Education in Computer Science}, interhash = {99e213f519f4009dd5d3e4a15f49fe60}, intrahash = {e95e197cff89851dd7b2d0210d9d8c57}, keywords = {IT_project_management Masters_Program NBU PM university_curriculum}, month = jun, timestamp = {2021-08-25T16:07:36.000+0200}, title = {{An Approach to Teaching IT Project Management in a Masters Program}}, url = {http://rawgit2.com/VladimirAlexiev/my/master/pubs/AlexievAsenova2010-TeachingIT_PM.pdf}, year = 2010 }