Richard Scudder
Professional materials library

Sample Courses and Materials

Selected course, seminar and professional materials organized by subject.

Professional group meeting

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Project Management

Core project-management texts and course material.

Featured practical resource

Strategic Project & Risk Management — Workbook and Practical Tools

A 22-page companion workbook with reusable exercises and templates for project and portfolio maturity, estimating, scope management, balanced scorecards, and risk management. Designed to help participants apply the course concepts in their own organizations.

Project maturityPortfolio maturityEstimatingScope managementBalanced scorecardRisk methodology
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Practical toolsAssess maturityBuild estimatesManage scopeMeasure performancePlan for risk

Includes a detailed risk register worksheet for identification, analysis, response planning, ownership and status.

Strategic Project Management presentations

A seven-part course collection connecting organizational strategy with project portfolios, estimating, measurement and risk.

Information Systems Project ManagementSeven-chapter online course textRead →Linking Strategy and Project ManagementStrategic Project Management course • PowerPointDownload →PMOs and PortfoliosStrategic Project Management course • PowerPointDownload →Project EstimationStrategic Project Management course • PowerPointDownload →Measures, Metrics, and IndicatorsStrategic Project Management course • PowerPointDownload →Risk Management ProcessStrategic Project and Risk Management course • PowerPointDownload →Analyzing and Planning for RiskProject Risk Management course • PowerPointDownload →Risk Management and Reporting ToolsProject Risk Management course • PowerPointDownload →
02

IT Strategy & Electronic Commerce

Seminars, presentations and worksheets on technology strategy and e-commerce.

Strategic Management of Information TechnologyHTML seminar materialOpen →Executing an E-Commerce StrategyHTML seminar materialOpen →Formulating EC StrategyPresentation • opens in browserOpen →Technology of Electronic CommercePresentation • opens in browserOpen →EC Strategy ImplementationPresentation • opens in browserOpen →E-Commerce Strategy WorksheetWord documentDownload →E-Commerce Architecture WorksheetWord documentDownload →
03

Data & Information Systems

Course topics are summarized here as outlines rather than links to legacy pages.

Database Management

  • The database approach
  • Database management systems
  • Types of databases
  • Personal, workgroup and enterprise databases
  • Data redundancy, integrity and independence

Database Design

  • Requirements and information needs
  • Logical organization of data
  • Tables, keys and relationships
  • Design for reliable use and maintenance

Entity-Relationship Modeling

  • Entities and relationships
  • Cardinality and existence
  • Attributes
  • Composite and multivalued attributes
  • Conceptual and physical models

Structured Query Language (SQL)

  • Purpose and structure of SQL
  • Retrieving data
  • Filtering and sorting results
  • Working with related tables
  • Data definition and modification concepts

Oracle

  • Oracle as a modern DBMS
  • Database objects and organization
  • Using SQL in an Oracle environment
  • Database administration concepts

Data Warehousing & Business Intelligence

  • Operational data versus analytical information
  • Data warehouse concepts
  • Integrating information from multiple sources
  • Supporting analysis and managerial decision-making