Experience UW IT Management

Complete the capstone project approved in the Capstone Preparation course.

Select a capstone project, create a plan, define deliverables, secure approval and complete setup of their development environment.

Evaluate future and disruptive technologies, strategies for successful implementation of innovative technologies, critical thinking, and ethics pertaining to its use.

Examine best practices in IT governance to achieve regulatory compliance, optimize use of available resources, and support business strategies.

Explore best practices and techniques for ensuring smooth functioning of IT operations to support development and deployment of applications.

Focus on the importance, role, and techniques of the business analysis function in the modern IT organization.

Examine project management concepts as applied to IT projects. Introduce agile IT project management concepts including Scrum and Extreme Programming.

Explore technical, administrative, and physical aspects of IT security.  Investigate various threats within IT and fraud.

Leverage cloud services to streamline computing resources, deploy enterprise applications, and improve user access and system reliability.

Examine key data science concepts, methods, and processes. Gain knowledge and tools for incorporating data science into IT project workflows.