Introduction to Software Project Management: What is a Project? – Software project Versus other type of project – Activities covered by Software project Management – The project as a system – What is management? – Problems with Software projects – Management Control – Requirement Specification.
Step wise: An overview of project planning – Stepwise project planning. Project Evaluation: Strategic assessment – Technical Assessment – Cost-Benefit analysis – Cost-Benefit evaluation techniques – Risk Evaluation. Selection of Appropriate Project approach: Choosing technologies – Choice of Process models – Rapid application Development – The Waterfall Model –The V-process model – The Spiral model – Software prototyping.
Software effort estimation: Where estimated are done? – Problems with over-and-under estimates – Software effort estimation techniques – A procedure code –oriented approach – COCOMO : a parametric model. Activity planning: Objectives – when to plan – Project schedules – Project and activities – Sequencing and scheduling activities – Formulating a network model – Identifying the critical path
Risk Management: The Nature of Risk – Managing Risk – Risk Identification – Risk Analysis – Reducing the Risks – Evaluating Risks – Calculating z values. Monitoring and control: Creating the framework – Collecting the data – Cost monitoring – Earned value – Prioritizing monitoring – Change control.
Managing contracts – Types of contract – Typical terms of Contract – Contract Management – Acceptance. Managing people and Organizing teams: Understanding behaviour – Organizational behaviour: a background – Selecting the right person for the job – Motivation – Working in groups – Decision making – Leadership – Organizational structures.
Reference Book:
1. Robert K. Wysocki, “Effective Software Project Management”, Wiley Publication, 2011. ISBN: 978-1119562801 2. Walker Royce, “Software Project Management”, Addison-Wesley, 19ISBN : 978-0201309584 3. Gopalsamy Ramesh, “Managing Global Software Projects”, McGraw Hill Education (India), Fourteenth Reprint 2013. ISBN: 978-0074638514
Text Book:
“Software Project Management”, Bob Hughes, Mike Cotterell and Rajib Mall, Second Edition, Tata McGraw Hill, New Delhi, 2012. ISBN: 978-0077122799.