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This document outlines a course on software project management. The course objectives are to understand traditional and modern approaches to software project management, improve software economics, and produce projects on time and under budget. The course is divided into 5 units that cover topics like the waterfall model, software lifecycles, iterative processes, project organization, metrics, effort estimation, scheduling, and risk management. Upon completing the course, students will be able to apply project management and development practices to ensure process quality and understand software project workflows.

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Software Project Managment

This document outlines a course on software project management. The course objectives are to understand traditional and modern approaches to software project management, improve software economics, and produce projects on time and under budget. The course is divided into 5 units that cover topics like the waterfall model, software lifecycles, iterative processes, project organization, metrics, effort estimation, scheduling, and risk management. Upon completing the course, students will be able to apply project management and development practices to ensure process quality and understand software project workflows.

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203

SOFTWARE PROJECT MANAGEMENT


(Elective III)
(Common to CSE & IT)

Course Code :13CT1132

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Pre requisites: Software Engineering.


Course Educational Objectives:
The main objective of the course is to make students understand how
to manage software projects.

To understand the draw backs of traditional project management


methods.

To understand the principles of modern software project


management.

To understand the improving software economics.

To understand the model based software architectures.

To show how to reduce rework, labor-intensiveness, expenditure


and produce a project within schedule.

Course Outcomes:
At the end of the course the student will be able to

Understand ethical issues related to software project management.

Apply this ethical knowledge in practical situations.

Understand how different management and development practices


process quality.

Understand how different management and development practices


affect software.

get idea about workflows of the process.


G V P College of Engineering (Autonomous)

2013

204

UNIT-I

(12 Lectures)

CONVENTIONAL SOFTWARE MANAGEMENT:


The Waterfall Model, Conventional Software Management Performance.
EVOLUTION OF SOFTWARE ECONOMICS:

Software Economics, Pragmatic Software Cost Estimation.


IMPROVING SOFTWARE ECONOMICS:

Reducing Software Product Size, Improving Software Processes,


Improving Team Effectiveness, Improving Automation through Software
Economics, Achieving Required Quality, Peer Inspections.
UNIT-II

(12 Lectures)

THE OLD WAY AND THE NEW:

The Principles of Conventional Software Engineering, The Principles of


Modern Software Management, Transitioning to an Iterative Process.
LIFE CYCLE PHASES: Engineering and Production Stages, Inception
Phase, Elaboration Phase, Construction Phase, Transition Phase.
ARTIFACTS OF THE PROCESS:

The Artifact Sets, Management Artifacts, Engineering Artifacts, Pragmatic


Artifacts.
UNIT-III

(12 Lectures)

MODEL BASED SOFTWARE ARCHITECTURES:

A Management Perspective, A Technical Perspective.


WORKFLOWS OF THE PROCESS:

Software Process Workflows, Iteration Workflows.


CHECKPOINTS OF THE PROCESS:

Major Milestones, Minor Milestones, Periodic Status Assessments.


ITERATIVE PROCESS PLANNING:

Work Breakdown Structures, Planning Guidelines, The Cost and Schedule


Estimating Process, The Iteration Planning Process.
G V P College of Engineering (Autonomous)

2013

205

UNIT-IV

(12 Lectures)

PROJECT ORGANIZATION AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

Line-Of-Business Organizations, Project Organizations, Evolution of


Organizations.
PROJECT CONTROL AND PROCESS INSTRUMENTATION:

The Seven Core Metrics, Management Indicators, Quality Indicators


Modern Project Profiles, Next-Generation Software Economics. The
COCOMO Cost Estimation Model: COCOMO
UNIT-V

(12 Lectures)

EFFORT ESTIMATION AND SCHEDULING:

Effort Estimation, Scheduling


QUALITY PLANNING:

Quality Concepts, Quantitative Quality Management Planning.


RISK MANAGEMENT: Risk Assessment, Risk Control.

(VIII Unit from Pankaj Jalote)


TEXT BOOKS:
1.
Walker Royce, Software Project Management A Unified
Framework, 1st Edition, Pearson Education, 2002.
2.
Pankaj Jalote, Software Project Management in Practice,
1st Edition, Pearson Education, 2002.
REFERENCES:
1.
Bob Hughes, Mike Cotterell, Rajib Mall, Software Project
Management, 5th Edition, The McGraw-Hill Higher Education,
2011.
2.
Joel Henry, Software Project Management, 1st Edition,
Pearson Education, 2004.
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G V P College of Engineering (Autonomous)

2013

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