MG6088 SOFTWARE PROJECT MANAGEMENT|syllabus

MG6088 SOFTWARE PROJECT MANAGEMENT L T P C 3 0 0 3

 OBJECTIVES:

•  To outline the need for Software Project Management
•  To highlight different techniques for software cost estimation and activity planning.

UNIT I                    PROJECT EVALUATION AND PROJECT PLANNING                      (9)
 Importance of Software Project Management – Activities Methodologies – Categorization of Software Projects – Setting objectives – Management Principles – Management Control – Project portfolio Management – Cost-benefit evaluation technology – Risk evaluation – Strategic program Management – Stepwise Project Planning.

 UNIT II               PROJECT LIFE CYCLE AND EFFORT ESTIMATION                            (9) 
Software process and Process Models – Choice of Process models - mental delivery – Rapid Application development – Agile methods – Extreme Programming – SCRUM – Managing interactive processes – Basics of Software estimation – Effort and Cost estimation techniques – COSMIC Full function points - COCOMO II A Parametric Productivity Model - Staffing Pattern.

 UNIT III                  ACTIVITY PLANNING AND RISK MANAGEMENT                        (9)
 Objectives of Activity planning – Project schedules – Activities – Sequencing and scheduling – Network Planning models – Forward Pass & Backward Pass techniques – Critical path (CRM) method – Risk identification – Assessment – Monitoring – PERT technique – Monte Carlo simulation – Resource Allocation – Creation of critical patterns – Cost schedules.

 UNIT IV                   PROJECT MANAGEMENT AND CONTROL                                   (9)
 Framework for Management and control – Collection of data Project termination – Visualizing progress – Cost monitoring – Earned Value Analysis- Project tracking – Change control- Software Configuration Management – Managing contracts – Contract Management.

UNIT V                    STAFFING IN SOFTWARE PROJECTS                                                (9)
 Managing people – Organizational behavior – Best methods of staff selection – Motivation – The Oldham-Hackman job characteristic model – Ethical and Programmed concerns – Working in teams – Decision making – Team structures – Virtual teams – Communications genres – Communication plans.

                                                                                                             TOTAL: 45 PERIODS

TEXTBOOK:
1. Bob Hughes, Mike Cotterell and Rajib Mall: Software Project Management – Fifth Edition, Tata McGraw Hill, New Delhi, 2012.

REFERENCES:
1. Robert K. Wysocki “Effective Software Project Management” – Wiley Publication,2011.
2. Walker Royce: “Software Project Management”- Addison-Wesley, 1998.
3. Gopalaswamy Ramesh, “Managing Global Software Projects” – McGraw Hill Education (India), Fourteenth Reprint 2013.

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