INTRODUCTION TO SOFTWARE PROJECT MANAGEMENT
Introduction,Why is Software Project Management important? What is a Project?, Contract Management, Activities Covered by Software Project Management, Plans, Methods and Methodologies, Someways of categorizing software projects, Stakeholders, Setting Objectives, Business Case, Project Success and Failure,What is Management? Management Control, Traditional versus Modern Project Management Practices.
Evaluation of Individual Projects, Cost Benefit Evaluation Techniques, Risk Evaluation, Programme Management, Managing allocation of Resources within Programmes, Financial Accounting –An overview– Accounting concepts, Principles & Standards, Ledger posting,Trial balance, Profit and Loss account Balance sheet.
ACTIVITY PLANNING
Objectives of Activity Planning,When to Plan, Project Schedules, Sequencing and Scheduling Activities, Network Planning Models, Forward Pass– Backward Pass, Identifying critical path,Activity Float, Shortening Project Duration, Activity on Arrow Networks Risk Management, Nature of Risk, Categories of Risk, A framework for dealing with Risk, Risk Identification, Risk analysis and prioritization, risk planning and risk monitoring.
MONITORING AND CONTROL
Creating the Framework, Collecting the Data, Review, Project Termination Review, Visualizing Progress, Cost Monitoring, Earned Value Analysis, Prioritizing Monitoring, Getting Project Back To Target, Change Control, Software Configuration Management.
MANAGING PEOPLE AND WORKING IN TEAMS
Introduction,Understanding Behavior, Organizational Behavior: A Background, Selecting the Right Person for the Job, Instruction in the Best Methods, Motivation, The Oldham– Hackman Job Characteristics Model, Stress– Health and Safety Working In Teams, Becoming a Team, Decision Making, Leadership.
Question Paper Pattern:
• The Question paper will have TEN questions
• Each full question will be for 20 marks
• There will be 02 full questions (with maximum of four sub questions) from each module.
• Each full question will have sub questions covering all the topics under a module.
• The students will have to answer FIVE full questions, selecting one full question from each module.
Textbooks
1.BobHughes, MikeCotterell, RajibMall, “Software Project Management”, Fifth Edition,TataMcGrawHill,2011.
2.“Accounting for Management”JawaharLal, 5th Edition,Wheeler Publications,Delhi.
References
1.JackMarchewka,” Information Technology- Project Management”, Wiley Student Version,4th Edition,2013.
2.JamesPLewis,”Project Planning,Scheduling & Control”,McGrawHill,5th Edition, 2011.
3.Pankaj Jalote,” Software Project Management in Practise”, Pearson Education, 2002.
Course Outcomes:
CO1:Apply the practices and methods for successful software project management
CO2:Identify techniques for requirements, policies and decision making for effective resource management
CO3:Illustrate the evaluation techniques for estimating cost, benefits, schedule and risk
CO4:Devise a framework for software project management plan for activities, risk, monitoring and control
CO5:Design a framework to manage people.