Software Project Management Syllabus for B.Tech 8th sem is covered here. This gives the details about credits, number of hours and other details along with reference books for the course.
The detailed syllabus for Software Project Management B.Tech (R13) eightsem is as follows
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 hours]
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 hours]
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 hours]
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.
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TOTAL: 45 PERIODS
OUTCOMES:
- At the end of the course the students will be able to practice Project Management principles while developing a software.
TEXTBOOK:
- Bob Hughes, Mike Cotterell and Rajib Mall: Software Project Management – Fifth Edition, Tata McGraw Hill, New Delhi, 2012.
REFERENCES:
- Robert K. Wysocki “Effective Software Project Management” – Wiley Publication,2011.
- Walker Royce: “Software Project Management”- Addison-Wesley, 1998.
- Gopalaswamy Ramesh, “Managing Global Software Projects” – McGraw Hill Education (India), Fourteenth Reprint 2013.
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