Software Project Management detailed syllabus for Information Technology (IT) for 2019 regulation curriculum has been taken from the Anna Universities official website and presented for the IT students. For course code, course name, number of credits for a course and other scheme related information, do visit full semester subjects post given below.
For Information Technology 6th Sem scheme and its subjects, do visit IT 6th Sem 2019 regulation scheme. For Professional Elective-II scheme and its subjects refer to IT Professional Elective-II syllabus scheme. The detailed syllabus of software project management is as follows.
Course Objective:
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Unit I
Introduction
Project – Software Projects versus Other Types of Project – Contract Management and Technical Project Management – Activities – Plans, Methods and Methodologies -Requirement Specification – Management Control – Overview of Project Planning -Introduction to Step Wise Project Planning – Programme Management and Project Evaluation.
Suggested Activities:
- Discussion on software project management planning.
- External learning – Process models.
Suggested Evaluation Methods:
- Assignment on project management framework.
- Quiz on process models.
Unit II
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Unit III
Software Risk and People Management
Categories of Risk – Framework for Dealing with Risk – Risk Identification – Risk Assessment – Risk Planning – Risk Management – Evaluating Risks to the Schedule -Applying the PERT Technique – Monte Carlo Simulation – Critical Chain Concepts -Resource Allocation: Nature of Resources – Identifying Resource Requirements -Scheduling Resources – Creating Critical Paths – Counting the Cost – Cost Schedules -Scheduling Sequence.
Suggested Activities:
- Discussion on risk management approaches.
- External learning – People Management.
Suggested Evaluation Methods:
- Assignment on risk management.
- Quiz on people management.
Unit IV
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Unit V
Software Quality Management
Managing Contracts: The ISO 12207 Approach, Supply Process, Types, Stages, Contract Management Managing People and Organizing Teams: Understanding Behaviour, Organizational Behaviour, Motivation, The Oldham- Hackman Job Characteristics Model, Decision Making, Leadership, Dispersed And Virtual Teams, Software Quality – Importance, Defining Software Quality, ISO 9126, Software Quality Measures, Product Versus Process Quality Management, External Standards, Quality Plans.
Suggested Activities:
- Discussion on components of software quality management.
- External learning – Software quality measures.
Suggested Evaluation Methods:
- Assignment on various SQM standards and bodies.
- Quiz on software quality measures.
Course Outcome:
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Text Books:
- Bob Hughes, Mike Cotterell, “Software Project Management”, Fourth Edition, Tata McGraw-Hill, 2011.
- Walker Royce, “Software Project Management: A Unified Framework”, Pearson Education, 2004.
References:
- S. A. Kelkar, “Software Project Management: A Concise Study Paperback”, Prentice Hall of India, 2013.
- Ramesh Gopalaswamy, “Managing Global Software Projects”, Tata McGraw Hill, 2001.
- Humphrey Watts, “Managing the software process”, Addison Wesley, 1989.
- Ashfaque Ahmed, “Software Project Management Process Driven Approach”, Auerbach Publications, 2011.
For detailed syllabus of all the other subjects of Information Technology 6th Sem, visit IT 6th Sem subject syllabuses for 2019 regulation.
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