SOFTWARE PROJECT MANAGEMENT

 B.Tech.(VII Sem.)                                                                                                       L T P Cr.

20CS25 SOFTWARE PROJECT MANAGEMENT                   3 0 0 3

 

Pre-requisite : Software Engineering, Software Testing Methodologies,

Object oriented Analysis and Design.

 

Course Educational Objective: This course is centered on unique aspects of software project management at three levels: Organizational management, Infrastructure management and project management and measurement of the Project, and how these are applied to actual software projects.

 

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

 

CO 1: Identify the process of Conventional Software Management the Evolution and Improvement of Software Economics. (Remember-L1)

CO 2: Describe the basic s/w processes, Cost estimation and improvement in s/w Economics. (Remember-L1)

CO 3: Summarize Life cycle phases and Artifacts of the process in Software project Management. (Understand-L2)

CO 4: Apply Workflows and checkpoints in Iterative Process planning.(Apply-L3)

CO 5: Illustrate Project Organizations, process automation building blocks and metrics in assessing Software Quality. (Understand-L2)

 

UNIT I

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, The principles of conventional software Engineering, principles of modern software management, transitioning to an iterative process.

Link- https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1wwqrJvkB_4AxD8YDWixsKQREeghrCyql/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=115831189832693986918&rtpof=true&sd=true

UNIT II

Life cycle phases: Engineering and production stages, inception, Elaboration, construction, transition phases. Artifacts of the process: The artifact sets, Management artifacts, Engineering artifacts, programmatic artifacts, A Management perspective and technical perspective.

Link- https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1H4RjZkNRE9j6d1LkUt97es0NmdhzqROm/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=115831189832693986918&rtpof=true&sd=true

UNIT III

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, cost and schedule estimating, Iteration planning process, Pragmatic planning.

Link- https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1QAfJUhWG8N3lQffIfdZv-aJQCMHaagZT/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=115831189832693986918&rtpof=true&sd=true

UNIT IV

Project Organizations and Responsibilities : Line-of-Business Organizations, Project Organizations, evolution of Organizations. Process Automation: Automation Building blocks, The Project Environment. Project Control and Process instrumentation: The seven core Metrics, Management indicators, quality indicators, life cycle expectations, pragmatic Software Metrics.

Link- https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1pJgJMicbK6xRq7q1Ogvjwcfp2DhO0KKY/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=115831189832693986918&rtpof=true&sd=true

UNIT V-  

Tailoring the Process: Process discriminants Future Software Project Management: Modem Project Profiles, Next generation Software economics, modern process transitions. Case Study: The command Center Processing and Display system-Replacement (CCPDS)

Link- https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/17XGepYFdW1GcPyD6x8sYKaLEtgw-uVSz/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=115831189832693986918&rtpof=true&sd=true

TEXTBOOK

1. Walker Royce ,“Software Project Management”, Pearson Education, 2015.

 

REFERENCE BOOKS:

1. Robert K. Wysocki, “Effective Software Project Management”, Wiley Publication,2011.

2. Walker Royce, “Software Project Management”, Addison-Wesley, 1998.

3. Bob Hughes and Mike Cotterell, “Software Project Management ”,Tata

McGraw- HillEdition,2000.