Tybsc (IT) SEM - 6

Project Management

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, improving team effectiveness, improving automation, Achieving required quality, peer inspections.

Unit-II

The old way and the new :
The principles of conventional software Engineering, principles of modern software management, transitioning to an iterative process.

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.

Model based software architectures :
A Management perspective and technical perspective.

Unit-III

Work Flows of the process :
Software process workflows, Iteration workflows

Checkpoints of the process :
Major mile stones, Minor Milestones, Periodic status assessments.

Iterative Process Planning :

Work breakdown structures, planning guidelines, cost and schedule estimating, Iteration planning process, Pragmatic planning.

Unit-IV

Project Organizations and Responsibilities:
Line-of-Business Organizations, Project Organizations, evolution of Organizations.

Process Automation:

Automation Building blocks, The Project Environment.

Unit-V

Project Control and Process instrumentation:

The seven core Metrics, Management indicators, quality indicators, life cycle expectations, pragmatic Software Metrics, Metrics automation.

Tailoring the Process:
Process discriminants.

Unit-VI

Future Software Project Management:
Modern Project Profiles, Next generation Software economics, modern process transitions.

Books:

1. Software Project Management, Walker Royce: Pearson Education, 2005.

2. Information Technology Project management (4th Edition) – Kathy Schwalbe (Centgage Learning – Indian Edition)

Reference Books:

1. Project Management Core Textbook – Mantel Jr., Meredith, Shafer, Sutton with Gopalan (Wiley India Edition)

2. Information Technology project Management,: a concise study, (3rd ed.) by S A Kelkar (PHI)

3. Project Management- A systems Approach to planning, scheduling and controlling - Harold Kerzner (John Wiley & Sons, Inc)

4. A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge (3rd Edition)- Newtown Square, PA, Project Management Institute, 2005.