CS 846
Software Project Management
Fall 2003
P&P Summary
Visitor Questions
Work Schedule
Project
Research Paper
Seminars
Objectives
- to learn a variety of approaches and techniques used in software project
management
- to explore current software project management literature, software and
standards
- to analyse and critique the state of the art, and propose new ideas
- to use, analyse, and review current software project management tools
Suggested Topics
Topics may include the following or additional relevant issues of interest.
- Introduction to Management, Project Management and Software Project Management
- Software Development Processes
- Software Engineering Project Management
- Software Project Planning
- Scheduling
- Software Measurement and Metrics
- Cost Estimation and Budgeting
- Organization and People Issues
- Directing and Leadership
- Software Risk Management
- Change Management, Monitoring and Control
- Case Studies and Industry Visitors
References
Software Engineering Project Management (Second Edition) edited by
Richard Thayer, Wiley, 2002.
Library copy: uwd 1611
Additional readings as posted weekly.
Workload and Assessment
- Week 2: Short research paper {10 marks}
- Week 4: Software assignment {10 marks}
- Week 12: Large-scale research report {30 marks}
- In-class Seminars {20 marks}
- Project {20 marks}
- In-class critiques, discussion, questions, visitors {10 marks}
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