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.

1. Introduction to Management, Project Management and Software Project Management
2. Software Development Processes
3. Software Engineering Project Management
4. Software Project Planning
5. Scheduling
6. Software Measurement and Metrics
7. Cost Estimation and Budgeting
8. Organization and People Issues
9. Directing and Leadership
10. Software Risk Management
11. Change Management, Monitoring and Control
12. 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}