Software Project Management

Learning Outcomes

The students are expected to be able to:

• draw up the plan and schedule of a project
• monitor its progress
• manage the risks of a project using the relevant tools
• apply quality assurance techniques
• recognize and manage problematic situations (counter-standards) in projects
• apply different software cost estimation techniques, including Function Score Analysis
• manage key copyright issues
• own the basic principles governing the software licensing regime

Indicative Module Content

• Introduction, planning, scheduling of projects. Gantt and Pert charts.
• Risk management, quality assurance, software manufacturing process assessment models (CMMI).
• Analysis of degrees of operation.
• Project management counterexamples.
• Software cost estimation methods.
• Parametric models (COCOMO).
• Regression models, probabilistic models.
• Flexible software development methodologies (Scrum, XP).
• Quality control. Unit testing methodologies.
• Collaborative software development. The Free Software / Open Source Software model.
• IT project management techniques and tools.
• Intellectual property registration.
• Software Licensing Issues.