Software Project Management

1.         Conventional software management

            1.1       Introduction

            1.2       Conventional Software Management

                        1.2.1     Waterfall Model 

                        1.2.2     In Practice 

            1.3       Conventional Software Management Performance

            1.4       Evolution of Software Economics 

                        1.4.1     Pragmatic Software Cost Estimation 

            1.5       Improving Software Economics

                        1.5.1     Reducing Software Product Size

                        1.5.2     Improving Software Process

                        1.5.3     Improving Team Effectiveness

                        1.5.4     Improving Automation Through Software Environments

                        1.5.5     Achieving Required Quality

            1.6       Principles of Modern Software Management

            1.7       Software Project Management Process

            1.8       Project Management Assumptions

            Exercises

2.         Software Management Process

            2.1       Life Cycle Process

                        2.1.1     Inception Phase

                        2.1.2     Elaboration Phase

                        2.1.3     Construction Phase

                        2.1.4     Transition Phase

            2.2       Artifact Sets

                        2.2.1     Engineering Set Artifacts

                        2.2.2     Artifact Evolution Over the Life cycle

                        2.2.3     Test Artifacts

                        2.2.4     Management Artifacts

                        2.2.5     Engineering Artifacts

                        2.2.6     Pragmatic Artifacts

            2.3       Model Based Software Architecture

                        2.3.1     Architecture  a Management Perspective

                        2.3.2     Architecture a Technical Perspective

            2.4       Workflow of the Process

                        2.4.1     Software Process Workflows

                        2.4.2     Iteration Workflows

            2.5       Checkpoints of the Process

                        2.5.1     Major Milestones

                        2.5.2     Minor Milestones

                        2.5.3     Periodic Status Assessments

            Exercises

3.         Software Management Disciplines

            3.1       Introduction

            3.2       Work Breakdown Structures

                        3.2.1     Steps in the WBS

                        3.2.2     Conventional WBS Issues

                        3.2.3     Evolutionary WBS

            3.3       Planning Guidelines

            3.4       Cost and Schedule Estimating Process

            3.5       Project Organisations and Responsibilities

                        3.5.1     Line of Business Organizations

                        3.5.2     Project Organizations

                        3.5.3     Factors of Software Project Environment

            3.6       Project Control and Process Instrumentation

                        3.6.1     Seven Core Metrics/Indicators

                        3.6.2     Pragmatic Software Metrics

                        3.6.3     Metrics Automation

            3.7       Tailoring the Process or Process Discriminants

            Exercises

4.         MANAGING RISKS IN SOFTWARE PROJECTS

            4.1       Introduction

            4.2       Risk Management

            4.3       Risk Management Models

            4.4       Identifying Risks

            4.5       Analysing and Quantifying Risks

            4.6       Risk Categories

            4.7       Steps in Developing a Risk Management Plan

          Exercises