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SYLLABUS
Software Project Management

Objectives: To Impart the skills needed to the management of software project. Student will learn how to calculate cost and
time estimation; Risk management; project planning and project evaluation; monitoring and control project development;
various software quality standards.

Sr. No. Description
1. Introduction to Software Project Management: What is project? Software Project Vs. Other Types. Activities by
Software Project Mgt. Plans, Methods and Methodologies. Problems with Software Projects.
2. Step Wise Project Planning: Project Scope, Objectives, Infrastructure, Characteristics, Effort, Estimation, Risk
Identification.
3. Programme Management & Project Evaluation: Meaning, Managing Allocation of resources. Creating
Programme. Individual Projects. Technical Assessment, Cost Benefit Analysis & Risk Evaluation.
4. Project Approach: Intro. Technical Plan, Choice of Process Models: Waterfall, V-Process, Spiral. Prototyping.
Incremental Delivery.
5. Effort Estimation: Meaning, Problems with Estimation, Basis, Estimation Techniques. Albrecht Function Point
Analysis. Functions Mark II. COCOMO Model.
6. Activity Planning: Objectives, Project Schedule, Network Planning Model. Time Dimension. Indentifying
Critical Path.
7. Risk Management: Categories of Risk. Identification. Assessment. Schedule Risk. Applying PERT Technique.
8. Resource Allocation: Indentifying Resource Requirements. Scheduling Resources. Publishing the Resource
Schedule & Cost Schedule. Scheduling Sequence.
9. Monitoring & Control: Creating Frameworks. Data collection. Visualising Progress. Cost Monitoring. Change
Control.
10. Software Quality: Introduction, Defining Software Quality. ISO 9126. Software Measures. Product Vs. Process
Quality Management. External Standards.
Small Projects:- Introduction, Problems with Student Projects, Content of project plan