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B.E/B.Tech. DEGREE EXAMINATION, NOVEMBER/DECEMBER 2018.
Seventh / Eight Semester
Computer Science and Engineering
MG6088 Software Project Management
Common to Electronics and Communication Engineering Information Technology / Industrial Engineering / Mechatronics Engineering Medical Electronics )
( Regulation 2013 )



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MG6088 Software Project Management Syllabus

Software Project Management Syllabus for B.Tech 8th sem is covered here. This gives the details about credits, number of hours and other details along with reference books for the course.

OBJECTIVES:

To outline the need for Software Project Management
To highlight different techniques for software cost estimation and activity planning.

UNIT I : PROJECT EVALUATION AND PROJECT PLANNING [9 hours]
Importance of Software Project Management – Activities Methodologies – Categorization of Software Projects – Setting objectives – Management Principles – Management Control – Project portfolio Management – Cost-benefit evaluation technology – Risk evaluation – Strategic program Management – Stepwise Project Planning.

UNIT II : PROJECT LIFE CYCLE AND EFFORT ESTIMATION [9 hours]
Software process and Process Models – Choice of Process models – mental delivery – Rapid Application development – Agile methods – Extreme Programming – SCRUM – Managing interactive processes – Basics of Software estimation – Effort and Cost estimation techniques – COSMIC Full function points – COCOMO II A Parametric Productivity Model – Staffing Pattern.

UNIT III : ACTIVITY PLANNING AND RISK MANAGEMENT [9 hours]
Objectives of Activity planning – Project schedules – Activities – Sequencing and scheduling – Network Planning models – Forward Pass & Backward Pass techniques – Critical path (CRM) method – Risk identification – Assessment – Monitoring – PERT technique – Monte Carlo simulation – Resource Allocation – Creation of critical patterns – Cost schedules.

UNIT IV : PROJECT MANAGEMENT AND CONTROL [9 hours]
Framework for Management and control – Collection of data Project termination – Visualizing progress – Cost monitoring – Earned Value Analysis- Project tracking – Change control- Software Configuration Management – Managing contracts – Contract Management.

UNIT V : STAFFING IN SOFTWARE PROJECTS [9 hours]
Managing people – Organizational behavior – Best methods of staff selection – Motivation – The Oldham-Hackman job characteristic model – Ethical and Programmed concerns – Working in teams – Decision making – Team structures – Virtual teams – Communications genres – Communication plans.

TOTAL: 45 PERIODS

OUTCOMES:
At the end of the course the students will be able to practice Project Management principles while developing a software.

TEXTBOOK:
Bob Hughes, Mike Cotterell and Rajib Mall: Software Project Management – Fifth Edition, Tata McGraw Hill, New Delhi, 2012.

REFERENCES:
Robert K. Wysocki “Effective Software Project Management” – Wiley Publication,2011.
Walker Royce: “Software Project Management”- Addison-Wesley, 1998.
Gopalaswamy Ramesh, “Managing Global Software Projects” – McGraw Hill Education (India), Fourteenth Reprint 2013.

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