INTRODUCTION

This course gives you the overview about what Software Project Management actually is? It equips stuents with industry standards and practices to manage the projects in an effective and efficeint way. From feasibility study to project planning and from project controlling to project closure content covered in this course develop students ability to plan and  manage software development projects  successfully, maximizing the return from each stage of the software development life cycle.

COURSE CODE: IT-4349 / SE-4349

CREDIT HOURS: 03

PREREQUISITES: Software Engineering (CMP-3310)

COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES

After reading this course you should be able to:

• Understand core concepts of Software Project Management
• Identify the difference between project management for It/Software and project management for other industries.
• Identifying the essential software development models, there application and relation with project management.
• Identifying different process groups of project management, there importance and how they differ from project Lifecycle.
• Identifying project management knowledge areas and skills required for a project manager.
• Discussing Estimation concepts, decomposition techniques, and tools
• Using WBS as a Project Management tool with sample and identifying its major steps
• Analyzing the core concepts Scheduling, activity planning and usage of its tools
• Discussing fundamental concepts of Risk and Change Management
• Using Microsoft Project tool as practice of making tasks, activities and Gantt Charts.

​TEXT BOOK:

1. Software Project Management, Fifth edition by Bob Hughes and Mike Cotterell 
2. A Guide to the Project Management  Body of Knowledge, 6thEdition

​COURSE CONTENT

• Introduction to Project Management
• PM Tools and Organizational Structure
• Knowledge Areas and Process groups
• Project Planning and Evaluation
• Software Project Effort Estimation
• Project and Activity Planning
• Project Risk and Configuration Management
• Project Resource Management
• Project Monitoring and Control
• Review & Evaluation and Project Closure

COURSE ASSESSMENT

• Final Term Exams: 50 Marks
• Mid Term Exams: 30 Marks
• Sessional: 20 Marks:
  • Quiz: 5 Marks
  • Presentations: 5 Marks 
  • Assignment & Attendance: 10 Marks

CLASS TIMINGS: 

1. BSIT 6B PPP (Wednesday: 02:00 - 03:30 PM) (Thursay: 02:00 - 03:30 PM)
2. BSIT 6C PPP (Thursday: 05:00 - 06:30 PM) (Friday: 08:30 - 09:30 AM)
3. BSSE 6C PPP (Wednesday: 03:30 - 05:00 PM) (Thursday: 03:30 - 05:00 PM)