Isra University
Faculty of Information Technology
Department of SE
Course Plan
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Course Name:
Software Project management
Semester &Year:
First, 2014/2015
Course Classification:
Department Compulsory (SE)
Course Intended Outcomes
At the end of the course, students are expected to learn:
 Management activities and Managing people
 Software cost estimation
 Quality management
 Process improvement and configuration management.
Course Outline
Week
m
W1
W2
W3
Course Outline
Project Management Process Groups:
• Initiating
• Planning
• Executing
What is project scope management?
Project scope management processes
-Collecting Requirements
-Scope definition
w
Introduction to Project Management:
What is the differences bet. Project and
program
• What is a Project?
• What is the Project Management?
• IT Projects managements
• Program and Portfolio Management?
• The Project Management Profession?
• Mentoring and Controlling
• Closing
Relationships Among PM Process Groups
& Knowledge Areas
- Creating the WBS
-Scope Verification
-Scope Control
Present Tools& techniques used for
project scope management.
Project time management processes
W4
- Activity Definition
- Activity Sequencing
- Activity Resource Estimating
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W5
• Activity networks
• Case Study
Milestones and deliverables
Project time management processes
- Schedule Development (Gantt Charts
using Critical Path Method (CPM)
Scheduling using, Program Evaluation
and Review Technique (PERT)
Isra University
Faculty of Information Technology
Department of SE
Course Plan
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Case Study as an example
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Case Study as an example
W6
First Exam
Discussion of the First Exam
W7
W8
Project Cost Management:
• Basic Principles of Cost Management
• Cost Estimating
•
Cost Budget
Project crashing
• Cost Control
• Cost Estimation techniques
Case Study
• Case Study
W9
W10
W11
W12
Managing People:
• Selecting Staff
• Motivating People
Risk Management:
• Risk Identification
• Risk Analysis
• Qualitative and Quantitative Risk
Analysis
2nd Exam
W13
Quality Management:
• Process and Product quality
• Quality Planning
W14
• Tools and Techniques for Quality
Control
W15
• Managing Groups
• The people capability maturing model
• Risk Response Planning
• Risk Control and Monitoring
Discussion of the 2nd Exam
• Quality Assurance and standards
Quality Control
• Modern Quality Management
• Improving Quality on IT Projects
Final Exam
1. Textbook
2. Information Technology Project Management, Kathy Schwalbe
3. Project Management Institute. (2008). A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge
:( 5th Ed.).
2. Suggested references
1.
Information Technology Project Management (6th Ed.), 2009, by Schwalbe, K., Course
Technology
2. Global Project Management: Communication, Collaboration and Management’, 2007, by Jean
Carlo Binder. Gower Publishing.
3. ‘Software
A portion of the coursework assigned for this module includes a Final Project that will
require the use of project management software. This project can be completed using
one of the two software options listed below. You will need to download one of these
options by following the provided links:
Microsoft Project (60-day free trial).
Isra University
Faculty of Information Technology
Department of SE
Course Plan
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http://office.microsoft.com/project
OpenProj (freeware)
http://openproj.org/openproj
4. Marking
The various components of student work will contribute to the final grade based upon the following
percentages:
First Exam
20 marks
Second Exam
20 marks
Project& Activities 20 marks
Final Exam
40 marks