AMRITA VISHWA VIDYAPEETHAM

COURSE PLAN
Academic year: 2016 - 2017 Semester: Even
Department: CSE Programme: B.TECH
Course Code: CS 482 Course Title: Software Project Management
Lect. Topic Keywords Objectives Remarks
Hrs
1-2 Introduction to software project Feasibility, stakeholders, modeling. Define the scope of software project Software Project
management, Understand the Management
(2) Management
problems and concerns of software Bob Hughes and
manager, Define usual stages of Mike Cotterell
software project managers and (4th edition)
success criteria, explain the main
elements of the role of management,
appreciate the need of careful
planning, monitoring and control,
identify the stake holders of a
project and their objectives.
3-5 Stepwise: an overview of project Change control, configuration Approach Project Planning in an
management, deliverables, organized step by step manner, see
(3) planning
milestone where the techniques fit in the
overall planning approach, and
repeat planning process in more
detail for set of activities within a
project as the time comes to execute
it.
6-9 Programme management and Management, Allocation of Explain how individual projects
resources, Technical assessment, can be grouped in to programmes,
(4) project evaluation
Risk evaluation, pay back period how the implementation of
programmes and projects can be
managed so that the planned
benefits are achieved, carry out
evaluation and selection of projects
against strategic, technical and
economic criteria, use of cost
benefit evaluation techniques for
choosing among competing project
proposals, evaluate the risk involved
in a project and select appropriate
strategies for minimizing potential
costs.
10 Selection of appropriate project Process models, prototyping, Take account of characteristics of
iterative process the system to be developed when
(1) approach
planning a project, select an
appropriate process model, reduce
some risk by the creation of
appropriate prototypes, reduce other
risks by implementing of the
projects in increments, identify
where unnecessary organizational
obstacles can be removed by using
agile development methods
11-15 Software effort estimation Estimating, complexity, parametric Avoid the dangers of unrealistic
(5) models, expert judgment estimates, understand the range of
estimating methods that can be
used, estimate projects using the
bottom-up approach, count the
function points for a system,
estimate the effort needed to
implement software using a
procedural programming language,
understand the COCOMO approach
to developing effort models

TEST I
16-20 Activity Planning Deliverables, sequencing and Produce an activity plan for a
scheduling activities, lagged project, estimate the overall
(5)
activities duration of a project, Create a
Critical path and a precedence
network for a project
21-24 Risk Management Risks, evaluating risk to Identify the factors putting
(4) schedule, pert technique project at risk, categorize and
prioritize actions for risk
elimination or containment,
Quantify the likely effects of risk
on project timescales
25-27 Resource allocation Resources, critical paths, cost Identify the resources required for
(3) scheduling and scheduling a project, make the demand for
sequence resources more even throughout
the life of a project, produce a
work plan and resource schedule
28-30 Monitoring and Control Visualizing project, Prioritizing Monitor the progress of projects,
(3) monitoring, Earned value access the risk of slippage,
analysis visualize and assess the state of a
project, revise targets to correct or
counteract drift, control changes
to a projects requirements

TEST 2
To understand the process of
31-35 Managing Contracts Types of Contracts contract and corresponding
(5) aspects and standards
36-38 Planning for small projects Student projects How do small projects differ?
(3)
39-45 Case Study: SWEBOK To know the current standards Self study topics
PMBOK can be given
(7) Body of knowledge

Evaluation Pattern:
Internal Assessment: Periodical tests: = 15 (50) + 20 (50)
online test, project plan, Assignments= 15

End-semester Examination: = 50 (100)