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The syllabus outlines the Software Project Management course for B.Tech third year students at Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam Technical University. It includes course outcomes, detailed topics covering project planning, life cycle, risk management, and staffing, along with recommended textbooks. The course aims to equip students with skills in project planning, monitoring, and management using various methodologies and tools.

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The syllabus outlines the Software Project Management course for B.Tech third year students at Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam Technical University. It includes course outcomes, detailed topics covering project planning, life cycle, risk management, and staffing, along with recommended textbooks. The course aims to equip students with skills in project planning, monitoring, and management using various methodologies and tools.

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Syllabus SPM

B.Tech third year spm (Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam Technical University)

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Software Project Management (BOE068)


Course Outcome ( CO) Bloom’s Knowledge Level (KL)
At the end of course , the student will be able :

CO 1 Identify project planning objectives, along with various cost/effort estimation models. K3

CO 2 Organize & schedule project activities to compute critical path for risk analysis. K3
CO 3 Monitor and control project activities. K4, K5
CO 4 Formulate testing objectives and test plan to ensure good software quality under SEI-CMM. K6
CO 5 Configure changes and manage risks using project management tools. K2, K4
DETAILED SYLLABUS 3-0-0
Unit Topic Proposed
Lecture
Project Evaluation and Project Planning :
Importance of Software Project Management – Activities – Methodologies – Categorization of
I 08
Software Projects – Setting objectives – Management Principles – Management Control – Project
portfolio Management – Cost-benefit evaluation technology – Risk evaluation – Strategic program
Management – Stepwise Project Planning.
Project Life Cycle and Effort Estimation :
Software process and Process Models – Choice of Process models – Rapid Application
II 08
development – Agile methods – Dynamic System Development Method – Extreme Programming–
Managing interactive processes – Basics of Software estimation – Effort and Cost estimation
techniques – COSMIC Full function points – COCOMO II – a Parametric Productivity Model.
Activity Planning and Risk Management :
Objectives of Activity planning – Project schedules – Activities – Sequencing and scheduling –
III Network Planning models – Formulating Network Model – Forward Pass & Backward Pass 08
techniques – Critical path (CRM) method – Risk identification – Assessment – Risk Planning –Risk
Management – – PERT technique – Monte Carlo simulation – Resource Allocation – Creation of
critical paths – Cost schedules.
Project Management and Control:
IV Framework for Management and control – Collection of data – Visualizing progress – Cost 08
monitoring – Earned Value Analysis – Prioritizing Monitoring – Project tracking – Change control
– Software Configuration Management – Managing contracts – Contract Management.
Staffing in Software Projects :
Managing people – Organizational behavior – Best methods of staff selection – Motivation – The
V Oldham – Hackman job characteristic model – Stress – Health and Safety – Ethical and 08
Professional concerns – Working in teams – Decision making – Organizational structures –
Dispersed and Virtual teams – Communications genres – Communication plans – Leadership.
Text books:
1. Bob Hughes, Mike Cotterell and Rajib Mall: Software Project Management – Fifth Edition, McGraw
Hill, New Delhi, 2012.
2. Robert K. Wysocki ―Effective Software Project Management – Wiley Publication, 2011.
3. Walker Royce: ―Software Project Management- Addison-Wesley, 1998.
4. Gopalaswamy Ramesh, ―Managing Global Software Projects – McGraw Hill Education (India),
Fourteenth Reprint 2013.

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