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5. Laura P. Hartman and Joe Desjardins, ―Business Ethics: Decision Making for Personal
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6. World Community Service Centre, " Value Education", Vethathiri publications, Erode, 2011

IT17E75 SOFTWARE PROJECT MANAGEMENT L T P C
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OBJECTIVES:
The Student should be made to:
 Learn the fundamentals of software project management
 Learn about the stages in the software development lifecycle and associated
processes.
 Know about the quality standards for project management, process maturity models
 Explore estimation techniques, schedule, monitor and control the project.
 Discuss and where appropriate apply the principles of project risk management.

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

UNIT II PROJECT LIFE CYCLE AND EFFORT ESTIMATION 9
Software process and Process Models – Choice of Process models - mental delivery –Agile methods –
Extreme Programming – SCRUM – Managing interactive processes – Basics of Software estimation –
Effort and Cost estimation techniques – Staffing Pattern. – Case Studies on Effort Estimation.

UNIT III ACTIVITY PLANNING AND RISK MANAGEMENT 9
Objectives of Activity planning - Sequencing and Scheduling Activities - Network Planning Models
Forward Pass - Backward Pass & Activity Float - Critical path (CRM) method - Risk identification –
Assessment – Monitoring - PERT technique - Resource Allocation - Creation of critical patterns -
Cost schedules. – Case Studies on Risk Management.

UNIT IV MANAGEMENT AND CONTROL 9
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. Managing people: Organizational behavior –Best
methods of staff selection –Motivation –Ethical and Programmed concerns –Working in teams –Case
Studies.

UNIT V STAFFING IN SOFTWARE PROJECTS 9
Introduction -Managing people - Understanding Behavior - Organizational Behavior: A Background
Selecting The Right Person For The Job - Instruction In The Best Methods – Motivation - The
Oldman - Hackman Job Characteristics Model - Working In Team - Decision Making -Team
Structures & Organizational Structures - Communications Genres, Plans - Case Studies

TOTAL: 45 PERIODS

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