UNIT I PROJECT EVALUATION AND PROJECT PLANNING
Importance of Software Project Management ? Activities Methodologies ? Categorization of Software Projects ? Setting objectives ? Management Principles ? Management Control ? Project portfolio Management ? Cost-benefit evaluation technology ? Risk evaluation ? Strategic program Management ? Stepwise Project Planning.
UNIT II PROJECT LIFE CYCLE AND EFFORT ESTIMATION
Software process and Process Models ? Choice of Process models – mental delivery ? Rapid Application development ? Agile methods ? Extreme Programming ? SCRUM ? Managing interactive processes ? Basics of Software estimation ? Effort and Cost estimation techniques ? COSMIC Full function points – COCOMO II A Parametric Productivity Model – Staffing Pattern.
UNIT III ACTIVITY PLANNING AND RISK MANAGEMENT
Objectives of Activity planning ? Project schedules ? Activities ? Sequencing and scheduling ? Network Planning models ? Forward Pass & Backward Pass techniques ? Critical path (CRM) method ? Risk identification ? Assessment ? Monitoring ? PERT technique ? Monte Carlo simulation ? Resource Allocation ? Creation of critical patterns ? Cost schedules.
UNIT IV PROJECT MANAGEMENT AND CONTROL
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 ? Contract Management.
UNIT V STAFFING IN SOFTWARE PROJECTS
Managing people ? Organizational behavior ? Best methods of staff selection ? Motivation ? The Oldham-Hackman job characteristic model ? Ethical and Programmed concerns ? Working in teams ? Decision making ? Team structures ? Virtual teams ? Communications genres ? Communication plans.
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