Software Project Management

Contents

1. Introduction to Project Management

1. Introduction of the term “Project”

2. Project Management (Software Project Management)

3. Project Phases and Project Life Cycle

4. Qualities of Project Manager

5. Organizational Structure

6. Work Breakdown Structure

6.1 Types of Work Breakdown Structure

2. Project Management Components

1. Overview of Project Management Components

1.1 Project Plan (Software Project Planning)

1.2 Project Integration

1.3 Necessity of Project Integration

2. Development and Execution

3. Change Control

4. CCB (Change Control Board)

5. Configuration Management (Software Configuration Management – SCM)

5.1 Configuration Management Tools

3. Scope, Time and Cost Management

1. Introduction

2. Strategic Planning

2.1 Strategic Planning Process

3. Scope Planning

3.1 Scope Control

3.2 Scope Verification

4. Activity Planning   

5. Schedule Development

6. Schedule Control

7. GANTT Chart

8. Cost Estimation

8.1 Different Methods of Cost Estimation

9. COCOMO-I Model

4. Quality Management and Quality Standards

1. Introduction

2. Introduction to Quality Planning

3. Quality Assurance   

4. CMM

4.1 CMM Levels

5. KPA

6. PSP/TSP

5. Human Resource Management and Communication Management  

1. Introduction

2. Organizational Planning

2.1 Organizational Planning Considerations (Components)

2.2 Types of Organizational Planning

2.3 Benefits of Organizational Planning

3. Staff Acquisition

3.1 Staff Acquisition Process in the Context of Software Project Management

3.2 Planning Communication

3.3 Project Communication Plan Development

4. Distributing Information

5. Reporting

5.1 Types of Project Reporting

6. Risk and Procurement Management 

1. Introduction

1.1 Risk Management

2. Risk Identification

3. Quantification

4. Control

4.1 Significance of Quantification and Control

5. Solicitation Management and Control

6. Contract in Project Management

7. Contract Administration

7. Stakeholder Management and Software Metrics

1. Introduction

2. Identifying Stakeholders

3. Planning of Stakeholder Engagement

4. Managing and Monitoring Stakeholder Engagement

4.1 Assessment of Stakeholder Engagement

5. Software Metrics

5.1 Scope of Software Metrics

6. Size-Oriented Software Metrics

7. Function-Oriented Metrics 

8. Software Metrics Data Collection

9. Analyzing Software Data (Analyzing Software Measurement Data)