IT2403 SOFTWARE PROJECT MANAGEMENT - VII Semester - Final Year - IT Department

IT2403 SOFTWARE PROJECT MANAGEMENT

UNIT I INTRODUCTION TO SOFTWARE PROJECT MANAGEMENT

Project Definition – Contract Management – Activities Covered By Software Project

Management – Overview Of Project Planning – Stepwise Project Planning.

UNIT II PROJECT EVALUATION

Strategic Assessment – Technical Assessment – Cost Benefit Analysis –Cash Flow

Forecasting – Cost Benefit Evaluation Techniques – Risk Evaluation.

UNIT III ACTIVITY PLANNING

Objectives – Project Schedule – Sequencing and Scheduling Activities –Network

Planning Models – Forward Pass – Backward Pass – Activity Float – Shortening Project

Duration – Activity on Arrow Networks – Risk Management – Nature Of Risk – Types Of

Risk – Managing Risk – Hazard Identification – Hazard Analysis – Risk Planning And

Control.

UNIT IV MONITORING AND CONTROL

Creating Framework – Collecting The Data – Visualizing Progress – Cost Monitoring –

Earned Value – Priortizing Monitoring – Getting Project Back To Target – Change

Control – Managing Contracts – Introduction – Types Of Contract – Stages In Contract

Placement – Typical Terms Of A Contract – Contract Management – Acceptance.

UNIT V MANAGING PEOPLE AND ORGANIZING TEAMS

Introduction – Understanding Behavior – Organizational Behaviour: A Background –

Selecting The Right Person For The Job – Instruction In The Best Methods – Motivation

– The Oldman – Hackman Job Characteristics Model – Working In Groups – Becoming

A Team –Decision Making – Leadership – Organizational Structures – Stress –Health

And Safety – Case Studies.

TOTAL: 45PERIODS

TEXT BOOK

1. Bob Hughes, Mikecotterell, “Software Project Management”, Third Edition, Tata

McGraw Hill, 2004.

REFERENCES

1. Ramesh, Gopalaswamy, "Managing Global Projects", Tata McGraw Hill, 2001.

2. Royce, “Software Project Management”, Pearson Education, 1999.

3. Jalote, “Software Project Management in Practice”, Pearson Education, 2002.