CS5019 – SOFTWARE PROJECT MANAGEMENT SYLLABUS M.E. COMPUTER SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING ANNA UNIVERSITY TIRUCHIRAPPALLI/TRICHY

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Regulations 2007 Sylllabus
M.E. COMPUTER SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING
ELECTIVES
CS5019 – SOFTWARE PROJECT MANAGEMENT


UNIT I FUNDAMENTALS 9
Conventional Software Management – Evolution of Software Economics – Improving Software
Economics – Conventional versus Modern Software Project Management.

UNIT II SOFTWARE MANAGEMENT PROCESS FRAMEWORK 9
Lifecycle Phases – Artifacts of the Process – Model Based Software Architectures – Workflows of the Process – Checkpoints of the Process.

UNIT III SOFTWARE MANAGEMENT DISCIPLINES 9
Iterative Process Planning – Organization and Responsibilities – Process Automation – Process
Control and Process Instrumentation – Tailoring the Process.

UNIT IV MANAGED AND OPTIMIZED PROCESS 9
Data Gathering and Analysis – Principles of Data Gathering – Data Gathering Process – Software Measures – Data Analysis – Managing Software Quality – Defect Prevention.

UNIT V CASE STUDIES 9
COCOMO Cost Estimation Model – Change Metrics – CCPDS–R.

Total: 45

TEXT BOOKS
1. Walker Royce “Software Project Management A Unified Framework”, Pearson Education,
2004
2. Humphrey Watts, “Managing the software process”, Addison Wesley, 1989. (Unit IV)

REFERENCES
1. Ramesh Gopalaswamy, “Managing Global Projects”, Tata McGraw Hill, 2001.
2. Bob Hughes, Mikecotterell, “Software Project Management”, 3rd Edition, Tata McGraw
Hill, 2004.

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