SOFTWARE PROJECT MANAGEMENT

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Syllabus B.E. COMPUTER SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING SEMESTER VIII
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 − Organisation 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

REFERENCES
1. Humphrey Watts, “Managing the software process”, Addison Wesley, 1989.
2. Ramesh Gopalaswamy, “Managing Global Projects”, Tata McGraw Hill, 2001.
3. Bob Hughes and Mikecotterell, “Software Project Management”, 3rd Edition, Tata McGraw
Hill, 2004.

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