SOFTWARE PROJECT MANAGEMENT L T P M C 3 0 0 100 3

UNIT - I SOFTWARE PROJECT MANAGEMENT 9

Introduction, Need for Software Project Management – Software Project versus other
projects – Overview of Project planning

UNIT - II PROJECT EVALUATION 9

Introduction, Strategic assessment, Technical Assessment, Cost benefit Analysis, Cash
flow forecasting, Cost benefit Evaluation Techniques Risk Evaluation – Selection of
appropriate project planning.

UNIT III ACTIVITY PLANNING 9

Objectives of activity planning, Project schedules, Projects and activities, Sequencing
and scheduling activities, Network Planning models –Formulating network models,
Using dummy activities, Identifying critical path, identifying critical activities. Risk
Analysis and Management: Nature of risk, Managing risk, Risk identification, Risk
analysis, reducing the risks, evaluating the risks.

UNIT IV SOFTWARE EFFORT ESTIMATION 10

Problems with over and under estimate, the basis for software estimation, software
estimation Techniques. Expert judgments, Estimating by analogy, Function point
analysis. Resource Allocation: Identifying resource requirements, Scheduling resources,
Monitoring and control, Managing people and organization teams.

UNIT V PROJECT MANAGEMENT 8

Project Management in the Testing phase – Introduction, test scheduling, test types,
issues, management structures for testing, metrics for testing phase, Project
Management in the Management phase – Introduction, activities, management issues,
configuration management, estimating size, effort and people resources, advantages,
metrics

TOTAL: 45
TEXT BOOKS
1. Bob huges, Mike cotterell, “Software Project Management”, Tata McGraw Hill, New
Delhi, 2002.
2. Gopalaswamy Ramesh, “Managing Global Software Projects”, Tata McGraw Hill,
New Delhi, 2006.
3. Kelkar Sa, “Software Project Management”, PHI Learning, New Delhi, 2007.

REFERENCE BOOKS
1. Roger S Pressman, “Software Engineering, A Practitioner’s Approach”, Tata
McGraw Hill, New Delhi, 2001.
2. Kamna Malik, Praveen Choudary, “Software Quality, a practitioner’s Approach”, Tata
McGraw Hill, New Delhi, 2008.