IT/Software Project Management

Software project management is the art and science of planning and leading software projects. It is a sub-discipline of project management in which software projects are planned, implemented, monitored and controlled (source: Wikipedia).

Class Timetable

Morning

Theory:Lab:

Evening | BSSWE-III | Second Semester | 2k19 batch

Course Contents

Software Engineering Project Management Course Contents

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Outlines (Theory)

Introduction and the conduct of the course (i.e. course contents, labs, surgeries, class activities, grading and other things) would be discussed for the whole semester.
Processes
Planning
Organization
Estimation
Work Breakdown Structure
Scheduling
Risk and Change Management
Quality
Application Tools

Initiation and Planning

In this phase please go through the following headings to write the Project Proposal

- Title
- Keywords
- Project Status (New/Extension/Modification)
- Project Duration (in months)
- Motivation and Need
- Introduction
- Literature Review/Background & History/Similar Projects
- Research Gap
- Aim and Objectives
- Scope of the Project
- Research Objectives
- Academic Objectives
- Industrial Objectives
- Development/Research/Test Methodology
- Tools and Technologies
- Work Plan/Timeline/Gantt Chart
- Project Members' Details (please mention the roles of the software development team also)
- References
- Project Supervisor and Co-supervisor
- Project Approval Certificate
- Reviewers' Comments

Please click the link to download the Project Proposal Application Form for the Final Year Students of BS at FET.

Software Development Roles (for Team Members)

Please assign these roles to your team members of the Project.

Project Manager
System Analyst (Agent of Change)
Software Architect
Software Designer
Database Designer
Software Developer
User Interface Designer
Software Quality Assurance
Content Writer (How to write Proposal and Thesis)

Software Process Models

Waterfall Model
Iterative Model
Spiral Model
Agile Model
RAD Model
Software Prototyping Model

A Case Study

Problem Statement
Goal
Scenario
Use Cases
Actors
System Overview
A Use Case Template

Analysis

Functional Requirements
Non-Functional Requirements

Current Organizational Procedures

Organizational Structure
Organizational Workflow
Business Rules
Statement of Procedures (SOPs)
Users Identification
System Identification

Data Gathering Techniques

Questionnaire
Interviewing
Direct Observation

Types of Questions

Open-ended Questions
Closed Questions

Structures of Questions

Pyramid Structure
Diamond Structure
Funnel Structure

Design

Architectural Modeling (overall framework of the system)
- - Package Diagrams
Structural Modeling (static features of the system)
- Classes Diagrams
- Objects Diagrams
- Deployment Diagrams
- Composite Structure Diagrams
- Component Diagrams
Behavioral Modeling (interaction in the system)
- Use Case Diagrams
- Interaction Diagrams
- Activity Diagrams

Implementation & Maintenance

Coding
Testing (Desk Checking)
Desk Checking (Check Errors/Warnings/Exceptions)
Debugging
Handover the Project to the Actual Hands
Documentation
End-user Training
Evaluation (Real World Testing to see if objectives are met...)

Reference Material

For study you can refer following slides or books or any authenticated source from the internet.

Lecture notes

Books

Software Project Management
Software Project Management by Ashfaque Ahmed
Project Management for Dummies
Software Project Management from VU

Web Links and Others

General Book for Writing the Research Paper

English for writing research papers (to support the writing skills)

Grading for Theory

Attendance = 10%
Assignments, Quiz, Presentations = 10%
Mid-term = 30%
Final Test = 50%

Note: There would be total 04 questions to attempt out of 07 Questions in the Final Test.

Outlines (Lab)

Please bring your laptop and install the following Apps:

MS Project 2013/2016/2019/365
MS Visio 2013/2016/2019/365
- - Google Calendar (online or offline version)
  - MS OneNote 2013/2016/2019/365
  - MS Word 2013/2016/2019/365

Note: Above Apps can be downloaded from the Microsoft Dream Spark site, free of cost/trail version for 90 days, alternatively Apps can also be obtained from office of Web Admin University of Sindh, Jamshoro.

Google Docs, Google Sheets, Google Spreadsheets

Lab Handouts

Microsoft Project 2010 in depth

Video Tutorials

Lab Work

Assign Software Development Roles and Job Description to every team member of your Final Year Project.
Maintain Profiles of all the participants (i.e. Name, Designation, Email, Contact No., Job Description, Tools & Technologies they know, Skill level etc.)
Set a Cloud Space for Sharing Files and Activities of all the participants (suggestion: Google Drive)
Maintain Online Calendar according to the Timeline for notifications (suggestion: Google Calendar)
Weekly Meetings (for the progress and future strategy) (Evernote, MS OneNote, MS Word Review)
Timeline (Please follow the timeline provided in the final year project proposal) (suggestion: MS Visio)
- Project Survey
- Related Work
- Methodology
- Architecture
- Use Case Diagram
- Activity Diagram
- Tools and Technologies
- Coding
- Testing
- Maintenance
Documentations (i.e. Manuals, Program Guides, End-user Training etc.)
Publications

Grading for Lab

Attendance = 10%
Lab Test = 30%
Performance = 30%
Viva-voce = 30%

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