WITH EFFECT FROM THE ACADEMIC YEAR  2013–2014

CS 411

SOFTWARE PROJECT MANAGEMENT

                                                                     (Elective I)

Instruction                                                                                         4 Periods per week

Duration of University Examination                                               3 Hours

University Examination                                                                    75 Marks

Sessionals                                                                                          25 Marks

UNIT – I

Introduction to Software Project Management, Stepwise: An Overview of Project Planning, Programmer Management and Project Evaluation

UNIT – II

Selection of an Appropriate Project Approach, Software Effort Estimation, Activity Planning

UNIT – III

Risk Management, Resource Allocation, Monitoring and Control

UNIT –IV

Managing Contracts, Managing People and Organizing Teams, Software Quality

UNIT – V

Small Projects, Prince2, BS 6079:1996

Suggested Reading:

1. 1.Bob Hughes and Mike Cotterell – Software Project Management, 4^th Edition – Tata McGraw Hill – 2006.

References:

1. 1.Walker Royce, Software Project Management: A Unified Framework, Pearson Education – 1998.
2. 2.Pankaj Jalote, Software Project Management, Pearson Education – 2002.