Software Project Management Software Project Management Course Code

Software Project Management

Software Project Management • Course Code : INT 411 • Text. Book: Software Project Management By Bob Hughes and Mike Cotterell, 5 th. Edition, Tata Mc. Graw Hill. • Credits: 3. 0

Is Project Successful? ? • In 2003, Standish Group in US Analyzed 13, 522 Projects. • One third of the projects were Successful. • 82% of projects were Late. • 43% exceeded their budget. v. Lack of Skills and Proven approach to project management and Risk Management.

What are constraints on a project? • Projects are constrained by three factors: time, budget and quality.

SOFTWARE PROJECT MANAGEMENT

What is Software? • Collection of computer programs and related data • Telling a computer what to do • How to do it.

What is Project? • • Non-routine Tasks Planning is required Aiming at a specific target Work carried out for a customer Involving several specialism Made up of several different phases Constrained by time and resources

What is management? • • Planning – deciding what is to be done Organizing – making arrangements Staffing – selecting the right people for the job Directing – giving instructions Monitoring – checking on progress Controlling – taking action Innovating – coming up with solutions when problems emerge

Project Management V/s Software Project Management. • Invisibility. • Complexity. • Flexibility.

Activities Covered Under SPM • • Feasibility Study Planning Project Execution Requirements Analysis SRS Design Coding

Cont… • Verification and Validation • Implementation/Installation • Maintenance and support

Plan, Methods and Methodologies • Method: A way of doing something, especially a systematic way; implies an orderly logical arrangement • Plan: takes the methods and convert it to real activities. A Plan consists of: – Its start and end dates – Who will carry it out – What tools and materials will be used • A groups of methods or technique are known as methodologies 12

Stakeholder • People having stake or interest in the project. • Two types of stakeholder– Internal to the Project team – External to the Project team • Internal to the organization • External to the organization