This document provides an overview of the structure and content of a software project management course. It outlines that there is one compulsory written exam worth up to 31 points and one optional component worth up to 3 additional points. The course runs from September to December for a total of 48 hours. It will cover topics from the PMBOK framework including initiating, planning, executing, controlling, and closing a project. Students will learn techniques for estimating timelines and costs, managing risks, and monitoring progress. The goal is for students to gain practical project management skills that can be applied to managing software development projects.
This document provides an overview of the structure and content of a software project management course. It outlines that there is one compulsory written exam worth up to 31 points and one optional component worth up to 3 additional points. The course runs from September to December for a total of 48 hours. It will cover topics from the PMBOK framework including initiating, planning, executing, controlling, and closing a project. Students will learn techniques for estimating timelines and costs, managing risks, and monitoring progress. The goal is for students to gain practical project management skills that can be applied to managing software development projects.
This document provides an overview of the structure and content of a software project management course. It outlines that there is one compulsory written exam worth up to 31 points and one optional component worth up to 3 additional points. The course runs from September to December for a total of 48 hours. It will cover topics from the PMBOK framework including initiating, planning, executing, controlling, and closing a project. Students will learn techniques for estimating timelines and costs, managing risks, and monitoring progress. The goal is for students to gain practical project management skills that can be applied to managing software development projects.
This document provides an overview of the structure and content of a software project management course. It outlines that there is one compulsory written exam worth up to 31 points and one optional component worth up to 3 additional points. The course runs from September to December for a total of 48 hours. It will cover topics from the PMBOK framework including initiating, planning, executing, controlling, and closing a project. Students will learn techniques for estimating timelines and costs, managing risks, and monitoring progress. The goal is for students to gain practical project management skills that can be applied to managing software development projects.
Management - General Information Adolfo Villafiorita Exam… ● One compulsory: – written exam: [0, +31] points (scoring system based on progressive degradation from “correct” to “not even close”) ● One of these three optional (grades sum to written exam, you choose what to do): – – Review/Essay/Mini-dev. project: [0, +2] points – Development project: [0, +3] points – Interview: [-3, +3] points ● 30L is equal to written exam >= 30 or (written exam = 30 and interview)
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Timetable ● Schedule – Tuesday 14:10-16:00 – Wednesday 09:10-11.00 ● Course: – Total of 48 hours between Sep 14 and Dec 16 – Keep track of schedule on the SPM website
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... and other info “extraction” ● at the beginning of the course, anonymous questionnaire about initial know-how and expectations about the course ● near the end of the course, anonymous questionnaire about the technical content of the course ● live in parallel with that of the University (course “satisfaction”) ● used to tune content and material to students' needs in future editions of the course adolfo villafiorita - spmbook.com 4 Software Project Management Adolfo Villafiorita Introduction to Software Project Management CRC Press
Many other books on specific topics
(agile development, managing IT projects, rapid development) with hints and practical suggestions adolfo villafiorita - spmbook.com 5 Some other references ● Robert K. Wysocki Effective Project Management: Traditional, Agile, Extreme Wiley ● Rory Burke Project Management - Planning and Control Techniques Wiley ● Various Authors A guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge adolfo villafiorita - spmbook.com 6 Web Presence ● Material: – http://www.spmbook.com – http://www.spmbook.com/course/2015b
Getting in touch ● In order of preference: – Right after the lesson – By e-mail – By appointment
showing up doesn’t work
consider one week between
request and actual meeting adolfo villafiorita - spmbook.com 10 Who am I and where I work ● Head of Unit of http://ict4g.org at FBK ● Mission: using ICTs to foster social and economic development ● Application Areas: – Food and Food Donations Education, Sharing Economy ● Theses available
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Structure of the Course Software Project Management ● The course is an introduction to project management techniques (and tools), focusing on challenges posed by software development projects ● After the “software crisis” software development and project management developed as independent disciplines ● However, today both disciplines take and give to the other ● Software Project management is an emerging discipline focused on looking at software development mainly from an organizational/managerial point of view
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Project Management identifies what you want to achieve and Software Engineering teaches how you can achieve it. you how to build a system and how you can control complexity. Most of the techniques and tools are there to control complexity, by defining Software Engineering identifies tools goals, organizing work, managing and techniques that have to be used expectations. when developing a software system. The discipline sometimes also suggests The discipline also suggests the tools and techniques that can be used best way to organize software when developing software. development activities.
Software Development Most (but not all) the actual work is developing software
The actual work is carried out in
accordance to what defined in the plans and using the best software engineering techniques for the task at hand
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PMBOK (V3) and Topics Covered Initiating Planning Executing Controlling Closing
Integration Develop Project Develop Project Monitor and Control Close Project Charter; Develop Management Plan Project Work; Preliminary Project Integrated Change Scope Control
Scope Scope Planning; Scope Scope Verification;
Definition; Create WBS Scope Control
Time Activity Definition, Schedule Control
Activity Sequencing; Activity Resource Estimating; Schedule Development
Procurement Plan Purchase and Request Seller Contract Closure
Acquisitions; Plan Responses; Select Contracting Sellers; Contract Administration
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Some things you will learn… ● Selecting what projects to start (if you can choose) ● Planning a project, using WBS, Gantt, and PERT charts ● Estimating software projects using algorithmic (FP, COCOMO, …) and non-algorithmic techniques ● Managing risks and monitoring your plan ● Monitoring progress in time and cost ● Earned Value Analysis ● Being agile ● Managing people, managing yourself
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A final consideration ● Becoming really proficient in any discipline requires a mix of inclination, technical proficiency, experience, ... ● Of these, we can learn only the techniques (inclination we are probably born with; experience we get along the way) ● You can maybe get along with inclination, luck, or experience alone ● So why learning the techniques? – They provide you with the tools to do your best in any situation – They provide a reference baseline to work with (going by the book is more often than not a good idea) – IMO, they are essential to become champions
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Organizations and Standards To encourage the profession and promote standards
• PMI/PMBOK - Project Management Body of Knowledge (USA)
• AXELOS/PRINCE2 - Projects in a Controlled Environment (UK)
• International Project Managers Association (IPMA)
