Course Category: Project Management
Course Duration: 2 Days
Hours: 14 Contact Hours
Course Description
“Far too many projects are still managed as unending death marches or, conversely, frenzied fire fights”
– Dr. Richard Bechtold. (Author of Essentials of SW Project Management)
Processwork’s “Software Project Management” (SPM) course assists with systematic planning and management of software projects, and also provides pointers on how to regain a project that has been overwhelmed by events.
Statistics show that that is a 90% possibility that projects are on a road to failure [indicatives being 1) over budget 2) behind schedule and 3) inadequate quality]. Our program helps participants transform chaotic project endeavors into orderly step by step processes. SPM provides an excellent framework for realistic and result oriented software project management.
Course Objective
The course addresses the business of software development as a logical process that can be effectively managed for success. The focus of the course is planning, tracking and controlling software project for business results.
This course addresses proven project management best practices and professional methodologies for managers working in the middle manager roles in their organizations. The curriculum is drawn from best practices within the software project management and the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK® Guide) from PMI.
Who Should Attend?
- Project Managers
- Module Leaders
- Process Group Members
- Team Leaders,
- Team Members Trainers
Course Topic
Introduction to Software Project Management
- Project Monitoring & Control
Requirements Management
- Analysing Requirements
- Validating Requirements
- Software Requirement Specifications
- Managing Requirements changes and modifications
Software Effort Estimation & Costing
- Costing
- Project Budgeting
- Types of Project Costs
- Cost Control
- Effort
- Function Point Analysis
- Wide Band Delphi
- CoCOMO II
- Other Estimation Techniques
Software Development Life cycle Methodologies
- Waterfall
- Agile Software Development
- Iterative Software Development
Project Planning & Scheduling
- Develop a Project Plan
- Resource Allocation
- Tools
Project Monitoring & Control
- Purpose and importance of Project Tracking & Oversight
- Planning Vs Project Reality & Performance
- Tracking & Control process
- Project Review Baselines
- Finalizing Tracking Requirements
- Status Reports – Weekly, Monthly, Review discipline
Pre-requisites for Course & Certification
Risk Management
- Risk Management and its associated processes
- Types & Categories of Risks
- Quantitative and Qualitative Risk Management
- Prioritizing risk based on risk value
- Risk Response Planning
- Risk Reduction Strategies
- Risk Monitoring & Control
Configuration Management
- Elements of SCM
Software Quality Management
- Peer Reviews
- Walkthroughs
- Inspection
Software Testing
- Performance Testing
- Usability Testing
- User Acceptance Testing
Project Communications Management
- Communication Planning
- Information Distribution
- Performance Reporting
- Information & Document Control
- Administrative Closure
Course Category: Project Management
Course Duration: 2 Days
Hours: 14 Contact Hours
