Software Project Management

Catalog description

Project management techniques and their application to the management of software projects. How to develop a softwaredevelopment plan and its associated tasks, milestones and deliverables. Software project scheduling and the establishment ofrelationships among the different tasks. Tasks, dependencies and conflict resolution. Resource management and allocation. Softwareproject cost estimation. Algorithmic models for estimating costs: the COCOMO model and its derivatives. Risk assessment and itsimpact in the planning and scheduling of software projects. Software project measurement and tracking. Comparative review ofsoftware tools for software project management. Software configuration management and its importance in the management of largesoftware projects.