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Software Project Management

Course Length - 3 Days

Course Description This is a 3-day course designed to provide a knowledge base and practical skills for anyone interested in implementing or improving Software Project Management techniques and practices in their organization. This course starts with an overview of software project management basics, including a discussion of what a project is, why project management is important and an introduction to the project management process. The overview also includes a discussion of the characteristics of a successful software project and the role of the software project manager. This course discusses the use of strategies and tactics involved in software project execution, the need for people leadership and management, and provides a checklist for evaluating the effectiveness of project team and stakeholder communications. This course surveys various types of reviews and metrics that can be utilized to monitor the project’s progress. This course also includes a discussion of project control techniques.

You Will Learn: What is involved in initiating a project, including defining the project’s boundaries, documenting the project’s charter, identifying project stakeholders and defining the project’s scope. The software project planning activities are discussed. Attendees will be taught how to document a project plan, including defining the project organization, creating a work breakdown structure, estimating project parameters, building an activity network and establishing project schedules and budgets. How to close your projects, including reviewing project closure tasks, holding post project reviews and implementing post project metrics

Who Should Attend? Software project and program managers, functional managers, developers, testers, quality engineers and other software project stakeholders who will be involved in initiating, planning, executing, monitoring and controlling and closing.

Format This course is taught through lecture and interactive discussion. Actual examples from the software industry are utilized to make the information relevant. Throughout this course, learned skills are practiced using individual and team exercises. The emphasis of this course is on techniques that allow the attendees to transition the skills learned in this course to their own work environments


Course Outline:
What is a Project?
Project Defined Characteristics of a Project Software Project - Examples The Cost/Schedule/Scope Trilogy Plus Risk Software Project Context
Why is Project Management Important?
Purpose of Project Management Why is Software Project Management Important?
Software Project Management Process
Project Management Process Project Management Knowledge Areas & Processes Project Life Cycle Project Management Documents Software Project Management Issues - Initiating Software Project Management Issues - Planning Software Project Management Issues - Executing Software Project Management Issues - Monitoring & Control Software Project Management Issues - Closing
Software Project Success
Software Project Success Critical Project Success Factors Improve Software Project Success
Software Project Manager
Project Manager Project Management Expertise
Software Project Initiation
Project Management Process Project Boundaries Project Sponsor Why are Projects Initiated?
Project Charter
Project Charter Project Mission Statement Project Mission Statement – Exercise Project Justification Business Case Justification Primary Project Stakeholders Other Stakeholders Benefits of Identifying Stakeholders Steps to Identifying Stakeholders Step 1: Identifying Stakeholders Step 2: Prune the Stakeholder List Step 3: Define the Participation Strategy Identify Stakeholders - Exercise Stakeholders & Their Motives
Project Scope
Scope Defined The Cost / Schedule / Scope Trilogy Project Scope Software Project Objectives Project Objectives – Examples Defining Project Objectives – Exercise Product Requirements Why are Requirements Important? Issue: Project Failure Progressive Elaboration Project Deliverables Project Constraints
Software Project Planning
Software Project Management Process Project Planning Goals Project Planning Project Planning Process Software Project Plan Template Evolution of the Plan
Software Project Organization
Project Boundaries & External Interfaces Project Organization – Functional Structure Project Organization – Project Structure Project Organization – Matrix Structure Roles & Responsibilities
Work Breakdown Structure
Work Breakdown Structure Types of Work Breakdown Structures Product Type WBS Process Type WBS Hybrid Type WBS Breaking the Project into Activities Include Everything Work Breakdown Structure - Exercise Did You Include It All – IEEE/IEA 12207 WBS Dictionary - Example Activity Specification - Exercise
Estimation
Estimation Estimation Methods – Expert Judgment PERT Method Estimation Methods – Model Based COCOMO II Other COCOMO Models SLIM Function Point Models
Activity Networks
Schedule & Resources Activity Networks Activity Network Relationships Activity Network Exercise
Project Schedules & Budgets
Staff & Resource Allocation Critical Path Dual Critical Paths Schedule Duration Staffing & Resource Allocation - Exercise Project Budgets
Strategies & Tactics
Project Management Process Software Project Execution Strategies & Tactics Strategy/Tactics Effectiveness Matrix
People
Leadership Project Leadership Functions Leadership Skills Situational Leadership People Management SEI People CMM People Management Functions Environment
Communications
Project Team Communications External Stakeholder Communications
Software Project Monitoring
Project Management Process Monitoring & Control - Goals Software Project Monitoring Purpose of Project Reviews Entry & Exit Criteria Phase Gate Reviews Project Team Status Reviews Senior Management Reviews Project Audits Tracking Gantt Chart Earned Value Earned Value Tracking Activity Monitoring Staff & Resource Monitoring Productivity Monitoring Requirements Churn Metric Test Activity Monitoring Traceability Defined Bi-Directional Traceability Benefits of Traceability Traceability Matrix Traceability Tagging Product Quality
Software Project Control
Software Project Control Actuals vs. Estimates Corrective Action Corrective Action Steps Requirements Management Configuration Control Procedures Configuration Control Process Approval Authority Process Impact Analysis
Software Project Closure Tasks
Project Management Process Why Project Closure is Important? Project Closure Tasks
Post Project Review
Learning from Project History Post Project Review Post Project Review Forms Post Project Review Meeting Post Project Review Follow-up
Post Release Metrics
Post Release Software Quality Availability Responsiveness to Customer Problems Customer Satisfaction

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