Software Engineering: Project Management

1. Software development project
management
SENG 123:
Introduction to Computer Software Engineering
By
Atilla Elçi
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2. WEEKLY SCHEDULE
Week Topics PPTs Text
1 Intro to the course;
An overview of software engineering concepts
Intro;
Concepts
Preface;
Ch.1
2 Engineering, software engineering, ethics Engin…
3 Software development life cycle SDLC Ch.2
4 Software development life cycle SDLC Ch.2
5 Practical UML -
6 Requirements analysis and software
specification
Req Ch.3
7 Midterm Examination Week 25.11.2020 18:00-21:00
8 Software development project management PM Ch.4- 1st half
9 Software project analysis and design
10 Object-oriented analysis and design
11 Interfaces, dialogs, and database
12 coding and debugging; software testing
13 Implementation and maintenance; reliability and
quality
14 Review; Q & A.
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3. Here
we
are!
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https://helpdeskuae.com/it-project.html

4. Software Project Management
• «Project management is the discipline of planning,
organizing and managing resources to bring about the
successful completion of specific project goals and
objectives.» It calls for the application of knowledge, skills,
tools, and techniques to project activities to meet project
requirements.
• «A project is a multitask job with due consideration of
performance, cost, time, and scope requirements and is
done only one time.» It is done once as opposed to
everyday business.
• The project manager is the person responsible for
accomplishing the project objectives.
• Software project management is applying project
management in achieving software projects, that is, on
budget, on time, and satisfying the design requirements.
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5. PM’s task
• Project managers often talk of a “triple constraint” in
managing competing project requirements, i.e.:
– 1. Project scope management: ascertaining that the
project includes only all the work required. This involves:
• Scope Planning,
• Scope Definition,
• Create Work Breakdown Structure (WBS),
• Scope Verification, and
• Scope Control.
– 2. Project cost management: involves planning,
estimating, budgeting, and controlling costs. Life-cycle
costing is the cost of using, maintaining, and supporting
the product, service, or result of the project.
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6. PM’s task - continued
• continued:
– 3. Project time management: describes the processes
concerning the timely completion of the project. It
consists of the following project management
processes :
• The Activity Definition,
• Activity Sequencing,
• Activity Resource Estimating,
• Activity Duration Estimating,
• Schedule Development, and
• Schedule Control.
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7. SWE PM
• Project Manager employs several approaches and
methods to affect the required project management
processes; many of them are of the general project
management practice.
• There are those that specifically pertain to software
engineering project management practice. Some are
empirical (comes from practice, experience), others are
theoretical. Almost all of them try to estimate the size
and difficulty of producing the required software
system and convert those to the effort required to
affect that software application. However none are
precise.
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8. PM Tutorial
• By Dr. Alev Elçi: Project Management Seminar
for ITEC403 Graduation Project
(slideshare.net):
– https://www.slideshare.net/alevelci/project-
management-seminar-for-itec403-graduation-
project
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9. Readings on SW PM
• Software Project Management:
– https://www.tutorialspoint.com/software_engine
ering/software_project_management.htm
– https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Software_project_
management
• Questions and Answers section
– Textbook pp: 104-111
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10. Tools for SW PM
• The Best Project Management Software & Tools in 2020:
– https://project-management.com/top-10-project-management-
software/
• The Best Project Management Software for 2020 | PCMag:
– https://www.pcmag.com/picks/the-best-project-management-
software
• 10 Best Free Project Management Software & Freemiums:
– https://thedigitalprojectmanager.com/free-project-
management-software/
• NB: do not take the above lists as definite; there are many
such lists with different entries and ordering due to point of
view and interest of the collator.
• We will practice using Wrike (www.wrike.com)
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11. Terminology - Terimler
• Project management:
proje yönetimi
• Goal: hedef, amaç
• Scope: erim, menzil, ilgi
sınırı
• Work breakdown: iş
(adımları) dökümü
• Cost: maliyet, bedel
• Activity: etkinlik
• Schedule: çizelge, zaman
planı
• Scheduling: çizelgeleme
• Sequencing: ardıştırma
• Resource: kaynak
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12. Homework
• Pick a simple project and develop its Gantt
Chart using a project management tool
software, such as Wrike.
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13. These are FYI!
• Is software development one of the most
intellectually/mentally rigorous careers in the
world? See the following for an opinion and
rebuttals:
– https://qr.ae/pNWD0B
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