This document provides an introduction to software project management. It defines management as planning, organizing, staffing, leading, innovating, coaching, mentoring, controlling and directing. It defines a project as a temporary activity with specific goals that takes place over a finite period of time. Project management is described as applying knowledge, skills, tools and techniques to maximize the probability of delivering a project's goals on time and on budget. Software project management is defined as an umbrella activity within software engineering that focuses on people, product, process, and project.

1. Software Project
Management
Introduction
Sheikh Khawar Qayyum

2. Introduction
 What is management?
 What is project?
 What is project management?
 What is software project management?

3. What is management?
 Planning
 Organizing
 Staffing
 Leading
 Innovating
 Coaching
 Mentoring
 Controlling
 Directing
 Monitoring
 Representing
 Assurance

4. Management knowledge & skills
 Conceptual Skills
 Human Skills
 Technical Skills

5. What is Project?
 An activity with specific goals which takes place over a finite period of time.
 Distinct Characteristics:
 1) Temporary (Definite beginning & Definite end i.e., limited time scale)
 2) Unique (End result i.e., product or service is different in some distinguishing way from all other products &
services)
 3) Tasks, Aims, Purpose
 4) Non-Repetitive (every new project comes with new tasks, aims, purposes and carried out in distinct way)
 5) Progressive & Elaboration (Developing through in continuous steps and work out with care & detail)
 Examples:
 Creating a new product i.e., building, vehicle, or facility
 Developing a new service i.e., change in structure, staffing or style of an organization, developing or
adopting new information system, running a campaign for political office or implementing a new business
strategy or procedure.

6. What is project Management?
 Art (strategic competency) of maximizing probability that a project delivers
its goal in time, to budget and at the required quality.
 Science to apply knowledge, skills, tools & techniques to achieve project
objectives.
 Processes/phases to achieve objectives could be;
 Initiating
 Planning
 Executing
 Controlling
 Closing

7. What is software project
management?
 An umbrella activity within software engineering.
 Has four P’s
 People – Organized & effective, highly motivated and coordinated team to do
quality work and to achieve effective communication.
 Product – Product requirements from customer, portioned and position for work.
 Process – Roadmap adopted to the people & problem.
 Project – Organized to get succeed.