COURSE UNIT TITLE

: SOFTWARE PROJECT MANAGEMENT

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
ERA 0002 SOFTWARE PROJECT MANAGEMENT ELECTIVE 3 0 0 5

Offered By

Faculty Of Science

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR BARIŞ TEKIN TEZEL

Offered to

Biology
Computer Science
Mathematics (English)
Physics
Chemistry
Statistics

Course Objective

This course aims to teach and give a systematic treatment of the many important aspects of software project management.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Develop a comprehensive project plan for a significant development effort including estimates of size and effort, a schedule, resource allocation, configuration control, change management, and project risk identification and management.
2   Estimate costs for a project using several different techniques effectively.
3   Indicate an approach to risk that will help to secure the on-time delivery of software.
4   Demonstrate the central elements of team building and team management.
5   Measure project progress, productivity and other aspects of the software process.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Introduction to software project management
2 Project initiation and preliminary investigation. Cost-benefit analysis.
3 Introduction to planning. Selection of an appropriate project approach.
4 Software measurement and estimation techniques
5 Scheduling
6 Risk management
7 Resource allocation
8 Midterm exam
9 Monitoring and control
10 Managing people and working in teams
11 Software quality management - Part 1
12 Software quality management - Part 2
13 Configuration and change management
14 Software contracts and intellectual property
15 General review

Recomended or Required Reading

A. Villafiorita, Introduction to Software Project Management, 1st ed. Auerbach Publications, 2014.
B. Hughes and M. Cotterell, Software Project Management, 5th ed. McGraw-Hill, 2009.


Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

The course is taught in a lecture, class presentation and discussion format. Besides the taught lecture, group presentations are to be prepared by the groups assigned and presented in a discussion session. In some weeks of the course, results of the homework given previously are discussed.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 VZ Vize
2 FN Final
3 BNS BNS VZ * 0.40 + FN * 0.60
4 BUT Bütünleme Notu
5 BBN Bütünleme Sonu Başarı Notu VZ * 0.40 + BUT * 0.60


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

none

Assessment Criteria

Evaluation of exams and assignments.

Language of Instruction

English

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

baris.tezel@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 3 42
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 3 39
Preparation for midterm exam 1 14 14
Preparation for final exam 1 14 14
Midterm 1 2 2
Final 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 113

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12PO.13PO.14PO.15PO.16PO.17
LO.122
LO.22
LO.32
LO.422
LO.52