ECTS - Advanced Software Project Management
Advanced Software Project Management (SE552) Course Detail
| Course Name | Course Code | Season | Lecture Hours | Application Hours | Lab Hours | Credit | ECTS |
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| Advanced Software Project Management | SE552 | Area Elective | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| Pre-requisite Course(s) |
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| N/A |
| Course Language | English |
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| Course Type | Elective Courses |
| Course Level | Natural & Applied Sciences Master's Degree |
| Mode of Delivery | Face To Face |
| Learning and Teaching Strategies | Lecture. |
| Course Lecturer(s) |
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| Course Objectives | The objective of this course is to teach planning, monitoring and controlling software projects. It provides a knowledge base and practical skills for anyone interested in implementing or improving software project management techniques and practices in their organization. |
| Course Learning Outcomes |
The students who succeeded in this course;
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| Course Content | Introduction to project management; algorithmic cost estimation models; advanced cost estimation models; function points estimation; risk assessment; life cycle models; prototyping; management of software reuse; software maintenance; software maturity framework; case studies. |
Weekly Subjects and Releated Preparation Studies
| Week | Subjects | Preparation |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | An Overview of Project Planning | Chapter 2 (Main text) |
| 2 | Program Management and Project Evaluation | Chapter 3 |
| 3 | Software Effort Estimation | Chapter 5 |
| 4 | Activity Planning | Chapter 6, |
| 5 | Risk Analysis and Management | Chapter 7 |
| 6 | Resource Allocation | Chapter 8 |
| 7 | Project tracking and Control | Chapter 9 |
| 8 | Contract Management | Chapter 10 |
| 9 | Software Quality Assurance | Chapter 12 |
| 10 | Configuration Management | Chapter 27 (other sources 5) |
| 11 | Various tools of Software Project Management | Other sources (6) |
| 12 | Project Cost Management | Chapter 7 (other sources 6-7) |
| 13 | Project Human Resource Management | Chapter 9 (other sources 6-7) |
| 14 | Project Communications Management | Chapter 10 (other sources 6-7) |
| 15 | Project Procurement Management | Chapter 12 (other sources 6-7) |
| 16 | Final Examination Period | Review of topics |
Sources
| Course Book | 1. Software Project Management, Bob Hughes & Mike Cotterell, 3rd Ed., 2003, ISBN: 0707709834X McGraw-Hill Publication |
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| Other Sources | 2. Software Project Management in Practice, Pankaj Jalote, ISBN 0-201-73721-3 (Addison-Wesley) 2002 |
| 3. Effective Project Management, 2nd ed., R.Wysocki, R. Beck. Crane, ISBN: 9971-51-402-8, Wiley 2000 | |
| 4. Project Management, Best Practices for IT Professionals, Richard Murch, ISBN 0-13-021914-2, Prentice-Hall 2000. | |
| 5. Quality Software Project Management, R.T.Futrell, D.F. Shafer, and L.Shafer, Prentice-Hall, 2002, ISBN: 0-13-0912972 | |
| 6. Software Engineering: A practitioner’s approach, R.S.Pressman, Sixth edition, ISBN: 007-123840-9, McGraw Hill 2005 | |
| 7. www.spmn.com/products_software.html;www.gantthead.com;www.ittoolkit.com | |
| 8. Information Technology Project Management, Kathy Schwalbe, ISBN: 13: 978-0-619-21528-3 |
Evaluation System
| Requirements | Number | Percentage of Grade |
|---|---|---|
| Attendance/Participation | - | - |
| Laboratory | - | - |
| Application | - | - |
| Field Work | - | - |
| Special Course Internship | - | - |
| Quizzes/Studio Critics | - | - |
| Homework Assignments | 5 | 5 |
| Presentation | - | - |
| Project | 1 | 20 |
| Report | - | - |
| Seminar | - | - |
| Midterms Exams/Midterms Jury | 2 | 40 |
| Final Exam/Final Jury | 1 | 40 |
| Toplam | 9 | 105 |
| Percentage of Semester Work | |
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| Percentage of Final Work | 100 |
| Total | 100 |
Course Category
| Core Courses | X |
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| Major Area Courses | |
| Supportive Courses | |
| Media and Managment Skills Courses | |
| Transferable Skill Courses |
The Relation Between Course Learning Competencies and Program Qualifications
| # | Program Qualifications / Competencies | Level of Contribution | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||
| 1 | An ability to apply advanced knowledge of computing and/or informatics to solve software engineering problems. | X | ||||
| 2 | Develop solutions using different technologies, software architectures and life-cycle approaches. | X | ||||
| 3 | An ability to design, implement and evaluate a software system, component, process or program by using modern techniques and engineering tools required for software engineering practices. | X | ||||
| 4 | An ability to gather/acquire, analyze, interpret data and make decisions to understand software requirements. | X | ||||
| 5 | Skills of effective oral and written communication and critical thinking about a wide range of issues arising in the context of working constructively on software projects. | X | ||||
| 6 | An ability to access information in order to follow recent developments in science and technology and to perform scientific research or implement a project in the software engineering domain. | X | ||||
| 7 | An understanding of professional, legal, ethical and social issues and responsibilities related to Software Engineering. | |||||
| 8 | Skills in project and risk management, awareness about importance of entrepreneurship, innovation and long-term development, and recognition of international standards of excellence for software engineering practices standards and methodologies. | X | ||||
| 9 | An understanding about the impact of Software Engineering solutions in a global, environmental, societal and legal context while making decisions. | |||||
| 10 | Promote the development, adoption and sustained use of standards of excellence for software engineering practices. | X | ||||
ECTS/Workload Table
| Activities | Number | Duration (Hours) | Total Workload |
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| Course Hours (Including Exam Week: 16 x Total Hours) | 16 | 3 | 48 |
| Laboratory | |||
| Application | |||
| Special Course Internship | |||
| Field Work | |||
| Study Hours Out of Class | 16 | 5 | 80 |
| Presentation/Seminar Prepration | |||
| Project | 1 | 10 | 10 |
| Report | |||
| Homework Assignments | 5 | 4 | 20 |
| Quizzes/Studio Critics | |||
| Prepration of Midterm Exams/Midterm Jury | 2 | 20 | 40 |
| Prepration of Final Exams/Final Jury | 1 | 30 | 30 |
| Total Workload | 228 | ||