CSSE372 – Software Project Management

Fall 2012-13

Schedule Overview

Unless otherwise noted, Preparation reading is to be done before the listed class session, Homework exercises are due by 5 p.m. on the day listed, and Final Project Plan Deliverables are due by midnight of the listed day.

Schedule is subject to change, though we will strive to avoid that.

Schedule last updated Mon Nov 5.

Session quick links:  1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41

Week Session Topics Slides Preparation Homework
0

1

Thu Aug 30
  • Introductions
  • Course Introduction
  • Student Survey on Angel
 Introduction
  • Complete CSSE 372 Student Survey on Angel (Lessons/Surveys/CSSE_372_Student_Survey)
0

2

Fri Aug 31
  • Anatomy of a Software Project
 Anatomy of a Software Proj.
  • Preface
  • Ch. 1
1

3

Mon Sep 3
  • Software Project Failures
 Software Failures
1

4

Tue Sep 4
  • Software Project Failures Case Study
 SW Proj. Failure Case Study
  • Due: HW1 - Preliminary Task Schedule by 5:00pm
1

5

Thu Sep 6
  • Hard Choices - The Game of Choice!
 Hard Choices  
1

6

Fri Sep 7
  • Software Project Business Cases
 SWP Business Cases
2

7

Mon Sep 10
  • Anatomy of a SW Project Plan
 Anatomy of a Software Project Plan
  • Ch. 2
  
2

8

Tue Sep 11
  • Software Processes: An Introduction
 SW Proc. Intro.
2

9

Thu Sep 13
  • SimSE Demonstration and Exercise
 SimSE Demo  
2

10

Fri Sep 14
  • Software Process Development
 Developing SW Proc  
3

11

Mon Sep 17
  • Software Estimation Fundamentals
 Estimation Fundamentals
  • Ch. 3
  
3

12

Tue Sep 18
  • Estimating with COCOMO-II
 Est. with COCOMO2
3

13

Thu Sep 20
  • More on Estimation
 More on Est.
3

14

Fri Sep 21
  • Software Risk Analysis
 SW Risk Analysis    
4

15

Mon Sep 24
  • Managing Software Risk
 Managing SW Risk  
4

16

Tue Sep 25
  • Work Breakdown Structures (WBS)
 WBS
  • Ch. 4
4

17

Thu Sep 27
  • Examination 1 Review
 Exam 1 Review    
4

18

Fri Sep 28
  • Examination 1
  
  • Review material through Session 17
  
5

19

Mon Oct 1
  • Software Project Scheduling
  • Review Exam 1 Results
 Software Project Scheduling  
5

20

Tue Oct 2
  • Critical Path Method (CPM)
 Critical Path Method  
5

21

Thu Oct 4
  • Critical Chain Method
 Critical Chain Method
5

22

Fri Oct 5
  • Monitoring and Controlling SW Projects
 Monitor and Control    
6

23

Mon Oct 8
  • Introduction to Earned Value Analysis
 EVA  
6

24

Tue Oct 9
  • Earned Value Analysis Example
 EVA Example  
7

25

Mon Oct 15
  • Managing with Measures
 Mgt. w/Measures
  • Ch. 9
  
7

26

Tue Oct 16
  • Human Side of Project Management
 Human Side of PM
  • Due: HW6 - Earned Value Analysis
7

27

Thu Oct 18
  • Teams and Conflict Management
 Teams and Conflict  
7

28

Fri Oct 19
  • Effective SW Project Communication
 Effective SW Project Communication
  • Ch. 10
  
8

29

Mon Oct 22
  • From Traditional to Agile Project Management
 From Traditional to Agile Project Management    
8

30

Tue Oct 23
  • Agile Project Management
 Agile PM  
8

31

Thu Oct 25
  • Team Project Lab
  • Short Session: Extremely Agile Project Management
 Extremely Agile PM  
8

32

Fri Oct 26
  • Team Project Lab
  • Short Session: Extremely Agile Project Management
 Extremely Agile PM
  • Bring what your team has done so far on Final SPMP
  
9

33

Mon Oct 29
  • Team Project Lab in Period 1 class
      
9

34

Tue Oct 30
  • Team Project Lab
      
9

35

Thu Nov 1
  • Team Project Lab
      
9

36

Fri Nov 2
  • Team Project Lab
    
10

37

Mon Nov 5
  • Program and Portfolio Management
 Prog. and Port. Mgt    
10

38

Tue Nov 6
  • Lab for Final Project Presentation Preparation
    
  • Due by Midnight Tuesday Night, November 6th: HW7 - Review another team's SPMP
  • Due by Midnight Tuesday Night, November 6th: Final Presentation Slides
10

39

Thu Nov 8
  • Day 1: Teams Present Final Project Plan
  

  • Bring Laptops for Course Evaluations
10

40

Fri Nov 9
  • Day 2: Teams Present Final Project Plan
      
11

41

Mon Nov 12
  • Examination 2 (Optional) to be held Monday, November 12th at 1:00pm in O-231
  
  • Review material through Session 37
  • Must alert Instructor that you will be taking this Exam via Angel Survey (in Survey Folder) by 11:55pm Wednesday, November 7th.