| Week | Session | Topics/Slides | Preparation | Project Work Done / Assignments / Exams |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fri, Mar 13, 2015 | Intro to each other and to the course | Look at Syllabus | Do Week 1 of the "project"... |
| First discussion of project management | Bring questions! | |||
| First reading from SPMH, with quiz - See Moodle | ||||
| What do PM's do? | ||||
| Intro to "Agile" vs "Old School" | ||||
| 2 | Fri, Mar 20 | Waterfall and Scrum | See readings and web links on Moodle - with quizzes | Do Week 2 of the "project"... |
| Extreme Programming | Do the Take-home exam 1 - Part 1 on Moodle, Parts 2 & 3 here. | |||
| Microsoft's classic process | ||||
| Exam 1 due Thursday night, Mar 26. | ||||
| 3 | Fri, Mar 27 | By popular demand - Agile and regular software project planning (Course objective 5) | ||
From readings done: Agile planning (APM Ch 7) Old School planning (SPMH Ch 6) |
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Previewing next readings: Old School requirements (SPMH Ch 5) Envisioning Agile requirements (APM Ch 6) |
Do Week 3 of the "project"... | |||
| 4 | Fri, Apr 3 | By popular demand - Agile and regular software project estimation (Course objective 3). We'll also finish talking about requirements. | The four Moodle reading quizzes on these two topics. | Do Week 4 "project" which includes both the usual Questions to ask and also an Experiment! |
From estimation readings done: Agile estimation (the ThoughtWorks pdf on Moodle) Estimation "Old School" (SPMH Sec 6.4) |
The requirements and estimation reading quizzes. In case you have trouble accessing the Thoughtworks article, it's also here. | |||
| 5 | Fri, Apr 10 | By popular demand - Software risk planning and management (Course objective 4), Agile and "Old School", plus detailed planning in Agile and "Old School" | The four Moodle reading quizzes on these two topics. | Do Week 5 "project" which includes both the usual Questions to ask and also a WBS activity! |
| Also, please find a good video on "Scrum meeting" and watch, report back to the class what you learned. A couple I found interesting are here and here. | ||||
| 6 | Fri, Apr 17 | By popular demand - Progress, Program / Portfolio Management (Course objective 8). Agile Program Management, Agile Portfolio Management, and "Old School" both. | Also, let me know if you have a recommended topic for our vision box activity! | Do Week 6 "project". Just a few questions, because of the Exam. |
| 7 | Fri, Apr 24 | Project Management vs Designing (in general, and agile) and Testing (in general and agile). | Exam 2 due Thursday night, Apr 23. Get it here, turn-in on Moodle. | |
| Do Week 7 "project". | ||||
| 8 | Fri, May 1 | Teamwork - Agile, and Regular. Plus a reading on Compensation. | Do Week 8 "project". | |
| 9 | Fri, May 8 | Maintenance and Metrics topics, related to Project Management: | Do Week 9 "project". | |
| Maintenance, Metrics and Measurement, Critical Chain, and Release Management | ||||
| 10 | Fri, May 15 | Ethics and Trends | We'll have Exam 3, due about a week after this last class - See below. | |
| Trendy views of managing design, Ethical decision making, Flat organizations like Google and Valve. | ||||
| Mon, May 25 (Memorial Day!) | Exam 3 due Monday night, May 25 |