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    Software Project Management

    Lecture 1

    Aamir Anwar
    Lecturer Computer Science
    SZABIST, Islamabad
    Books and Helping Materials
    Text Book:
    Software Project Management, Bob Hughes and Mike Cotterell,
    McGraw-Hill Education; 5th Edition (2009).

    Reference Books:
     A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge, 5th Edition

    (PMBOK Guides).
     Mastering Software Project Management: Best Practices, Tools and

    Techniques, Murali K. Chemuturi and Thomas M. Cagley Jr., J.


    Ross Publishing, 2010.
     Effective Project Management: Traditional, Agile, Extreme, Robert

    K. Wysocki, Wiley; 6th Edition, 2011.


     A Compact Guide to Lex&Yacc, Thomas Niemann

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    Course Outline
    1. Introduction to Software Project 8. Software Effort Estimation,
    Management, Project Activity Planning
    Management concepts, Project 9. Risk Management, Evaluating
    Management Tools the Risks to the Schedule,
    2. PMI‘s Knowledge areas, PMI Risk Control
    Framework 10. Configuration Management
    3. PMI Process Groups and Maintenance,
    4. Understanding Organizational Environment for Configuration
    influence on Project Control.
    Management 11. Resource Allocation
    5. Project Planning 12. Monitoring & Control
    13. Review and Evaluation
    6. Project Evaluation 14. Challenges of Outsourcing in
    7. Selection of an appropriate Project Management
    approach in Project

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    What Is a Project?

     A Project is “a temporary endeavor undertaken to


    create a unique product, service, or result”
    (PMBOK® Guide, Fifth Edition, 2012)
     Operations is work done to sustain the business
     Projects end when their objectives have been reached
    or the project has been terminated
     Projects can be large or small and take a short or long
    time to complete

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    Examples of IT Projects
     A team of students creates a smartphone application and
    sells it online
     A company develops a driverless car
     A small software development team adds a new feature
    to an internal software application for the finance
    department
     A college upgrades its technology infrastructure to
    provide wireless Internet access across the whole
    campus

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    What is a project?
    Question: Which of these are projects?

    1. A project team is responsible for replacing PCs over 4 years old


    with the latest hardware and software. When these become 4
    years old, they too will also be replaced

    2. A team is working to produce analysis and design documentation


    to SSADM (Structured systems analysis and design method
    standards for an application that is required desperately.

    3. You are asked to examine the processes of a warehouse, and


    implement a more streamlined approach that is cheaper to run
    and provides a better service

    4. You are expected to improve programming standards this year

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    Project Management Skills
     Leadership
     Communications
     Problem Solving
     Negotiating
     Influencing the Organization
     Mentoring
     Process and technical expertise

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    Project Manager Positions
     Project Administrator / Coordinator
     Assistant Project Manager
     Project Manager / Program Manager
     Executive Program Manager
     V.P. Program Development

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    Software Project Management

    Management

    Project
    Management

    Software
    Project
    Management

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    Advantages of Using Formal
    Project Management
     Better control of financial, physical, and human
    resources.
     Improved customer relations.
     Shorter development times.
     Lower costs.
     Higher quality and increased reliability.
     Higher profit margins.
     Improved productivity.
     Better internal coordination.
     Higher worker morale (less stress).

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    Project vs. Program Management

     What’s a ‘program’?
     Mostly differences of scale
     Often a number of related projects
     Longer than projects
     Definitions vary
     Ex: Program Manager for MS Word

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    Project Attributes
     A project
    ◦ has a unique purpose
    ◦ is temporary
    ◦ is developed using progressive elaboration
    ◦ requires resources, often from various areas
    ◦ should have a primary customer or sponsor

    • The Project Sponsor usually provides the direction


    and funding for the project

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    Figure 1-1 The Triple Constraint of
    Project Management

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    What is Project Management?
     Project Management is “the application of knowledge,
    skills, tools and techniques to project activities to meet
    project requirements” (PMBOK® Guide, Fourth Edition,
    2012)

     Project managers strive to meet the triple constraint


    (project scope, time, and cost goals) and also facilitate
    the entire process to meet the needs and expectations
    of project stakeholders

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    Figure 1-2 Project Management
    Framework

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    Project Stakeholders
     Stakeholders are the people involved in or affected by
    project activities
     Stakeholders include
    ◦ the project sponsor
    ◦ the project manager
    ◦ the project team
    ◦ support staff
    ◦ customers
    ◦ users
    ◦ suppliers
    ◦ opponents to the project

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    10 Project Management Knowledge
    Areas
     Knowledge Areas: describe the key competencies that
    project managers must develop

     Project managers must have knowledge and skills in all 10


    knowledge areas (project integration, scope, time, cost,
    quality, human resource, communications, risk,
    procurement, and stakeholder management)

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    Program and Project Portfolio
    Management
     A program is “a group of related projects managed in a
    coordinated way to obtain benefits and control not
    available from managing them individually” (PMBOK®
    Guide, Fifth Edition, 2012)
     A program manager provides leadership and direction
    for the project managers heading the projects within the
    program
     Examples of common programs in the IT field include
    infrastructure, applications development, and user
    support

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    Project Portfolio Management
     As part of project portfolio management, organizations
    group and manage projects and programs as a portfolio
    of investments that contribute to the entire enterprise’s
    success

     Portfolio managers help their organizations make wise


    investment decisions by helping to select and analyze
    projects from a strategic perspective

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    The Role of the Project Manager
     Job descriptions vary, but most include responsibilities
    like planning, scheduling, coordinating, and working with
    people to achieve project goals
     Remember that 97% of successful projects were led by
    experienced project managers, who can often help
    influence success factors

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    PM Tools: Software
     Low-end
    ◦ Basic features, tasks management, charting
    ◦ MS Excel, Milestones Simplicity
     Mid-market
    ◦ Handle larger projects, multiple projects, analysis tools
    ◦ MS Project (approx. 50% of market)
     High-end
    ◦ Very large projects, specialized needs, enterprise
    ◦ AMS Realtime (Demo: http://www.amsrealtime.com/products/demos/70%20New%20Demo%20with%20audio.htm )
    ◦ Primavera Project Manager
    ◦ Various PM Software
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_project_management_software

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    Program (or Project) Evaluation and Review Technique

    • PERT chart for a project with five milestones (10 through 50) and six activities (A
    through F). The project has two critical paths: activities B and C, or A, D, and F –
    giving a minimum project time of 7 months with fast tracking. Activity E is sub-
    critical, and has a float of 1 month

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    Tools: Network Diagram

    network diagram for the “Build Shed” project

    • The above network diagram shows the relationships


    (arrows) between the main activities (rectangles) that
    are required to build a shed.

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