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- 2. Software Project Management. Software + Project +Management • Software ??: Collection of computer programs and related data • Project??: a planned piece of work that has a specific purpose & it comprises: • Non-routine Tasks • Planning is required • Aiming at a specific target • Work carried out for a customer • Involving several specialism • Made up of several different phases • Constrained by time and resources • Large and/or complex
- 3. Management??: • Planning – deciding what is to be done • Organizing – making arrangements • Staffing – selecting the right people for the job • Directing – giving instructions • Monitoring – checking on progress • Controlling – taking action to remedy hold-ups • Innovating – coming up with solutions when problems emerge
- 4. Constraints on Project Time: deliver the project as per schedule Budget: keeping the cost within the client’s budget Quality: to deliver a quality product
- 5. Software project management • an art and discipline of planning and supervising software projects. • Here software projects are planned, implemented, monitored and controlled. • a procedure of managing, allocating and timing resources to develop computer software that fulfills requirements.
- 6. Problems with Software Projects • Poor estimates and plans • Lack of quality standards and measures • Lack of guidance about making organizational decisions • Lack of techniques to make progress visible • Poor role definition- who does what? • Incorrect success criteria • Inadequate specification of work • Management ignorance of IT • Lack of standards • Lack of up-to date documentation • Late delivery • Deadline pressure • Remote management • Lack of training • Lack of quality control
- 7. Project Manager • A project manager is a character who has the overall responsibility for the planning, design, execution, monitoring, controlling and closure of a project. • A project manager represents an essential role in the achievement of the projects. • A project manager is a character who is responsible for giving decisions, both large and small projects. • The project manager is used to manage the risk and minimize uncertainty. • Every decision the project manager makes must directly profit their project.
- 8. Role of a Project Manager Leader • A project manager must lead his team and should provide them direction to make them understand what is expected from all of them. Mediator • The Project manager is a medium between his clients and his team. He must coordinate and transfer all the appropriate information from the clients to his team and report to the senior management. Mentor • He should be there to guide his team at each step and make sure that the team has an attachment. He provides a recommendation to his team and points them in the right direction
- 9. Responsibilities of a Project Manager • Managing risks and issues. • Create the project team and assigns tasks to several team members. • Activity planning and sequencing. • Monitoring and reporting progress. • Modifies the project plan to deal with the situation.
- 10. References • Software Project management, Walker Royce, Addison Wesley, 1998. • https://www.javatpoint.com/software-project-management