SYLLABUS IM 662 MIS: PROJECT DEVELOPMENT & MANAGEMENT FALL TRI-MESTER 2015

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1 SYLLABUS IM 662 MIS: PROJECT DEVELOPMENT & MANAGEMENT FALL TRI-MESTER 2015 COURSE DESCRIPTION: Managers of software projects will acquire the methods, tools, and techniques needed to effectively manage software projects. Software developers will gain an increased understanding of what managers do day-to-day to manage software initiatives. PREREQUISITES: IM 661 (a. k. a. BU 661) or consent of graduate advisor. INSTRUCTOR: Betty N. Nwabuonwu, PMP ; MBA (816) ; betty.nwabuonwu@avila.edu CLASS MEETING: Thursday, 6:00 p.m. 9:20 p.m., starting September 10, 2015 REQUIRED TEXT: Managing and Leading Software Projects, Richard E. Fairley, John Wiley & Sons, 2009, ISBN: Auxiliary Materials (not required) Software Engineering Institute Carnegie Mellon University - Industry Implementation of International Standard ISO/IEC 12207;1995 Standard for Information Technology- Software Life Cycle Processes. PMI, A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge, fifth edition Page 1

2 COURSE OBJECTIVES: Summary: In this course the student will learn how software projects differ from other kinds of projects and they will learn the methods and techniques of project management must be modified and adapted for software projects. Upon successful completion of this course, the student will be expected to: Understand process models for developing software-intensive systems. Understand the four primary activities of software project management: o Planning and estimating o Measuring and controlling o Managing Risk o Leading, motivating, and communicating Understand organizational issues such as: o The corporate culture o Strategic goals o Intellectual assets o Software development processes o Technical infrastructure, methods, tools, and techniques AVILA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF BUSINESS OUTCOMES SUPPORTED BY IM 662:. Outcome Demonstrate the ability to synthesize and integrate all of the functional areas of business and apply this knowledge to leadership positions in the workplace. Demonstrate the ability to communicate professionally in an organizational setting via written, oral and technological means. Assessment Measures Oral review of topics covered in previous week s class Understand the coordination of project management methods and software development methodologies Practice working in a small team (form, storm, norm, perform) Course Project will include organizational strategy, finance (budget), time management, quality, risk management, and other critical business areas that are present in the workplace Weekly written assignment Course Project-Project Plan Practice Oral presentations Course Project presentation Page 2

3 Formulate and solve problems through systematic analysis. Understand the effects of globalization on business operations. Course Project is a problem statement; the students will work in teams to analyze the needs and prepare a plan to solve the problem. Learn how PMI standards for Project Management are global Understand accepted software development methodologies Consider globalization in the creation of a PowerPoint slide presentation COURSE POLICIES: The Avila University policy concerning cheating and plagiarism will be strictly followed in this course. Students will be asked to obtain information from various sources and share their findings to the class and the instructor in their own words and independent development. Direct quotes taken from one of these resources must be annotated with the source attributed to the quote. Class attendance and participation is required. Attendance includes arriving to class by 6:00 and being ready to participate in class activities. Participation includes delivery of information gathered outside of the text, classroom activities, and completed assignments each week. The instructor must be notified of a planned absence before the day of [that] class; this includes (as much as possible) illness. The student will be considerate of the potential health risks to the instructor and fellow classmates when determining absence due to illness. In either event, the student is responsible for contacting the instructor as to how the work will be made up and assignments for the following class. Excessive absences can result in a lowered grade for the course and will be reported to the Academic Office. All assigned work is due by the end of class. Late work will not be accepted without prior discussion with the instructor. A late assignment may result in a lowered score. Campus safety is important. Since each class will dismiss after dark, please see that nobody leaves alone to walk to their vehicle. If you have a disability and require accommodations, please contact the office of Disability Services early in the semester so that your learning needs may be appropriately met. (Contact the Learning Center on the lower floor of Blasco Hall or call for more information.) Also, inform the instructor if there is anything she can do to help ensure that you have a good learning environment in the classroom. COURSE EVALUATION AND GRADING RUBRIC: Class Attendance and Full Participation each week (1-6, 8-11) for attendance and participation in class Page 3

4 Weekly Exercise Questions each week for delivering assignment (Grammar, spelling, and appropriate references will be considered as well as content of the Answer.) Quizzes and Final Exam 400 Quiz One week 4 (100 ) Quiz Two week 9 (100 ) Final Exam week 11 (200 ) Term Paper and Presentation to Class* 300 Term Paper (200 ) Draft One (25 ) Draft Two (25 ) Final Paper (150 ) Presentation document (50 ) Presentation effectiveness (50 ) *Individual scores will be awarded Total 1000 FINAL GRADE RUBRIC: POINTS LETTER GRADE A B C F PROFESSOR BIO AND CONTACT INFORMATION Betty Nwabuonwu, PMP, MBA has over 20 years of Information Technology experience in areas of software development, team management and project management. She is an active member and volunteer for the Kansas City Mid-America Chapter of the Project Management Institute (PMI). She is currently the Director of Knowledge Exchange at KC PMI, a role she has held for over 4 years. She was a volunteer teacher for Junior Achievement of America for 18 years consistently. She has served and still serves on various Boards of Directors. Page 4

5 Betty earned her Bachelors of Science in Business Administration in Computer Information Science at Avila College and an MBA in Finance from Avila University. She became certified by the Project Management Institute (PMI) as Project Management Professional (PMP ) in February *** To contact Betty, please send to betty.nwabuonwu@avila.edu. For matters requiring immediate attention, you may call her mobile at *** Assignment to be turned in on first day of class 20 A. Read chapter 1 of text book B. Answer the question below, no more than 2 pages, typed and double spaced. Question: As the Project Manager assigned to a software development project, you and your team received a well-documented, multi-page Business Requirements Document (BRD) for the project, which received affirmative sign-off from all stakeholders. Care was taken by your team to make sure all specified requirements were accounted for in your finished solution, which was thoroughly tested and satisfied the written requirements. You believed you produced a first-class solution! A week after implementation, you are called to the CIO s office where you were informed that your project was a failure. Explain what possibly went wrong. Page 5

6 COURSE SCHEDULE Fall Trimester 2015 Course Week Assignments Deliverables Session 1 Reading: Class Attendance and Sep. 10 o [Fairley] Chapter 1; Introduction participation 10 o [Fairley] Appendix 1A; Frameworks, Standards, Intro to and Guidelines for Managing Software Projects Exercises due at Session 2 o 1.1a and 1.1b (page 25) 10 Software Project o 1.12 (page 26) 10 Management Session 2 Sep. 17 Process Models Session 19 Sep. 24 The Planning Process Reading o [Fairley] Chapter 2; Process Models for Software Development o [Fairley] Appendix 2A; Frameworks, Standards, and Guidelines for Software Development Process Models o [Fairley] Appendix 2B; Considerations for Selecting an Iterative-Development Model Reading o [Fairley] Chapter 3: Establishing Project Foundation o [Fairley] Appendix 3A; Frameworks, Standards, and Guidelines for Product Foundations Reading o [Fairley] Chapter 4: Plans and Planning o [Fairley] Appendix 4A: Frameworks, Standards, and Guidelines for Project Planning o [Fairley] Appendix 4B: Annotated Outline for Software Project Management Plans, Based on IEEE Standard 1058 Reading o [Fairley] Chapter 5: Project Planning Techniques o [Fairley] Appendix 5A: Frameworks, Standards and Guidelines for Project Planning Techniques Class Attendance and participation 10 Exercise due at Session 3 o 2.12 (page 78) 10 Exercise due at Session 3 o 3.9 (page 114) 10 Class Attendance and participation 10 Exercise due at Session 4 o Question 4.2 (page 155) 10 (be specific) Exercise due at Session 4 o Question 5.1 (page 202) 10 Page 6

7 Course Week Assignments Deliverables Exam 1 (in class): Covers material from Sessions Class attendance and participation Session 4 Oct. 1 Identify Project Deliverables Session 5 Oct. 8 Measuring and Controlling Work Products Session 6 Oct. 15 Measuring and Controlling Work Processes Session 7 Oct. 22 Risk Management Session 8 Oct. 29 Database Systems Reading o [Fairley] Chapter 6; Estimation Techniques o [Fairley] Appendix 6A: Frameworks, Standards, and Guidelines for Estimation Reading o [Fairley] Chapter 7; Measuring and Controlling Work Products o [Fairley] Appendix 7A: Frameworks, Standards, and Guidelines for Measuring and Controlling Work Products o [Fairley] Appendix 7B: Procedures and Forms for Software Inspections Reading o [Fairley] Chapter 8; Measuring and Controlling Work Processes Reading o [Fairley] Chapter 9: Managing Risk o [Fairley] Appendix 9A: Frameworks, Standards, and Guidelines for Risk Management o [Fairley] Appendix 9B: Software Risk Management Glossary Exam 2: Covers material from Sessions Reading o To be provided by Professor Exercises due at Session 5 o Question 6.2 (page 259) 5 o Question 6.7 (page 260) 5 o Question 6.10 (page 260) 5 o Question 6.18 (page 261) 5 Class attendance and participation 10 Exercises due at Session 6 o Question 7.2 (page 316) 10 o Question 7.11 (page 317) 10 Class attendance and participation 10 Exercises due at Session 8 o Question 8.5 (page 359) 10 o Question 8.9 (page 359) 10 Class attendance and participation 10 Exercises due at Session 9 o Exercise 9.5 (page 398) 20 Draft one of course paper due (in class) 25 Class attendance and participation 10 Exercises due at Session 9 o To be provided by Professor Page 7

8 Course Week Assignments Deliverables Session 9 Reading Class attendance and participation o To be provided by Professor 10 Nov. 5 Agile Processes Session 10 Nov. 12 Final Exam Reading o Final Exam- in class [Fairley] Glossary of Terms Exercises due at Session 10 o To be provided by Professor Class attendance and participation 10 Draft two of course paper due (in class) 25 Final Exam: Covers all material covered in the course 200 Session 11 Nov. 19 Course Project Presentations Lessons Learned Project Presentations-in class Class attendance and participation 10 Completed Course Project paper due 150 Course Project class presentation materials due 50 Course Project class presentation due 50 Page 8

9 LEARNING OBJECTIVES BY SESSION SESSION 1 Sept. 10; Introduction to Software Project Management Understand the expectations for the course Understand the directions and expectations for the Course Project Understand why managing and leading software projects is difficult Understand the nature of project constraints Understand a workflow model for software projects Understand the work products of software projects Understand the organization context of software projects Understand organizing a software development team Understand maintain the project vision and product goals Understand the nature of process frameworks, software engineering standards, and process guidelines SESSION 2 Sept. 17; Process Models Understand the elements of the development process framework Understand the distinction among users, customers, and acquirers Understand tailoring of the framework for software-only systems Understand several commonly used process models for software development Understand ways in which the various development process models influence management of software projects Understand process design Understand the nature of requirements engineering Understand how to determine the scope of a project Understand the contract process SESSION 3 Sept. 24; The Planning Process o Understand the planning process for software projects o Learn the project planning process area of CMMI-DEV-v1.2 o Learn an approach to planning Agile projects o Learn how to use a template for software project management plans (SPMPs) o Learn how to tailor the SPMP template o Learn a technique for preparing a SPMP o Understand the scope of planning o Understand rolling-wave planning o Understand scenarios for developing a project plan o Learn how to develop an architecture decomposition view Page 9

10 o Learn how to develop a work breakdown structure o Learn how to develop a project schedule o Learn how to develop resource profiles o Understand Gantt charts (MS Project is not required for this course.) o Learn how to estimate cost SESSION 4 Oct. 1; Identify Project Deliverables Understand the role of estimation in the workflow model for software projects Learn three fundamental principles of estimation Understand size measure and size measurement Learn how to develop a size measure Learn some pragmatic, theory-based, and regression-based estimation techniques Learn how to develop, calibrate, and evaluate the acceptability of regression-based estimation models SESSION 5 Oct. 8; Measuring and Controlling Work Products Understand measures and measurement scales Understand product measures for different kinds of work products Understand the role of configuration management in measurement and control of work products Understand the roles of inspections, walkthroughs, and developer testing Understand complexity measures for software Understand the defect detection and repair process Learn ways to document and analyze defects and defect repairs Understand guidelines for choosing product measures Understand sources of standards and guidelines for measurement and control SESSION 6 Oct. 15 Measuring and Controlling Work Processes Understand how to measure and analyze original effort, evolutionary rework, and avoidable rework Learn how to use work packages to track effort, schedule, and work products Learn how to use binary tracking to avoid the 90% complete syndrome, and to thus accurately determine the status of effort, schedule, and work products, and to estimate effort and schedule to complete a project Learn how to use earned value reporting, based on binary tracking, to provide succinct and accurate reports of effort, schedule, schedule, and work progress Learn how to use earned value techniques to forecast estimated actual cost and estimated completion date of software projects Page 10

11 SESSION 7 Oct. 22; Managing Risk Learn the terminology methods and techniques for managing risk factors in your software projects Understand the role of conventional project management techniques in managing generic risk factors for software projects Understand methods and techniques used to identify, analyze, prioritize, and mitigate projectspecific risk factors Understand the risk response strategies of avoidance, transfer, acceptance, and mitigation (PMBOK ) Understand contingency plans, fallback plans and triggers (PMBOK ) Learn the contents of a risk management plan Understand top-n risk tracking and reporting Understand crisis management for software projects Understand risk management at the organizational level Understand joint risk management with customers and subcontractors SESSION 8 Oct. 29; Data Base Systems Understand the basics of Data Base Design SESSION 9 Nov. 5; Agile Methods Understand the basics of Agile processes SESSION 10 Nov. 12; Final Exam and Course Presentation Prep Demonstrate comprehensive understanding of course materials Develop writing skills; Review criteria for a professional course paper Develop oral presentation skills; Review criteria for a professional presentation SESSION 11 Nov. 19; Course Project Presentations Share learning and application of course principles with students and professor Page 11