School of Information Technology and Engineering (SITE)

SEG 4105: Software Project Management, Fall 2011

1. Academic Fraud: please carefully note and understand regulations regarding academic fraud, as covered in the Faculty Regulations document (starts on page 22). There will be zero tolerance for fraud and plagiarism.
2. Attendance: Attendance of lectures, discussion groups, and labs is mandatory. As per academic regulations, students who do not attend 80% of the classes will not be allowed to write the final examinations.
3. Deliverables: All components of the course (i.e laboratory reports, assignments, etc.) must be fulfilled otherwise students may receive an INC as a final mark (equivalent to an F). This is also valid for a student who is taking the course for the second time.

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COURSE DESCRIPTION

Advanced project planning, cost estimation and scheduling. Project management tools. Factors influencing productivity and success. Productivity metrics. Analysis of options and risk. Planning for change. Management of expectations. Release and configuration management. Software process standards. Software contracts and intellectual property. Approaches to maintenance and long-term software development. Reengineering and reverse engineering. Case studies of real industrial projects. Prerequisite: SEG3100 or SEG3300.

REQUIRED TEXT

Futrell, Shafer, and Shafer, Quality Software Project Management, Prentice Hall, ISBN: 0-13-091297-2, 2002.

EVALUATION

Assignments: There will be 2 assignments, due by email to the TA. Late assignments will receive a mark of zero. Solutions will be presented by the TA in the DGD session following each assignment's due date. Each student must do his/her own assignment. Please settle any dispute on the assignment grades with the TA first.

Project: Students will be asked to form groups of four (4) people. Each group is required to do a demonstration of their project to the TA and submit a project report. Detailed information about the project will be presented by the TA in late September. 

Lab: Each project group will also do two labs. Lab details will be announced later.

Midterm: will be closed book and based on material covered in the course. The midterm will be given on Monday October 17 2011 in the class.

Final Exam: will be closed book and based on everything covered during the course.

MARKING SCHEME

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