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INF3708Study Notes: Summary
Software Development Project Management
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, Contents
Chapter 1 - Intro to Software Project Management .............................................. 5
Introduction......................................................................................................................................5
Why is Software Project Management Important? ....................................................... 5
What is a project? .................................................................................................................... 5
Software Projects versus other Types of Projects ............................................................. 5
Contract Management and technical Project Management ............................................. 6
Activates covered by software project management ....................................................... 6
Plans, Methods and Methodologies ....................................................................................... 7
Some ways of categorizing software projects .................................................................... 7
Compulsory versus Voluntary Users ..................................................................................................... 7
Informed Systems versus Embedded Systems ..................................................................................... 7
Objectives versus Products ................................................................................................................... 7
Stakeholders .............................................................................................................................. 7
Setting Objectives .................................................................................................................... 8
Sub-Objective Goals .............................................................................................................................. 8
Measure of Effectiveness ...................................................................................................................... 8
The business Case............................................................................................................... 9
Project Success and Failure ................................................................................................... 9
What is Management? ........................................................................................................ 9
Management Control................................................................................................................ 9
Chapter 2 - Project Evaluation and Programme Management
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11
A Business Case ................................................................................................................. 11
Project Portfolio Management ................................................................................................... 11
Some problems with Project Portfolio Management ........................................................................ 12
Evaluation of Individual Projects ........................................................................................ 12
Technical assessment......................................................................................................................... 12
Cost-Benefit analysis .......................................................................................................................... 12
Cash Flow Forecasting........................................................................................................................ 12
Cost-Benefit Evaluation Techniques ................................................................................... 13
Risk Evaluation ........................................................................................................................ 14
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