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Software Project Management

INF4825
2026
13 Lessons

Planning, estimating, scheduling and controlling software projects, from Step Wise planning and effort estimation to risk, contracts, people and quality. Follows Hughes & Cotterell, Software Project Management (5th ed., 2009).

Science, Engineering & Technology

About this module

Planning, estimating, scheduling and controlling software projects, from Step Wise planning and effort estimation to risk, contracts, people and quality. Follows Hughes & Cotterell, Software Project Management (5th ed., 2009).

Lessons

13 lessons

  1. 1Introduction to Software Project ManagementWhat projects are, why software is different, and how managers keep control
  2. 2Project Evaluation and Programme ManagementChoosing projects worth doing, and managing groups of them
  3. 3An Overview of Project PlanningStep Wise: planning a project one step at a time
  4. 4Selection of an Appropriate Project ApproachBuild or buy, and which process model to follow
  5. 5Software Effort EstimationHow much work is it, and how sure are we?
  6. 6Activity PlanningFrom a list of activities to a critical path
  7. 7Risk ManagementSeeing trouble coming, and planning for it
  8. 8Resource AllocationMatching the plan to the people and things available
  9. 9Monitoring and ControlChecking reality against the plan, and steering back
  10. 10Managing ContractsBuying software and services, and getting what you paid for
  11. 11Managing People in Software EnvironmentsSelecting, developing, motivating and protecting the people who do the work
  12. 12Working in TeamsHow teams form, decide, coordinate, communicate and are led
  13. 13Software QualityDefining quality, measuring it, and building it into the process