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CS5568: SOFTWARE PROJECT PLANNING AND CONTROL (DISTANCE LEARNING) (2015-2016)

Last modified: 25 Mar 2016 11:37


Course Overview

The course covers methods and techniques currently adopted in the software sector to devise and analyse software project plans and to control them. Industry standard software tools will be explored throughout the course. This deepens the comparative study of traditional and agile approaches to issues in software development in order to better understand which approaches work better in which situations.



Course Details

Study Type Postgraduate Level 5
Term Second Term Credit Points 15 credits (7.5 ECTS credits)
Campus None. Sustained Study No
Co-ordinators
  • Dr Bruce Scharlau

Qualification Prerequisites

None.

What courses & programmes must have been taken before this course?

  • Computing Science (CS) (Studied)
  • Any Postgraduate Programme (Studied)

What other courses must be taken with this course?

None.

What courses cannot be taken with this course?

None.

Are there a limited number of places available?

No

Course Description

The course covers methods and techniques currently adopted in the software sector to devise and analyse software project plans and to control their. Industry standard software tools will be extensively used throughout the course. Software project planning: staffing and task allocation; organisational process; cost & effort estimates and schedule; software project metrics; risk analysis; software project planning tools. Software project control: information gathering and progress analysis; cost & resource monitoring; earned value analysis; performance, process and product quality assessment; change management and rescheduling. Software project planning and control standards: UK, EU, and US software project documentation standards; the PRINCE2 method.

Contact Teaching Time

Information on contact teaching time is available from the course guide.

Teaching Breakdown

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Details, including assessments, may be subject to change until 30 August 2024 for 1st term courses and 20 December 2024 for 2nd term courses.

Summative Assessments

Continuous assessment (100%).

Formative Assessment

There are no assessments for this course.

Feedback

None.

Course Learning Outcomes

None.
 

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