Project management in computer science [ LSINF2282 ]

• Overview of the project management techniques: tasks, project plan, milestones, control points, PERT diagrams, critical paths, etc;
• IT contracts; - Methods for cost estimation and software development scheduling (COCOMO model);
• Resource allocation during development stages; and - Quality management and procedures: CMM and ISO models.

To understand concepts, methodological frameworks, working practices and the tools necessary for a Project Manager to perform efficiently the activities throughout the whole life cycle of a project. Specifically to focus on the managerial, human and economic aspects involved in Information Technology (IT) projects.

• B. Boehm, Software Engineering Economics, Prentice Hall, 1981;
• F. Brooks, The Mythical Man-Month, Addison-Wesley, 1995;
• CMM literature