Managing And Planning Software Projects

Concepts

A large percentage of IT projects that are initiated will be abandoned before or shortly after delivery, arrive late, or over budget or require massive rework. Whether you are working on major technology installations, post-merger integrations, or new growth strategies, large projects consume tremendous resources over months or even years. Yet study after study has shown they frequently deliver disappointing returns; by some estimates well over 50% of the time. Project Management training has been identified as one of the top concerns for individuals managing projects.

Project management is the discipline of planning, organizing, securing, managing, leading, and controlling resources to achieve specific goals. The temporary nature of projects stands in contrast with business as usual (or operations), activities to produce products or services. In practice, the management of these two different areas is often quite different, and as such requires the development of distinct technical skills and management strategies .The primary challenge of project management is to achieve all of the project goal and objectives while honoring the preconceived constraints] The primary constraints are scope, time, quality and budget The secondary and more ambitious challenge is to optimize the allocation of necessary inputs and integrate them to meet pre-defined objectives.

This course is a fundamental course covering how to plan and manage software projects.

Participants will learn:

• Basic project management concepts such as project and project management definition.
• Project management life cycles.
• Fundamentals for performing and executing project initiation, planning, execution, monitoring and control, and close out of projects.
• Understanding of key challenges associated with software projects.
• Overview of agile project management and its difference with standard project management concepts.

Course Agenda

• Lesson 1: Project Management Concepts
• Lesson 2: The Project Management Process - Project Initiation
• Lesson 3: The Project Management Process - Project Planning
• Lesson 4: The Project Management Process - Execution & Control
• Lesson 5: The Project Management Process - Close-Out
• Lesson 6: Major Challenges in SW