CDM SE 477 Software and Systems Project Management
Basic Information
Time: Wednesday  5:45 pm - 9:00 pm
Location: Loop, Lewis 1511
Instructor: Dennis Mumaugh
Office:
 Loop, CDM Room 428
Office Hours:
 Wednesday 4:00 pm - 5:30 pm
Email: dmumaugh@depaul.edu
Phone:
 630-983-1221 except just before class
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Course Notes, Handouts & Examples

Here you will find the schedule for the course including topics, reading assignments, lecture notes and examples, etc. These will change as the course progresses so keep checking this page.

The lecture notes are in PowerPoint format. You can print them in many formats including one with a slide and notes, and one with 6 slides per page. Notes average about 70-90 pages. Students should also print out the assignment sheets and any other information listed here on their end. [Material is usually available by 3 pm of the day of the lecture.] Also bring your text and/or any extensive material to be discussed.

DISCLAIMER: I stress that these are my personal notes and as such are not meant to reflect exactly what was covered in class nor do I claim that they contain no errors. These notes are provided for convenience only.

Readings should be completed PRIOR to class each week.  (The exception is the first week of class, but all 1st and 2nd week readings should be completed by week 2)

Lecture 1: January 4 » Introduction and Overview: Class Administrivia: Roll, Syllabus. Introduction; Roadmap for Software Project Management; Fundamentals; Software Process or What is a project? Project characteristics; Classic Mistakes;
Lecture 2: January 11 » Software project management overview: Project and System Development Life Cycles:  The Project Life-cycle, An Overview of Systems Development Life Cycle Methodologies. 5,000 foot view of PM processes. Software Project Management: Project organization, Putting a process in place, Software process, Phases for software project management; Project management tools
Lecture 3: January 18 »  Initial Phase: Project Management – Initial Phase: Developing the project charter; Statement of work (SOW); Agile Perspective: The Product Overview Document; Stakeholders: Organizational Structures & Influences. Project Planning: The Project Management Plan; Initial documents: Project Charter – Statement of Work (SOW); Project plans
Lecture 4: January 25 » Project Planning  –  Project scope management; Project requirements; Creating the Work Breakdown Structure (WBS); Activity Definition; Activity Sequencing
Lecture 5:  February 1 » Project Planning – Activity: Activity Resource Estimating; Activity Duration Estimating; Estimating size and complexity, Project Planning – Schedule Development: Scheduling: Gantt Chart and PERT and Critical Path Method (CPM); Schedule compression; Resource leveling; Mythical Man Month;  Appendix: PERT Estimation; Critical Path Method (CPM); Forward and backward pass analysis
Midterm Examination (Feb 3 – Feb 7):  using Desire2Learn (https://d2l.depaul.edu/) See important information about Taking Quizzes on-line.
Lecture 6: February 8 » Risk Management: Planning, risk identification, quantification and prioritization;  Risk analysis, response planning, avoidance, mitigation, monitoring
Lecture 7: February 15 » Project Processes: Execution: Focusing on the project management process Monitoring, control and tracking:  Day-to-day tracking and management, Measuring software progress, Cost Schedule Control (aka Earned Value Analysis), Milestones and status reporting; Project closure
Lecture 8: February 22 » Miscellaneous: Quality Control, Planning and Assessment; Change control and project tracking; Stakeholder management;Final stages: Project closeout; Project Recovery;  Project Success
Lecture 9: March 1  » Miscellaneous: Agile Project management;  Project management anti-patterns;
Lecture 10: March 8 » Managing the Project Team: Project and Team Organization; Project Management Context; Project environments: cultural and social, international and political, physical; Managing the Project Team; Shaping project culture
Final: March 10 – March 16 » Final Examination using Desire2Learn (https://d2l.depaul.edu/. See important information about Taking Quizzes on-line.
NOTE: Most of these lecture documents are in Word or PowerPoint. You can get free viewers for these from the Microsoft web site.
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Syllabus & Schedule: required textbooks, course objectives, grading policies, etc.

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