Software Project Management for the Practitioner

Course Introduction:

This course prepares Project Managers (beginners and experienced) in understanding the best practices (“what?”) in Project Management coupled with Software Engineering practices that a Project Manager is expected to know to effectively and successfully manage a project. You are taken through theoretical and practical aspects of the relevant concepts and provided with working samples, useful PM tools and examples that assist your understanding of the subject. With this course you are involved in the various aspects of Software Project Management including best practices, practical concepts,

hands-on experience, software tools, and templates.



Who should attend this course?

Senior Software Engineers, Project Leads, Project Managers, Program Managers, Senior Managers,

Business Analysts, and Technical team members



Prerequisites:

A minimum of three (3) years of experience or involvement with Software Engineering projects.



What do you gain by attending this course?

By participating in the complete program you will have developed sufficient knowledge and skills to be able to independently plan, organize and manage projects of various sizes. You can straight away use the techniques, and artifacts developed / provided in the class.



This course further helps in preparing for:

PMP – Project Management Professional examination Course



Content:

Time Management

Time Management Process

Estimating based on WBS to improve accuracy

A Schedule Baseline (time, scope, quality and resource baseline)

Schedule Management Plan

 How will I effectively manage and control project baseline (Schedule Baseline)

 Manage Schedule Variances

 Identification of performance measures to, identify variances early

 Planning for how schedule variances will be managed

 Identification of schedule change control procedures

WBS Is decomposed

Activity Definition

 Activity list

 Activity attributes

Activity Sequencing

 Network Diagram

 Methods to draw Network Diagrams

PDM – Precedence Diagramming Method

AON – Activity-on-Node

GERT

Types of Dependencies

What is Milestones

Leads and Lags

Rolling wave planning

Activity Resource Estimating

Activity Duration Estimating

 Analogous Estimating

 Parametric Estimating

 Heuristics (80/20 rule)

 Three-Point Estimates

 Reserve Analysis

Schedule Development

Schedule Network Analysis

 PERT

 Critical path method

Critical Path

Near-Critical Path

Float (Slack)

Schedule compression

What-if scenario analysis

Monte Carlo Analysis Resource leveling

Critical chain method

Milestone Charts

Schedule Compression

 Fast tracking

 Crashing

Schedule Control

Progress Reporting

 50/50 Rule

 20/80 Rule

 0/100 Rule

Variance analysis

Resource breakdown structure

One time estimate

Padding

Requirement Changes



Duration: 1 day

Timings: 9:30 am – 6:00 pm

Date: 7th August.

Venue: Hometel Hotel, Ameerpet.

Fees: Rs 5000/- Inclusive Lunch, Tea & Snacks.



Early group registration will be discounted.



Contact person:

Mr.Ajith Kumar,

Horizon consultants,

Hyderabad,

Phone:65766999 / 7893147547

Email : info@horizoni.in