"Software project monitoring and controlling" aimes to view software development projects at a level above the traditional project management and still below the very comprehensive IT controlling authority.
Today system implementation and system-building of software is a complex task done in mid-sized and large operational organizations, thus a classification, benchmarking and an evaluation of this portfolio is important and required. This course will explain different benchmarking possibilites and train the students in a company wide controlling and prozess improvement.
The course "Software Project Monitoring and Controlling" deals with the strategic quality-producing supervision of software- and IT-projects:
- Transparency: Make time, costs and quality of software manufacturing visible
- Supervision: The supervision and escalation mechanism
- Strategy: Analysis and correction of problems occurring during the software productions; SE theory vs. SE practice
- Comparability: Controlling and comparing all software projects within an enterprise over a period of time
Typical planning and methodological weaknesses in practice should be identified by analyzing real projects and systems. Possible solutions are designed and discussed within the group.
Didactic Approach: The course is offered as a weekly lecture with additional guest lectures. The exercise, which is done in a team, includes the following topics:
- Software project status evaluation using the Earned Value Method
- Monitoring and evaluation of a company based on its projects
- Development of a concept for multi-project-controlling in software company
- Controlling Case Study, analysis and management consulting (for a real software producing company)
Effort for the student (ECTS-Breakdown):
Lecture (45 h):
- Preliminary Talk: 1 h
- Lectures: 15 h
- Self studies and further investigations: 29 h
Practical work (105 h):
- Analysis and evaluation: 50 h
- Concept: 20 h
- Design: 20 h
- Preparation of presentation: 5 h
- Presentations: 2 h
- Meetings: 8 h
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Total: 150 hours (6 ECTS)
Grechenig, T., Bernhart, M., Breiteneder, R., Kappel, K. (2009): Softwaretechnik - Mit Fallbeispielen aus realen Projekten. Verlag Pearson Studium, München, Germany
