Certificate Program in Management of

Software Development (CPMSD)

Batch 07

IIM Calcutta

Ver 1.0
Contents

• Broad Contours
• Unique Features of Program
• Who Should Attend
• Program Profile
• Alumni Speak
• About IIMC
• Faculty Speak
• Program Architecture
• Certificate
• NIIT Imperia Edge
• Fees
• Detailed Program Contents
BROAD CONTOURS

Program Directors :Prof. Subir Bhattacharya , Prof. Uttam Kumar Sarkar &
Prof. Rahul Roy

Duration : Approx. one year

Eligibility : Graduation in any discipline with 50% marks (Aggregate) and must
be working in IT related area for at least 4 years

Schedule : Monday and Saturday ,6.30 pm – 9.30 pm

Program Fees :
Rs. 1,80,000/- + 12.36% Service Tax = Rs. 2,02,249/-[This does not include campus visit
expenses] Fee payable in installments. Education loan available.
UNIQUE FEATURES

Unique • Only Part Time Management Program in India that has been exclusively designed to equip
Program IT professionals in IT industry and other industries to become managers and leaders

• Designed with a mix of experience sharing, real life case discussions, assignments and
Pedagogy industry/research based projects besides the lectures in class

Leadership • Key focus on Team Management Skills and Personality Development

Development

Campus Visit • 3-Day Campus Visit at the beginning and 4 days at the end of the program

• Graded Certificate of Successful Completion (with accompanying academic grades) from

Certification IIM Calcutta
WHO SHOULD ATTEND?

Designed for current and aspiring Managers with IT

related work experience during the last 4 years.
• Managers in IT industry and IT managers in other
industries
• IT professionals leading or managing software projects
or facilities at any level
• Project Managers or Team Leaders in the software
development process
• Professionals aspiring for managerial and business
development roles in an IT Services organization.
PROGRAM PROFILE
PROGRAM PROFILE *

2%
Experience Educational Qualification
6%
12% 3-7 yrs B.A
4% 16% 5%
7-10 yrs 1% B.E./ B.Tech/ B. Arch
10-14 yrs Others
80%
More than 14 yrs
B.Com
74%
B.Sc

Rich in experience from 3 years to 21 years

Industry Sector
2% IT/ITES
1%
4% 6% 4%
BFSI

Telecom

Services

83% Healthcare/ Pharma

Manufacturing *Total participants- 248

(CPMSD01- CPMSD06)
PROGRAM PROFILE- SAMPLE
DEIGNATIONS*
• Advisory Software Engineer- Pitney
Bowes
• Analyst- Syntel, McKinsey
• Associate Manager- CTS, Capgemini,
FICO
• Consultant- Microsoft, Capgemini,
CTS, Siemens Information
• Director- Solarvin
• Engineer- Fair Issac, PTC
• Manager- Iflex, Ernst & Young, NIIT
Ltd., ITC infotech, 3I Infotech
• Project Engineer- Wipro
• Project lead- Oracle, Damco
Solutions, Annet Tech., Silverbyte,
NIIT, Altruist Tech., UHG, Appollo
Heath, CSC
• Scientist- IIT Delhi
• Senior Analyst- FIL, Dell, Barclays Tech.
center
• Senior Software Engineer- Virtusa,
Varstreet, HSBC, NCR corporation,
Wipro, Taurus Quet, UHG, ABB, New
Gen, Mahindra Satyam, Dupont,
Ingram Micro, Bank of America, Tech
Mahindra, HCL, IBM,
• Software Engineer- Perot Systems,
ADEA, Fair Issac, TCS, Accenture,
papyrus, Infosys, Value Labs, IMI
mobile, Birlasoft, Altair Engg., Teleca,
• Tech Lead- Lumedex, HCL, Capgemini,
HP, Oracle, Sopra Group, Accenture,
Geometric Limited, NIIT, Infosys
*Indicative List
STUDENT SPEAK

“The most outstanding course I have ever taken that is wrapped with a real life
experience. I enjoyed the information, and also the structure of course. This
course included case studies, exercises and unassisted assignments which
reveal the real learning. This course is actually which I would call as advanced
as per market requirements. A Great Learning experience @ IIM Calcutta with
NIIT Imperia”
- Ankit Sidana, Project Lead, Agilent Technologies

“Before joining the program I was not too sure on how effective will be the
learning platform (synchronous learning platform). But after joining, I found it
to be very good. The professors were very responsive to the queries raised
during the classes.”
- Saurabh Mittal (Principal Engineer, Pitney Bowes)
http://www.linkedin.com/pub/saurabh-mittal/7/541/57a
STUDENT SPEAK Cont’d….

“I did not have any formal education in management. I had two motives for
joining this course. First, to acquire managerial skills and second, to get the
name of IIM Calcutta in my profile. I received more than my expectations. I
liked that it gave me exactly what I needed. If I had joined any other general
management course, it would have not given me knowledge specific to
management of software development. I would like to recommend this
program to my colleagues because it changes the perspective of our thinking
towards management of software development.”
- Ashutosh Raghuwanshi (Team Lead, ceTe Software Pvt. Ltd.)
http://www.linkedin.com/in/raghuwanshi
ABOUT IIM CALCUTTA

• IIMC is one of the most reputed business schools in Asia

• IIMC was established by Government of India in 1961
• IIMC Alumni includes prominent entrepreneurs and business
executives like:
• Indra Nooyi (Chairman and CEO of PepsiCo),
• Ajit Balakrishnan (Founder, Chairman & CEO of Rediff.com),
• Srinath Narasimhan (MD and CEO of Tata Teleservices) and
• P M Murty (MD & CEO of Asian Paints).
• Other notable alumni include academicians such as Ramchandra
Guha and Krishna Palepu, and authors like Amish Tripathi.
• One of the Key Players in Synchronous Learning Platform,
running more that 20 programs for working professionals in this
mode in General Management and Allied Areas.
For more information about the institute, please visit www.iimcal.ac.in
PROGRAM DIRECTOR PROFILE
Prof. Rahul Roy (Professor- Management Information System)
•Academic Background
–Ph.D. (Industrial Management) , M. Tech (System Engineering & Management)
and B. Tech. Hons. (Mechanical Engg.), IIT Kharagpur
•Work Experience
–Telco Ltd. - 4 Years
–UNDP Computer Aided Management Centre - 6 Years
–IIM Calcutta – More than 15 years
For more information, visit
http://facultylive.iimcal.ac.in/users/rahul

Prof. Subir Bhattacharya (Professor- Management Information System)

• Academic Background
–Ph. D (Tech) Computer Sc. , M. Tech (Computer Science) and B. Tech
(Radiophysics and Electronics), University of Calcutta
• Work Experience
Indian Institute of Management Calcutta, since 1984
Associate Software Engineer, MMC Digital Systems Division, Jan 1984 - Nov
1984
For more information, visit
http://facultylive.iimcal.ac.in/users/subir
PROGRAM DIRECTOR PROFILE

Prof. Uttam K Sarkar (Professor, Management Information Systems)

• Academic Background
– Ph.D. (Computer Sc.), M. Tech (Computer Sc.) and B. Tech (Computer Sc.),
IIT Kharagpur
• Work Experience
– Visiting Professor, Department of Computer Science, University of Miami,
USA- 4 Years
– IIT Delhi- 1 Year
– IIM Calcutta – More than 15 years
For more information, visit
http://facultylive.iimcal.ac.in/users/uttam
Program Architecture

3 Days Campus Visit at the Start of the Program

12 Modules Coverage on SLT platform

4 Days Campus Visit towards the end of the Program

Certification from IIMC

IIMC MDP Alumni Status

PROGRAM MODULES

1. Software Engineering 7. Managing Risk of

Economics (including Software Projects
Time/Effort Estimation) 8. Management of Self in
2. Software Project Organization
Dynamics 9. Issues and Perspectives
3. Quantitative Techniques in Software Business
for Project 10. Business Process
Management Management
4. Software Quality 11. Emerging Information
Management Technologies
5. Financial Issues in 12. Business
Software Projects Communication
6. Team Management &
Performance
Assessment
ACADEMIC GUIDELINES

• Attendance Criteria
• Minimum 66% Attendance in each module
• Minimum 80% Attendance in the entire program
• Certification Criteria
– For Successful Completion of the program
• Maintain Minimum Attendance Criteria
• Not More than 2 Poor Grades
– For Certificate of Participation
• Maintain Minimum Attendance Criteria
• More than 2 poor grades
SAMPLE CERTIFICATE- FRONT
SAMPLE CERTIFICATE- BACK
CAMPUS VISIT PICTURES

CPMSD05
About NIIT Imperia
NIIT IMEPRIA EDGE

• Technology:
– Inbuilt Redundancies
– Infrastructure to reduce breakdown (Extended C-Band)
• Student Facilities
– Transit: when travelling to other cities
– Transfer: permanent change in location to other city
– Recorded Lecture: when absent in a session
• Students Services
– Students Services Portal
– Learning Management System
– Collaborative Environment
• Availability of Trained professional to address queries between 9 AM to
9 PM, 365 days
• Continuous Communication
– Mails
– Phone Calls
– SMS
• Facility to pay fees in Installments
AWARDS AND ACCOLADES

• Polycom Intelligent Enterprise Award for Synchronous Learning Technology,

2009
• Best Training Institute for Working Professionals , World Education Summit,
15 July 2011.
• ‘Outstanding Blended Course’ for Post Graduate Diploma in International
Business Strategy, World Education Congress, on 29th June 2012.
• Outstanding Student Support Services, Asian Learning Leadership Awards,
25th September 2012
FEE PAYMENT SCHEDULE

• The fee can be paid by cash, cheque or DD drawn in

favor of “NIIT Ltd. Imperia Collection Account”
• The fee can be paid in installments as given below:
Application Initial Registration
I* II* III*
Fee** Amount* Fee *
Installment
Schedule Month May, 2013 Jul, 2013 Sep, 2013

Amount Rs. 1124/- Rs. 11,236/- Rs. 69663/- Rs. 40450/- Rs. 40450/- Rs. 40450/-

**Application Fee is non- refundable * Inclusive of service tax

# Candidate once selected by Institute, the initial amount will be NON- REFUNDABLE.
If candidate is Not selected by Institute, initial amount will be refunded in 30 days from result declaration

*It is suggested that applicants complete the admission/ registration formalities as soon as possible within the
announced timelines as we may be compelled to allot the seats on ‘first come first serve’ basis due to limited
availability of seats.
NIIT IMPERIA-TECHNOLOGY EDGE

 38 classrooms across 23 cities in India

 Direct one-to-one interaction is ensured through
individual ICT systems for each student:
 High-performance PCs
 Webcam
 Audio system and microphone at each
workstation, connected directly to faculty at
institutes
STUDIO VIEW
 Classroom interactions & ambience are facilitated by
clusters of student-stations and camera & projection
systems that span the full classroom.
Learning Management System (LMS):
• program-specific notices
• online submission of assignments
• reminder services
• online testing
• student records
CLASSROOM VIEW

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SYNCHRONOUS LEARNING

REPLICATION OF LIVE CLASSROOM

Full features of face-to-face

teaching

Raised-hand-seeking-teacher's-
attention

Click here to play video

of NIIT Imperia

Tabulation of responses

Quizzes randomly created by the

teacher

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CONFERENCE CALL/ INFORMATION
SESSION

• What is Information Session?

– It is a telephonic conference call arranged for
interested participants, to address their
specific queries regarding the program
• Why should I attend the conference call?
– To evaluate the program rigorously and in
depth before taking a final decision
• Who will host the call?
– NIIT Imperia Product Management &
Academic Team would address the queries
regarding the program
• How can I register for the conference
call?
– Register Online using the following link –
http://bit.ly/cpmsd07concall
HOW TO APPLY

Application period
• Application for the Batch will commence in November 2012 and will close
in February 2013
Application forms
• Application forms can be obtained from www.niitimperia.com or at local
NIIT IMPERIA Centres
• Students could also apply online at www.niitimperia.com

Class would commence on or after March 2013

Application Foreclosure Clause:
Please be aware that seats are limited at every location for this program. Therefore,
1. Applications can be foreclosed anytime (at all or some select locations) with a 7 day
notice posted on the NIIT Imperia website
2. Applicants are advised to apply as early as possible to avoid rejection of their
application form
DOCUMENTS REQUIRED FOR
APPLICATION
• 1 Passport size photo affixed [Latest photo with light
backdrop]
• Proof of Date of Birth [DOB Certificate / 10th Std Mark
sheet]
• Proof of Graduation Completion [Provisional / Degree
Certificate]
• Proof of Graduation % [Graduation Marks sheets for all
years]
• Proof of Experience [Experience Certificates as supporting
documents for all the jobs mentioned in the form]
• Proof of Current Employment [Letter from the HR with
current date / Latest Pay slip]

All Documents should be Self Attested

Detailed Module-Wise Contents
(Based on CPMSD-06 content, Subject to revision)
SOFTWARE ENGINEERING ECONOMICS

Course Objective: In this course, the participants are expected to become

knowledgeable about the various techniques available for estimating software
projects, and how to use them in their own environment.

Session Topic
1 A case study in classic mistakes
2 Factors that influence cost, time and manpower deployment

3-4 Software size estimation models

5 Overview of effort estimation models

6-8 Most used software effort estimation models
SOFTWARE PROJECT DYNAMICS
Course Objective
In this course, participants would study effects of forces (schedule change, attrition
etc.) on the progress of a software project and how they determine the latter’s
success.
In this course, participants learn the dynamics of software project management
through an experiential learning process. Series of exercises lead from a basic
understanding of the general dynamic to detailed experiments about issues such as
recruitment, overtime etc.

Session Wise Plan

• A Perspective on Dynamic Risk Management
• Tools for representing business dynamics – Causal Loop Diagramming
• Tools for representing business dynamics – Stock and Flow Diagramming
• Creating my own Flight Simulator
• Experimentation and learning from a simulation model
• Towards a better future – Policy design for better system performance
QUANTITATIVE TECHNIQUES FOR
PROJECT MANAGEMENT
Course Objective: This module will dwell on graph-theoretic techniques to
model project scheduling problems and will discuss quantitative methods to
solve the underlying scheduling problems. The usability of PERT/CPM, Branch
and Bound and Dynamic Programming concepts will be used.

Session Topic
1 AON & AOA Networks Construction

2 PERT/CPM

3-4 Resource & Time Constrained Project Scheduling

Techniques

4-6 Earned Value Analysis & Critical Chain Concept

SOFTWARE QUALITY MANAGEMENT

Course Objective:
(a) To get acquainted with issues involving Process and Product quality
(b) To get introduced with some of the techniques available for managing quality

Session Topic

1 Process Quality Maturity: CMM, CMMi

2 People Software Process, Team Software Process

3 Case study on quality initiatives

4 Case study on agile methods

5 Product Quality, Software Inspection

6 Software Testing
FINANCIAL ISSUES IN SOFTWARE
PROJECTS
Course Objective:
This course aims to familiarize participants with the applications of various
accounting concepts and principles using Indian corporate examples, mainly from
software industry. The emphasis of this course would be more on analyzing financial
statements through live case studies. The course will also cover techniques to use cost
information for decision making purposes

Session Topic
1
Understanding Corporate Financial Statements:
Balance Sheet
Profit and Loss Statement
2
Understanding Corporate Financial Statements
Cash Flow Statement
3
Analyzing Financial Statements
Financial Ratios
4
Analyzing Financial Statements of Software Industry
5
Financial evaluation of software projects
6
Financial risk management in software industry

"Tentative Course Outline - based on the course outline of the last batch"
TEAM MANAGEMENT &
PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT

Course Objective:
The broad objective of the course is to help participants develop themselves, as
effective Team members and Project Leaders. The specific objectives are:
• Understanding Team Dynamics and how to Improve Team effectiveness: how
teams develop and work, and how people act in team situations
• Examining Issues in Performance Assessment in Teams

Session No. Topic

1 Managing Team Communication and Dynamics
2 Managing Conflicts in Teams
3 Issues in Managing Virtual Teams
4 Understanding Team Dynamics
5 Giving Performance Feedback
6 Issues in Performance Assessment

"Tentative Course Outline - based on the course outline of the last batch"
BUSINESS PROCESS MANAGEMENT

Course Outline
• Business process examples
• Basic terms of Business Processes and Workflows
• Modeling business processes – BPMN and UML
• Business process modeling – different views, their uses and
consistency
• Business process management systems and outsourcing
• Process classification and benchmarking
• Business process reengineering & related topics
MANAGING RISK OF SOFTWARE
PROJECTS
Course Objective
• Developing strategies to analyze the risks in project development and
implementation.
• Learning to quantify risks and create effective risk response strategies to
deliver projects that meet stakeholder expectations.

Session No. Topic

1 Nature of software project risk
2 Risk identification and assessment
3 Risk management strategies
4 A Systemic perspective at Risk Assessment

"Tentative Course Outline - based on the course outline of the last batch"
MANAGEMENT OF SELF IN
ORGANIZATION
Course Objective: The course aims at helping students to develop better
insights and understanding of themselves and their interaction with others
in the Organization. The course is based on the premise that an
understanding of the "Self" will lead to a more effective management of
oneself and one's interpersonal relationships.

Session No. Topic

1. Understanding Self, Personality

2. Perception & Attribution
3. Interpersonal Communication
4. Managing Relationships/
Crosscultural Management
5. Motivation
6. Leadership
ISSUES & PERSPECTIVES ON SOFTWARE
BUSINESS

Session No. Topic

1. The business of software - concepts, opportunities and
challenges
2. Managing high growth - challenges
3. Business model around a platform.
4. SAAS - the new computing paradigm and its business
imperative
5. Indian Software Industry: Evolving capabilities
6. IT Strategy and Governance
7. Intellectual Property Rights regime and its implication for
software business
For any Queries Or Doubts,

Call Us At 18002660304
(Or)
Write to imperia@niit.com

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