First Course Handout

IME 671 – Software Project

Management
Session 2022-23-II

Instructor
Prof. Subhas Chandra Misra
PhD (Carleton University, Canada), PDF (Harvard University, USA)
FIET (U.K.), C.ENG (India), FIEI (India), FIETE (India), FRSPH (U.K.), FRSA (U.K.), FBCS
(U.K.)
Department of Industrial and Management Engineering, IIT Kanpur
Tel.: (0512)-679-7430 Email: subhasm@iitk.ac.in
Website: http://home.iitk.ac.in/~subhasm/

Objectives
This course will cover the techniques for managing software projects.

Prerequisites
Instructor expectations in terms of prior knowledge and skills

Course Contents
Software Process; Software Configuration Management, CMM Levels, Software Project planning and
Costing; Requirements Engineering; Software Project Design; Testing; Software Metrics; Quality,
Software Project Management; Human Factor.

Special Emphasis
The course is intended to give the students both knowledge about, and practical experience
in, the design and development of production quality software. The techniques taught in the
class will be applied to a substantial team project.

Lecture Schedule & Venue

Time: Tue 12:00– 13:15 (C1), Thurs, 12:00– 13:15 (C1)

Office Hours
(or, recommended mode of contact beyond formal contact hours)
Contact through email.

Evaluation Components & Policies

Exam: Final Exam (50%)
Assignments: (30%) Assignments will be given regularly
Term Paper: (20%) A case study will be given to group of students to implement what is
being taught in the course.

Books & References

1. Hughes, Bob, Mike Cotterell, and Rajib Mall Software Project Management – Fifth
Edition, Tata McGraw Hill, New Delhi, 2012.
2. Nicholas, John M., and Herman Steyn. Project management for engineering, business
and technology. Routledge, 2020.
3. Bennett, J. Michael, and Danny Siu Kau Ho. Project Management for Engineers.
World Scientific Publishing Company, 2014.
4. Gray, Clifford F., Erik W. Larson, and Gautam V. Desai. "Project management: The
managerial process." (2006).