School of
SEG 4105: Software Project Management, Fall 2012
General Notes
- Academic Fraud: please carefully note and understand regulations regarding academic fraud, as covered in the Faculty Regulations document (starts on page 22). There will be zero tolerance for fraud and plagiarism.
- Attendance: Attendance of lectures, discussion groups, and labs is mandatory. As per academic regulations, students who do not attend 80% of the classes will not be allowed to write the final examinations.
- Deliverables: All components of the course (i.e laboratory reports, assignments, etc.) must be fulfilled otherwise students may receive an INC as a final mark (equivalent to an F). This is also valid for a student who is taking the course for the second time.
Virtual Campus:
All lectures, labs, assignment and project are posted on virtual campus (https://maestro.uottawa.ca/indexEN.asp ).
Office Hours: Wednesdays
10:00 – 11:00,
TA Office Hours:
Parisa Pouladzadeh [pr_pouladzadeh@yahoo.com], email for appointment
Lectures, DGD and Lab hours: See http://www.timetable.uottawa.ca/
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Lecture |
Monday 10:00 - 11:30 |
TBT 323 |
Every Week |
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Lecture |
Wednesday 08:30 - 10:00 |
TBT 323 |
Every Week |
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Tutorial |
Monday 17:30 - 19:00 |
Vanier 2075 |
Every Week starting September 17 |
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Laboratory |
Friday 10:00 - 11:30 |
SITE 0130 |
Only as needed. See schedule below |
Advanced project planning, cost estimation and scheduling.
Project management tools. Factors influencing productivity and success.
Productivity metrics. Analysis of options and risk. Planning for change.
Management of expectations. Release and configuration management. Software
process standards. Software contracts and intellectual property. Approaches to
maintenance and long-term software development. Reengineering and reverse
engineering. Case studies of real industrial projects. Prerequisite: SEG3100 or
SEG3300.
REQUIRED TEXT
Futrell, Shafer, and Shafer, Quality Software Project Management, Prentice Hall, ISBN: 0-13-091297-2, 2002.
EVALUATION
Assignments: There will be 2 assignments, due by email to the TA. Late
assignments will receive a mark of zero. Solutions will be presented by the
TA in the DGD session following each assignment's due date. Each student must
do his/her own assignment. Please settle any dispute on the assignment grades
with the TA first.
Project:
Students will be asked to form groups of four (4) people. Each group is required
to do a demonstration of their project to the TA and submit a project report.
Detailed information about the project will be presented by the TA in late
September.
Lab: Each project
group will also do two labs. Lab details will be announced later.
Midterm: will be closed book and based on material covered in the
course. The midterm will be given on Monday
Final Exam: will be closed book and based on everything
covered during the course.
MARKING SCHEME
SCHEDULE and DUE DATES
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Week
of |
Deliverables |
Lectures (Mon / Wed) |
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September 3 |
/ Introduction |
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September 10 |
Lecture 1/2 |
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September 17 |
Team formation due |
Lecture 3/4 |
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September 24 |
Assignment 1 given |
Lecture 5/6 |
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October 1 |
* Project Charter due |
Lecture 7/8 |
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October 8 |
Lab 1 due |
Thanksgiving / Lecture 9 + Midterm review |
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October 15 |
Midterm / Industry Guest Lecture |
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October 22 |
Study week |
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October 29 |
* Lab 2 given |
Lecture 10/11 |
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November 5 |
* Lab 2 due |
Lecture 12/13 |
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November 12 |
Lecture 14/15 |
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November 19 |
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Lecture 16/17 |
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November 26 |
Project Presentation/Customer Demo |
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December 3 |
* |
Lecture 18 + exam review |