Importance of Software Project Management - Activities,Methodologies - Categorization of Software Projects - Setting objectives,Management Principles - Management Control - Project Portfolio Management - Cost benefit evaluation technology - Risk evaluation,Strategic program Management - Stepwise Project Planning

Software Process and Process Models - Choice of Process Models, Rapid Application development - Agile methods - Dynamic System Development Method - Extreme Programming - Managing interactive processes, Basic of Software estimation - Effort and cost estimation techniques - COSMIC Full function points - COCOMO II, a Parametric Productivity Model

Objectives of Activity planning - Project schedules, Activities, Sequencing and scheduling - Network Planning models, Formulating Network Model - Forward Pass & Backward Pass techniques - Critical path (CRM) method, Risk identification - Assessment, Risk Planning - Risk Management, PERT technique - Monte Carlo simulation,Resource Allocation - Creation of critical paths, Cost schedules

Framework for Management and control - Collection of data, Visualizing progress - Cost monitoring - Earned Value Analysis - Prioritizing Monitoring - Project tracking, Change control - Software Configuration Management - Managing contracts - Contract Management

Managing people, Organizational behavior - Best methods of staff selection - Motivation - The Oldham, Hackman job characteristic model - Stress, Health and Safety, Ethical and Professional concerns, Working in teams - Decision making, Organizational structures - Dispersed and Virtual teams Communications genres - Communication plans - Leadership