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School of Computing · ANU College of Engineering Computing & Cybernetics
This course aims to provide students with sufficient knowledge of the basic principles of software project management that they may support a project manager to carry out the project administrative functions of a program office, lead and manage an agile project development team, and understand the context in which project management is conducted. Many of the skills gained are of use outside formal project management environments. Key topics: - Leadership, Management, Professionalism, Ethics and Teamwork - Communication - Project Context - Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBoK) - Agile Project Planning - Agile Project Management - Project Scope Management - Quality & Risk Management - Project Control and Governance
Small group assignments incorporating written and oral components
Learning outcomes 1, 4, 5
Workshop participation
Learning outcomes 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
Written examination
Learning outcomes 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
Up to twelve two-hour lectures, twelve one-hour lectures, twelve two-hour workshop sessions, plus 5 hours independent study per week to a total of 130 hours.
None Preliminary Reading - Jeff Patton and Peter Economy. User story mapping: discover the whole story, build the right product. O'Reilly, 2014. - Jim Highsmith. Agile Project Managment. Addison-Wesley, 2010. - Robert K. Wysocki. Effective project management: traditional, agile, extreme. John Wiley & Sons, 2011. - Michele Sliger and Stacia Broderick. The Software Project Manager’s Bridge to Agility. - Cynthia Stackpole Snyder. A User's Manual to the PMBOK Guide 5th Edition, 2013. - Bertrand Meyer. Agile! The Good, the Hype and the Ugly. Springer, 2014. - Erik Larson and Clifford Gray. Project Management: The Managerial Process. 5th Edition, 2011.