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Project And Quality Management (CSC 5364)

Term: 2010-2011 Spring Semester

Faculty

Kevin Scott SMITH
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Description

Covers basics of project management and quality management in software projects. Activity planning, cost and time estimation, relating quality/ complexity/ productivity, techniques or estimating and measuring: time, cost, risk, profitability. Technical, financial and economic factors to be considered (based on Merise method). Project control: objectives, risks, principles, responsibility, relations, (based on Merise methods). Human aspects: interpersonal relations, management style, organization of project teams, motivation, links with clients, etc. Formal definition of a quality measure. Importance of quality measurement throughout the program development cycle. Internal and external quality metrics. Specialized measurement techniques and related tools. Identification of quality factors: specifications, processes, products, resources, program support. Quality planning, objectives and resources.Tools for managing the planning of nquality, obtaining measurements and interpreting data