Managing Software Project with Metrics

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Introduction
This three-day course demonstrates software project managers and practitioners the use of measurement as the foundation for making informed project decisions. Participants learn to use measurement and metrics to plan, manage, and control software projects.

The course focuses on the use of measures to monitor performance and support decisions. It also covers the progressive use of measures in product and process improvement. In addition to data-driven planning and tracking, participants learn how to establish quantitative objectives for performance and quality and align them with their business objectives.


Contents
  • Introduction
    • Benefits of measurement
    • Roles and responsibilities of project and senior management
    • Management issues

  • Metrics and indicators
    • Common issues
    • Use of indicators
    • Use of multiple indicators

  • Measurements Systems
    • Goad driven measurement
    • Information driven measurement
    • Using metrics in project planning

  • Measurement tools for monitoring project
    • Use of Project Dashboard
    • Earned Value management

  • Performance analysis
    • Various indicators
    • Analyzing Earned Value
    • Key measures in software development

  • Making informed decisions based on metrics
    • Precise definition of measures
    • Collecting and analyzing key measures

  • Project budgeting and estimations based on measurements frameworks
    • Approach towards estimations
    • Estimating size, efforts, schedule and quality
    • Estimation models

  • Process Metrics
    • Which process metric to consider
    • Statistical process control

  • Reporting data and trends
  • Implementing project measures
    • Related costs
    • Data collection, analysis, storage and reporting
    • Continual process improvement
    • Developing measurement oriented culture in your organization

  • Measurement and CMMI
    • Brief introduction to CMMI
    • Related process areas of CMMI

  • Exercises
  • A comprehensive case study

Benefits
This course will help participants to:
  • Learn and recognize key areas of concern and uses of measurement for project management
  • Identify and define indicators based upon what a project manager would want to know
  • Use measurement to monitor project execution, diagnosing problems, support decision making, improving project communication and influence behaviors
  • Understand where measurement is used from the perspective of models such as CMMI.


    Recommended Participants
    This course is designed for:
  • Project managers
  • Individuals supporting management of software systems development and/or maintenance
  • Software process engineers


    Materials Provided
  • Course reference manual containing copy of course slides, support documents, exercises and their solutions
  • Course Certificate


    Duration and Timings
    Three days, 9:30 AM to 5:30 PM


    Course Fee
    Rs.  22,000 per participant


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