Software Engineering Management Course
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Course Description:
Once a software product is delivered, it must evolve – or change – over time. When in actual operations, defects are discovered, operating environments change, and new user requirements emerge. While the Maintenance phase of the life cycle generally begins following a post-implementation period, actual maintenance activates may occur earlier. As such, we can define maintenance as the totality of activities required to provide cost-effective support to software. Given this, maintenance can be performed during the pre-delivery phase as well as later. This course begins with an examination of the fundamentals, including terminology; the nature and need for maintenance; maintenance costs and software evolution. From there, Maintenance proceeds through key issues; the maintenance process; techniques for maintenance and software maintenance tools – all within the context of real-world maintenance challenges.

Format: Asynchronous
Nominal duration: Self-paced Learning – Approximate Time: 6 hours
Professional Development Hours (PDH) : 6
Continuing Education Credits (CEU) : 0.6

Learning Objectives: Learning objectives for the Software Engineering Management Course.
1. Execute a complete requirements negotiation process.
2. Perform a comprehensive feasibility analysis.
3. Lead a software project planning process, to include determining deliverables; effort, schedule and cost estimation; resource allocation; risk management; quality and plan management.
4. Apply the principles and processes of software engineering project enactment.
5. Perform software project reviews and evaluations according to best practices.
6. Illustrate by example software project closure activities.
7. Employ software engineering measurement processes.
8. Utilize software engineering management tools.

Course Modules:
1. Initiation and Scope Definition
1.1. Determination and Negotiation of Requirements
1.2. Feasibility Analysis
1.3. Process for the Review and Revision of Requirements
2. Software Project Planning
2.1. Process Planning
2.2. Determine Deliverables
2.3. Effort, Schedule, and Cost Estimation
2.4. Resource Allocation
2.5. Risk Management
2.6. Quality Management
2.7. Plan management
3. Software Project Enactment
3.1. Implementation of Plans
3.2. Software Acquisition and Supplier Contract Management
3.3. Implementation of Measurement Process
3.4. Monitor Process
3.5. Control Process
3.6. Reporting
4. Review and Evaluation
4.1. Determining Satisfaction of Requirements
4.2. Reviewing and Evaluating Performance
5. Closure
5.1. Determining Closure
5.2. Closure Activities
6. Software Engineering Measurement
6.1. Establish and Sustain Measurement Commitment
6.2. Plan the Measurement Process
6.3. Perform the Measurement Process
6.4. Evaluate Measurement
7. Software Engineering Management Tools
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Course $125
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Course $150

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