Essentials of Software Engineering, 3rd Edition

OBJECTIVES

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CHAPTER

13

Software Project

Management

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Analyze the four phases of project management:

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Planning

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Organizing

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Monitoring

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Adjusting

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Discuss three specific project effort estimating techniques:

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COCOMO

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Function point

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A simple technique for object-oriented environment

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Describe two more techniques of project management:

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Work breakdown structure for task scheduling

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Earned value management for project monitoring

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13.1 The Necessity of Project Management

We have spent several ...