Review for the Final Exam CSCI Software Project Management

Key Topics covered on midterm exam Life Cycles  strengths, weaknesses, appropriateness, etc Perceived Value ≠ Value  value may not be related to quality  the user determines the value and perceived quality Software Projects are Cultural Events  management ≠ leadership  productivity is heavily related to happiness  match tasks and work style to personality type  P-CMM

Key Topics covered on midterm exam Goal Statement  purpose, properties of good ones, … Statement of Work  purpose and contents Software Project Management Plan  purpose and contents Work Breakdown Structure  purpose, format, contents

Key Topics covered on midterm exam Estimation  what factors influence accuracy  LOC v. function points  Analogy / Decomposition / Empirical  COCOMO Scheduling  dependencies, PERT, Gantt, resource leveling, what scheduling tools can do for you

Key Topics covered on midterm exam Requirements  types of requirements  requirements gathering  SRS

Key Topics Risk Analysis  review the lists of common risks review those top 10 lists  "risk exposure" and "risk reduction leverage"  actions: avoidance risk reduction limit impact etc

Key Topics Metrics  product, process, project  code metrics length, complexity, efficiency, etc  quality factors Functionality, Reliability, Usability, Maintainability, Portability  design metrics cohesion, coupling, fan in, fan out, …  project metrics test coverage, defect removal time, …

Key Topics Testing  V&V  laws of testing  testing stages: unit, integration, validation, system  white box / black box  regression testing  test coverage  integration testing, system testing, usability testing

Key Topics Software Quality Assurance  define "quality"  formal technical reviews purpose, format, …  work instructions  statistical SQA  fundamental ideas behind ISO 9000 and CMM Configuration Management  baselines  necessary features of a CM repository tool

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