Project Management Laboratory

Code:

EIC0038

Acronym:

LGPR

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
OFICIAL	Software Engineering

Instance: 2008/2009 - 2S

Active?	Yes
Web Page:	http://doc-it.fe.up.pt/aaguiar/space/Teaching/2008-09/MIEIC-LGPR-2008-09
Responsible unit:	Department of Informatics Engineering
Course/CS Responsible:	Master in Informatics and Computing Engineering

Cycles of Study/Courses

Acronym	No. of Students	Study Plan	Curricular Years	Credits UCN	Credits ECTS	Contact hours	Total Time
MIEIC	112	Syllabus since 2006/2007	4	-	8	-

Teaching language

Portuguese

Objectives

To develop in the student the capacity to manage software projects and do team work, making them able to solve the diversity of problems which usually appear in projects like this and stimulating their decision capacity.

Program

1. POJECT MANAGEMENT
1.1 Project phases: project’ run; project planning (hierarchical decomposition, dependence definition, effort estimate, allocation of resources, schedule, diagrams, plan document); project monitoring and control (progress measurement, replanning); end of the project.
1.2 Knowledge areas: integration management, ambit management, time management, cost management quality management, human resources management, communication management, risk management and provisioning management.

2. TEAM WORK: assignment group, team, organizational culture, organizational policy, personal communication, meetings, logbooks, tools.

3. EXPERIMENTATION: Application in concrete projects (done by teams of medium dimension), of methods, techniques and described ways of work.

Mandatory literature

N. Whitten; Managing Software Development Projects: Formula for Success, 2nd Edition, John Wiley & Sons, 1995
R. Murch; Project Management: Best Practices for IT Professionals, Prentice-Hall, 2000
IEEE Guide Adoption of PMI Standard A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge, IEEE, 2004
B. Hughes, M. Cotterell; Software Project Management, 3rd Edition, McGraw-Hill, 2002
V. S. Rodão; Gestão de Projectos: Abordagem Instrumental ao Planeamento, Organização e Controlo, Monitor, 2005. ISBN: 972-9413-62-2
H. Kerzner; In Search of Excellence in Project Management: Successfull Practices in High Performance Organizations, John Wiley & Sons, 1998
A. Miguel; Gestão de Projectos de Software, FCA, 2003. ISBN: 972-722-352-4

Teaching methods and learning activities

The course has a theoretical component based on exposition and discussion classes, which pick up again, more widely, some of the themes already approached in the course of Software Engineering, namely the ones more related to Project Management aspects.
In practical classes the students are set in teams of medium dimension to do concrete projects.

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation without final exam

Eligibility for exams

Not exceed the absence limit and participate actively on the planning and making of the respective projects.

Calculation formula of final grade

Regarding team work, the final classification of the course will be calculated bearing in mind the participation and discussion in theoretical classes and the assignment developed in practical classes, focusing the following aspects:
- Project management and team work (accomplishment of the objectives, individual and team dynamics) – weight: 50%;
- Product developed (value for the client and quality) – weight: 35%;
- Communication, image and marketing (presentations, communication with the client, promotion of ideals and products) – weight: 15%.
Individually, the final classification of the course will be calculated bearing in mind the final classification given to the respective team, the teachers’ opinion and the results of the self-evaluation done by the team.

Special assessment (TE, DA, ...)

Similar to the ordinary students’ one.

Classification improvement

Alternative projects in the following academic year.