B.Sc. (Information Technology) Project Management Syllabus - Mumbai University 2026
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Syllabus for Project Management
Module I: Software Project Management, Evaluation & Planning
- 1. Introduction to Software Project Management: Introduction, Importance of Software Project Management, What is a Project? Software Projects versus Other Types of Projects, Contract Management and Technical Project Management, Activities Covered by Software Project Management, Plans, Methods and Methodologies, Categorization of Software Projects. 2. Project Initiation and Management Concepts: Project Charter, Stakeholders, Setting Objectives, Business Case, Project Success and Failure, What is Management? Management Control, Project Management Life Cycle, Traditional versus Modern Project Management Practices. 3. Project Evaluation and Programme Management: Project Portfolio Management, Evaluation of Individual Projects, Cost–Benefit Evaluation Techniques, Risk Evaluation, Programme Management, Strategic Programme Management, Benefits Management, Reservations about Programme Management. 4. Project Planning: Stepwise Project Planning—Project Selection, Scope and Objectives, Infrastructure, Project Characteristics, Product and Activity Identification, Effort Estimation, Risk Identification, Resource Allocation, Plan Review and Execution. 5. Selection of Project Approach: Build vs Buy, Choosing Methodologies and Technologies, Software Processes, Choice of Process Models, Structure versus Speed of Delivery.
Module II: Estimation, Risk, Quality & Project Closure
- 1. Software Effort Estimation: Estimation Issues, Over- and Under-Estimation Problems, Estimation Basis, Bottom-up and Top-down Approaches, Parametric Models, Expert Judgment, Estimation by Analogy, Function Point Analysis (Albrecht, Mark II, COSMIC), COCOMO II, Cost Estimation, Staffing Patterns, Schedule Compression, Capers Jones Estimation Rules. 2. Software Process Models: Waterfall Model, Spiral Model, Prototyping, Incremental Delivery, RAD, Agile Methods, Extreme Programming (XP), Scrum, Lean Software Development, Managing Iterative Processes, Selection of Appropriate Process Models. 3. Activity Planning & Scheduling: Project Scheduling, Network Planning Models, Critical Path Method, Activity Float, Project Duration Reduction, Activity-on-Arrow Networks. 4. Risk Management & Resource Allocation: Risk Categories, Risk Identification, Assessment, Planning, Boehm’s Top 10 Risks, PERT Technique, Monte Carlo Simulation, Critical Chain Concepts, Resource Identification and Scheduling, Cost Schedules. 5. Monitoring, Quality & Closure: Earned Value Analysis, Change Control, Software Configuration Management (SCM), Managing People and Teams, Leadership and Communication, Software Quality Concepts, Quality Models (ISO 9126), Quality Planning, Testing, Software Reliability, Project Closure Process, Financial Closure, Project Closeout Report.
- Software Project Management ,Bob Hughes, Mike Cotterell, Rajib Mall TMH 6th 2018
- Project Management and Tools & Technologies – An overview Shailesh Mehta ,SPD, 1st 2017
- Software Project Management, Walker Royce ,Pearson, 2005
Text Books
- 1 Software Project Management – Dr. Pallawi Bulakh – Nirali Prakashan, 2022
- 2 Software Project Management– Neelima Padmawar, Deepak Kapase, Pritam Ahire, Vandana G. Dixit & Tulshiram Sul – TechKnowledge Publications, 2023
- 3 Software Project Management – Er. Rishabh Anand (Reprint editions in circulation– S.K. Kataria & Sons, 3rd Edition (reprint 2025)
- Software Project Management ,Bob Hughes, Mike Cotterell, Rajib Mall TMH 6th 2018
- Project Management and Tools & Technologies – An overview Shailesh Mehta ,SPD, 1st 2017
- Software Project Management, Walker Royce ,Pearson, 2005
Reproduced from the University of Mumbai syllabus for B.Sc. (Information Technology) under NEP 2020, in force from the academic year 2026-27. Wording is as printed in that syllabus. Module numbering is as printed there too.
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