Master of Management Studies (M.M.S) Software Project Management Syllabus - Mumbai University 2026

Course objectives

• 1 To familiarize students with principles, methodologies, and tools for managing software projects effectively.
• 2 To equip students with practical skills in project scheduling, budgeting, and risk management specific to software projects.
• 3 To develop capabilities in agile project management methodologies and software lifecycle management.
• 4 To cultivate analytical skills for quality assurance, performance measurement, and process improvement in software development.
• 5 To foster understanding of contemporary challenges and innovations in software project management.

Course outcomes

• CO1: To understand the foundational concepts of IT Project Management including project goals, life cycle models, methodologies (ITPM), and various software development processes
• CO2: To analyze key project initiation elements like Requests for Proposal (RFP), business cases, feasibility studies, and use of structured analysis tools
• CO3: To apply appropriate project management tools for scheduling, resource allocation, and budgeting including Work Breakdown Structures (WBS), Gantt Charts, Responsibility Matrices, and estimation models.
• CO4: To evaluate IT project quality and risk by examining testing methodologies (black box, white box, stress/load testing) and applying risk management processes including identification, analysis, mitigation strategies, and control mechanisms.
• CO5: To design an effective IT project plan addressing leadership, communication, procurement, implementation, change management, ethics, multicultural team handling, and Project closure procedure

Unit 1 CO1 · 5 hours

Overview of IT Project Management – Introduction, state of IT project management, need for project management, project goals, life cycle and IT development, extreme project management, PMBOK, ITPM, software development processes (Waterfall, Spiral, etc.), project feasibility

Unit 2 CO2 · 5 hours

RFP, Proposal, Business Case, Project Selection and Approval, Contracting, IT Governance, System Analysis and Design, Feasibility Study, Requirements Gathering, DFD, ERD, SRS, Project Charter, Project Planning Framework, Master Plan

Unit 3 CO3 · 5 hours

Work Breakdown Structure (WBS), Responsibility Matrix, Gantt Chart, Calendar Scheduling, Project Management Tools, Budgeting, Software Estimation (LOC, Function Point, COCOMO, COCOMO II), Finalizing Schedule and Budget

Unit 4 CO4 · 5 hours

Testing Techniques – Black box vs White box, Functional Tests, Code Reviews, Stress & Load Tests, IT Project Risk Management – Planning, Identification, Analysis, Strategies, Monitoring, Evaluation

Unit 5 CO5 · 3 hours

Human Side of Project Management – Organization, Team, Environment, Communication, Monitoring, Reporting, Leadership, Ethics, Multicultural Teams, Change Management, Resistance, Conflict Handling

Unit 6 CO5 · 3 hours

Project Procurement & Outsourcing, Project Implementation, Administrative Closure, Project Evaluation, Audit

Unit 7 CO5 · 4 hours

Emerging Trends in Software Project Management with related case studies

Text Books

• 1 Roger S. Pressman and Bruce R. Maxim, Software Engineering: A Practitioner’s Approach, McGraw-Hill
• 2 Information Technology Project Management by Jack T. Marchewka, Wiley India, 2009.
• 3 Software Project Management by Hughes and Cornell. Tata McGraw-Hill
• 4 Harold Kerzner, Project Management: A Systems Approach to Planning, Scheduling, and Controlling, Wiley, 12th Edition
• 5 Dr. Satish R. Billewar, Software Project Management: Includes Practicals, Dreamtech Press
• 6 Kathy Schwalbe, Information Technology Project Management, Cengage Learning, 7th Edition
• 7 IT Project Management by Joseph Phillips. Tata McGraw-Hill
• 8 Software Project Management by Joel Henry. Pearson Education, 2008

Reference Books

• 1 Pankaj Jalote, Software Project Management in Practice, Pearson Education
• 2 Hughes & Cotterell, Software Project Management, Tata McGraw-Hill, 5th Edition
• 3 Bob Hughes, Mike Cotterell, Rajib Mall, Software Project Management, Tata McGraw-Hill
• 4 Jack T. Marchewka, Information Technology Project Management, Wiley India, 5th Edition
• 5 PMI – Project Management Institute, A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK® Guide), 6th Edition
• 6 Project Management by S. J. Mantel, J. R. Meredith. Wiley India, 2009
• 7 Project Management for Business and Technology by John M. Nicholas. Pearson Education.
• 8 Effective Project Management by Robert K. Wyzocki and Rudd McGary. Wiley.
• 9 Project Management byBrown, K.A. McGraw Hill, 2002.