1. Review for the Final Exam CSCI 621 - Software Project Management

2. Key Topics covered on previous exams 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

3. Key Topics covered on previous exams 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

4. Key Topics covered on previous exams 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

5. Key Topics covered on previous exams Requirements  types of requirements  requirements gathering  SRS

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

7. Key Topics Modeling  model versus design  modeling diagrams ER, DFD, SC, Use Cases, STD, …  appropriateness, strengths, weaknesses, …

8. 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, …

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

10. 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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