Overview

Included in Degrees & Certificates

• 289
• 379

Prerequisites

• OS3701
• OA4702

Learning Outcomes

At the end of this course, students should be able to

• Gain proficiency in software cost estimating and Agile development best practices including:

• Different methods for sizing the software development effort (e.g., SLOC, Function Points, etc.)
• Various software development paradigms (e.g., Spiral, Waterfall, Incremental, and Agile)
• Developing software cost estimating relationships (CERs) using regression techniques

• Develop a basic understanding of scheduling best practices including:

• Capturing all activities and creating a logically sequenced activity network
• Estimating work and durations and assigning resources
• Validating the critical path and ensuring that there is reasonable total float
• Analyzing schedule risk
• Verifying and validating that the schedule has horizontal and vertical traceability
• Setting and documenting the baseline
• Managing changes and updating status so that management uses the schedule for decisions

  • Know what an earned value management system (EVM) represents and how it tracks progress by:

• Defining the scope of work using a WBS
• Identifying who in the organization will perform the work
• Scheduling the work using the critical path method
• Estimating the labor and material required and authorizing budgets including MR
• Determining objective measures of earned value
• Developing the performance measurement baseline (PMB) for tracking progress
• Executing the work plan and recording all costs
• Analyzing EVM performance data and recording variances from the PMB plan
• Forecasting estimates at completion (EACs) using EVM data
• Conducting an integrated cost-schedule risk analysis
• Comparing EACs from EVM to the EAC from the risk analysis
• Taking management action to mitigate risks
• Updating the PMB as changes occur