Course Introduction

Situational Software
Project Management
Course Introduction

“From Sight to Insyte”

Introductions
 Name

 Organisation

 Current Situation

 Expectations

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Barry Myburgh

Once a Software

Engineer . . . . . . Now an ISE

Management

Consultant

Course Outline
Six evening sessions covering:
 L1
 1.0 Course Introduction
 1.1 Introduction to software project
management
 L2
 2.1 Project evaluation
 2.2 Selection of an appropriate project
approach
 L3
 3.1 Software effort estimation
 3.2 Activity planning
 L4
 4.1 Risk management
 4.2 Resource allocation
 L5
 5.1 Monitoring and control
 5.2 Managing contracts
 L6
 6.1 Managing people in software
environments
 6.2 Working in teams

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Notes and Discussion

 Slides presented set the
pace
 Take personal notes as
required
 Refer to identified resources
for further reading
 Ask questions for
everyone’s benefit

Exercise:
“Do Words Have Meaning – or Meanings Have Words?”
 What is the meaning of the following
sentence?
 “I never said you broke the window”

 What meaning do you attach to the

following words?
 Quality
 High Level
 Implementation
 Critical Success Factor
 Oversight

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Other Logistics
 Breaks – scheduled and other
 Mobile phones
 Exits
 Toilets

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Academic Freedom
 Academic Freedom is not only constitutionally
protected, but rests on the capacity for
independent commentary that is crucial to the
evidence-based work that is unique to
Academies. Indeed, the Academy of Science of
South Africa’s mission of “Science for Society”
cannot be realised without the exercise of the
freedom to research, write, and speak robustly
and professionally, without fear or favour on any
topic including the impact of science on society.
http://www.sajs.co.za/sites/default/files/publications/pdf/202-1131-3-
PB.pdf

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Take a Break

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