BVRIT HYDERABAD

College of Engineering for Women

Bachupally, Hyderabad –500090

Department of Information Technology

LESSON PLAN

Course Title : SOFTWARE PROCESS & PROJECT MANAGEMENT

Course Code : IT755PE Course Title : SPPM
Class : IVYr-I Sem (R22) B Sec Academic Year : 2025-26
Instructor : Mrs. [Link]

UNIT-I :
Software Process Maturity: Software maturity Framework, Principles of Software Process Change, Software
Process Assessment, The Initial Process, The Repeatable Process, The Defined Process, The Managed Process,
The Optimizing Process. Process Reference Models,
Capability Maturity Model (CMM), CMMI, PCMM, PSP, TSP).

Text Chapter Activity and

Session Web
No.
Topic Proposed to be Covered /Reference No. & platform used COs Date
Book Page No. Resources
T1 Poster making CO-1
1 Software Process Maturity: Introduction 15/07/25

2 Software maturity Framework T1 CO-1 16/07/25

3 Principles of Software Process Change T1 CO-1 17/07/25
4 Software Process Assessment T1 CO-1 18/07/25
The Initial Process, The Repeatable T1 CO-1
5 19/07/25
Process
The Defined Process, The Managed T1 CO-1
6 22/07/25
Process, 13 & W1,W2,W3,W4
T1 247-284 CO-1
7 The Optimizing Process 23/07/25
T1 CO-1
8 Process Reference Models: an overview 24/07/25
10 Capability Maturity Model (CMM) T1 CO-1 25/07/25
Capability Maturity Model T1 CO-1
11 26/07/25
Integration(CMMI)
PCMM(People Capability Maturity T1 CO-1
12 30/07/25
Model)
PSP(Personal Software Process) and T1 Roleplay CO-1
13 01/08/25
TSP(Team Software Process)

UNIT-II :
Software Project Management Renaissance: Conventional Software Management, Evolution of Software
Economics, Improving SoftwareEconomics, The old way and the new way.
Life-Cycle Phases and Process artifacts: Engineering and Production stages, inception phase, elaboration
phase, construction phase, transition phase, artifact sets, management artifacts, engineering artifacts and
 pragmaticartifacts, model-based software architectures.
Text Chapter Activity and
Session Web
No.
Topic Proposed to be Covered /Reference No. & platform used COs Date
Book Page No. Resources
Conventional Software Management- Quiz-Google
14 T2 1&5-16 CO-2 02/08/25
overview form
Conventional SW management
15 T2 1&17 CO-2 04/08/25
Performance
Evolution of Software Economics:
16 T2 2&21 CO-2 05/08/25
Software economics
17 Pragmatic SW cost estimation T2 2&26 CO-2 07/08/25
Improving Software Economics:
18 T2 3&33-39 CO-2 08/08/25
Reduce Product size
Improving SW processes,Team
19 T2 3&40-45 CO-2 13/08/25
effectiveness
Improving Automation through Sw
20 T2 3&46 CO-2 14/08/25
Environments
Achieving required quality, Peer
21 T2 3&48-51 CO-2 16/08/25
inspections
The old way and the new way:principles
22 of Conventional SE and Modern SW T2 4&55-65 W5,W6,W7 CO-2 19/08/25
Management
23 Transitioning to an iterative process T2 4&66 CO-2 20/08/25
Life-Cycle Phases and Process artifacts 21/08/25
24 introduction: Engineering and T2 5&73,74 CO-3
Production stages
25 Inception phase T2 5&74 Group activity- CO-3 22/08/25
Presentations
26 Elaboration phase T2 5&76 CO-3 23/08/25
27 Construction phase, transition phase T2 5&79 CO-3 26/08/25
28 Artifact sets T2 6&84 CO-3 27/08/25
29 Management artifacts T2 6&96 CO-3 29/08/25
Engineering artifacts and pragmatic
30 T2 6&103 CO-3 30/08/25
artifacts
Model-based software architectures:
31 Management Perspective & Technical T2 7&109 CO-3 03/09/25
Perspective

Unit – III :Workflows and Checkpoints of process: Software process workflows, Iteration workflows,
Major milestones, minor milestones, periodic status assessments.
Process Planning: Work breakdown structures, Planning guidelines, cost and schedule estimating process, iteration
planning process, Pragmatic planning.

Text Chapter Activity and Date

Session Web COs
No.
Topic Proposed to be Covered /Reference No. & platform used Achieved
Book Resources
Page No.
Workflows: Software process
32 T2 8&118 CO-4 04/09/25
workflows
W8,W9
33 Iteration Workflows T2 8&121 Quiz- CO-4 05/09/25
34 Major milestones T2 9&126 kahoot/Plickers CO-4 06/09/25
 35 Minor milestones T2 9&132 CO-4 16/09/25
36 Periodic status assessments T2 9&133 CO-4 17/09/25
37 Process Planning :overview T2 10& 139 CO-4 18/09/25
38 Work breakdown structures T2 10& 140 CO-4 19/09/25
39 Planning guidelines T2 10&146 CO-4 20/09/25
40 Cost and schedule estimating process T2 10&149 CO-4 22/09/25
41 Iteration planning process T2 10&150 CO-4 26/09/25
42 Pragmatic planning T2 10&153 CO-4 27/09/25
Unit-IV:Project Organizations: Line-of- business organizations, project organizations, evolution of
organizations, process automation.
Project Control and process instrumentation: The seven-core metrics, management indicators, quality
indicators, life-cycle expectations, Pragmatic software metrics, metrics automation .
Text Chapter Activity and
Session COs
No.
Topic Proposed to be Covered /Reference No. & Web Resources platform used Achieved Date
Book
Page No.
Project Organizations: Overview and Poster making
43 T2 11&156 CO-4 01/10/25
Line-of- business organizations
44 Project organizations T2 11&158 CO-4 03/10/25
45 Evolution of organizations, T2 11&165 CO-4 04/10/25
46 Process automation: Tools T2 12&168 CO-4 14/10/25
Project Environment: Round trip Engg,
47 T2 12&172 CO-5 15/10/25
Change Management
Infrastructures, Stakeholder
48 T2 12&181 CO-5 16/10/25
environments
49 Project Control:The seven-core metrics T2 13&188 W10,W11 CO-5 17/10/25
50 Management indicators T2 13&190 Think-Pair- CO-5 21/10/25
51 Quality indicators T2 13&196 Share CO-5 22/10/25
52 Life-cycle expectations T2 13&199 CO-5 23/10/25
53 Pragmatic software metrics T2 13&201 CO-5 24/10/25
54 Metrics automation T2 13&202 CO-5 25/10/25
UNIT-V:
CCPDS-R Case Study and Future Software Project Management Practices: Modern Project Profiles, Next-
Generation software Economics, Modern Process Transitions.
Text Chapter Activity and
Session Web COs
No.
Topic Proposed to be Covered /Reference No. & platform used Achieved Date
Book Resources
Page No.
Appendix
55 CCPDS-R: an overview T2 CO-6 29/10/25
D&299
Case Study & Future Project
56 T2 -Do- CO-6 30/10/25
Management Practices
57 Modern project profiles T2 -Do- CO-6 31/10/25
Next Generation Software Economics:
58 T2 16&237 W12 CO-6 01/11/25
Cost models
59 Modern SW economics T2 16&242 CO-6 04/11/25
Modern Process Transitions:Culture Group Activity-
60 T2 17-248 Case study CO-6 05/11/25
shifts
Modern process
61 T2 17-251 CO-6 06/11/25
Transitions:Denouement
TEXT BOOKS:
T1: “Managing the Software Process”, Watts S. Humphrey, Pearson Education
T2: “Software Project Management”, Walker Royce, Pearson Education
REFERENCES:
R1: An Introduction to the Team Software Process, Watts S. Humphrey, PearsonEducation,2000
Process Improvement essentials, James R. Persse, O’Reilly,2006
R2: Software Project Management, Bob Hughes & Mike Cotterell, fourth edition,TMH,2006
R3: Applied Software Project Management, Andrew Stellman& Jennifer Greene,O’Reilly, 2006.
R4: Head First PMP, Jennifer Greene & Andrew Stellman, O’Reilly,2007
R5: Software Engineering Project Management, Richard H. Thayer & Edward Yourdon,2 nd
edition, Wiley India, 2004.
R6: Agile Project Management, Jim Highsmith, Pearson education, 2004

Web References/Resources:
W1: [Link]
W2: [Link]
W3: [Link]
W4: [Link]
W5:[Link]
W6: [Link]
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W8:[Link]
W9:[Link]
W10: [Link]
W11:[Link]
W12: [Link]
Course Outcomes:
CO1: Analyze the Maturity of the software process
CO2: Explore software economics and various principles of software engineering
CO3: Elaborate different stages in software life cycle phases and artifacts based on architecture.
CO4: Apply the software process work flows for planning and organizing for building automation.
CO5: Identify the metrics for tracking and control
CO6: Explore and analyze future software project management for a particular organization using
case study.

Signature of the Faculty Member HoD