Software Engineering Management SWEBOK Certification Program

Content Area 2: Software Project PlanningEstimation of ScheduleProject manager must create the most efficient schedule keeping inmind the available resources and the nature of tasksMilestone chart method (for smaller projects)– Lists task completion time; does not show task interactionsCritical Path Method (CPM)– Critical path consists of all tasks that must wait for prior completion of other tasks.Other tasks can be run simultaneously in parallelProgram Evaluation and Review Technique (PERT)– Has a network of tasks like CPM but has project events as milestones instead of projectactivities.Reference CopyNot for Distribution– Can specifies probabilities for meeting deadlines for each event (this is especially usefulwhen doing estimations for Research and Development projects where the causeeffectrelationship is not very well‐established)IEEE Computer SocietySoftware Engineering Management - Slide-25