Software Project Management and Secure Development

Module overview

This module prepares students to develop an understanding of the critical issues and application of software project management. It introduces the students to the tools, techniques and body of knowledge involved in each stage of the project management life cycle, including project initiation, planning, execution, control, and closure. Students will learn how project management applies to all types of organisations and is essential to corporate strategy. The module also introduces the students to the secure engineering of software systems and its implication on software project management.

Aims and Objectives

Learning Outcomes

Subject Specific Practical Skills

Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:

Evaluate and critically reflect on approaches to risk management and quality metrics for monitoring and quality controls in projects.
Apply project management concepts to a given case study.

Subject Specific Intellectual and Research Skills

Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:

Describe a number of modern software development methods, including the life cycle for developing secure software systems.
Select appropriate modern software development methods for a variety of software projects, taking into account assessment of risk and consideration of security.

Knowledge and Understanding

Having successfully completed this module, you will be able to demonstrate knowledge and understanding of:

Planning, monitoring, quality control assurance and team management practices for software projects
Standard management methods for software projects

Learning and Teaching

Study time
Type	Hours
Lecture	36
Follow-up work	18
Preparation for scheduled sessions	18
Completion of assessment task	32
Wider reading or practice	36
Revision	10
Total study time	150

Resources & Reading list

Textbooks

Ian Sommerville. Software Engineering. 2015: Pearson.

Kathy Schwalbe (2021). An Introduction to Project Management, Predictive, Agile, and Hybrid Approaches.

Kathy Schwalb (2018). Information Technology Project Management.

Assessment

Summative

This is how we’ll formally assess what you have learned in this module.

Breakdown
Method	Percentage contribution
Continuous Assessment	30%
Final Assessment	70%

Referral

This is how we’ll assess you if you don’t meet the criteria to pass this module.

Breakdown
Method	Percentage contribution
Set Task	100%

Repeat

An internal repeat is where you take all of your modules again, including any you passed. An external repeat is where you only re-take the modules you failed.

Breakdown
Method	Percentage contribution
Set Task	100%

Repeat Information

Repeat type: Internal & External