NWI-IMC021
System Development Management
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Course moduleNWI-IMC021
Credits (ECTS)6
CategoryMA (Master)
Language of instructionEnglish
Offered byRadboud University; Faculty of Science; Informatica en Informatiekunde;
Lecturer(s)
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Lecturer
prof. dr. M.C.J.D. van Eekelen
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Coordinator
prof. dr. M.C.J.D. van Eekelen
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Examiner
prof. dr. M.C.J.D. van Eekelen
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Contactperson for the course
dr. C.L.M. Kop
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Lecturer
dr. C.L.M. Kop
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Academic year2019
Period
KW3-KW4  (03/02/2020 to 30/08/2020)
Starting block
KW3
Course mode
full-time
Remarks-
Registration using OSIRISYes
Course open to students from other facultiesYes
Pre-registrationNo
Waiting listNo
Placement procedure-
Aims
SDM has the aim that the student, at the end of the course, has all the professional skills of an IT project manager.
This involves
  • pro-active communication with stakeholders about project progress and potential issues
  • showing leadership both in a team's daily activities and in resolving strategic issues
  • taking the role of a team's Scrum Master
  • negotiating both progress issues and project scope with a real client
  • taking advantage of modern project management tools both in creating the project results and in tracking progress
  • guarding the team synergy as an effective team member
  • managing the project risks by estimating these risks and pro-actively preparing mitigating measures.
Content
SDM resembles the phase in an IT career in which the project leader takes responsibility for the management of a software development project. Within SDM we address the project management aspects of the whole life cycle of an agile system development project: requirements management, system design, development and system implementation, including continuous integration, delivery of the system and communication with a real customer.
 
The course consists of a theoretical and a practical component. The theoretical component offers concepts, methods and tools for modern software development. This theory is applied in the practical component which is being carried out within "GiP-House", managing students from the "Software Engineering" course.

GiP-House closely resembles a real-life modern software house in which the students of this course perform roles as: Project manager, Quality manager, Contract Owner, Public Relations Manager, Director. These roles can be adjusted depending on the specific situation of a given semester (e.g. number of students). All students work, within the management structure of GiP-House, under the supervision of the student Director(s), with the aim to create an effective and efficient software house management structure.
Level

Presumed foreknowledge
Bachelor Computing or Information Science
Test information
  • Several assignments each with the same weight (weight 1/3)
  • The quality of your contribution to the management of GiPHouse (weight 2/3)
  • Specifics

    Topics
    For the theoretical topics, see the website:

    • project management
    • metrics
    • scheduling and tracking
    • capability maturity model
    • component based development
    • implementation
    • team management, projectorganization
    • requirement analysis

    Test information
    • Several assignments each with the same weight (weight 1/3)
    • The quality of your contribution to the management of GiPHouse (weight 2/3)

    Prerequisites
    Bachelor Computing or Information Science

    Instructional modes
    Exam Q4

    Lectures and assignments
    Attendance MandatoryYes

    Project
    Attendance MandatoryYes

    Project progress presentations
    Attendance MandatoryYes

    Resit Exam Q4

    Tests
    Final Grade
    Test weight1
    Test typeTest
    OpportunitiesBlock KW4, Block KW4