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The Australian National University
Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology (FEIT)
Department of Computer Science

COMP8110/ENGN8102

Managing Software Projects in a Systems Context

Handouts

All handouts for COMP8110 are available from this page.

TEXT (optional)

Project Management Techniques by Rory Bourke (based on PMBOK)

A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge. (Purchase From PMI)

Miscellaneous Documents

The following documents are for those of you who are perhaps interested in the state of play regarding the managing of systems/software projects from around the world. The first document on the list contains less opinions and more in-depth analysis of the problems associated with managing software projects.

  • A published article on eVACS - (PDF)
  • Project Management from Cutter Benchmark Review - (PDF)
  • Joint Royal Academy of Engineers and British Computer Society IT Report - (PDF)
  • Customs' Cargo Management Re-engineering Project - Audit Report - (PDF)

Lecture Topics (Notes will be added as course progresses)

  • Course Content (PDF)
  • Introduction (PDF)
  • Scoping (PDF)
  • SPMP Development (PDF)
  • Work Breakdown Structure (PDF)
  • Resources (PDF)
  • Progress (PDF)
  • Project Lifecycles (PDF)
  • Communications (PDF)
  • Risk Management (PDF) (Example)
  • References - (PDF)

Assignments & Exercises

  • Initiating EPMS Project (PDF)
  • First Update (PDF)
  • Second Update (PDF)
  • Presentation Template (PPT)
  • Presentation Requirements (PDF)
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