UNIT  I
Introduction:Software- problem and prospects Software development process: Software life cycle models, Open source software development, the unified process, documentation, configuration management, Safety, risk assessment.

UNIT II
Measures, Metrics and Indicators:Metrics in the Process and Project Domains, Software Measurement, Metrics of Software Quality, S/W reliability, Software estimation techniques, loc and FP estimation. Empirical models like COCOMO, project tracking and scheduling, reverse engineering.

UNIT III
Software requirements and specification: feasibility study, Informal/ formal specifications, pre/post conditions, algebraic specification and requirement analysis models, Specification design tools. Software design and implementation: Software design objectives, design techniques, User interface design, modularity Functional decomposition Data flow design, Data structure design, Object-oriented design, Design patterns implementation strategies like top-down, bottom-up, team etc.

UNIT IV
Coding standard and guidelines:programming style, code sharing, code review, software components,rapid prototyping, specialization, construction, class extensions, intelligent software agents, reuse performance improvement, debugging. Software Testing Strategies: Verification and Validation, Strategic Issues, test plan, white box, black-box testing, unit and integration testing, system testing test case design and acceptance testing, maintenance activities.

UNIT V
Organizing: Alternatives for project managers:matrix organization,Staffing,Directing: leadership, delegation, motivation, Controlling risk analysis and RMMM plan, project scheduling and tracking plan, SQA and quality planning, SCM activities and plan, project management plan. Re-engineering, reverse, forward engineering, web engineering, Software project management standards