Our Software Project Management course covers project evaluation and planning, effort and cost estimation (function points and COCOMO), activity planning and scheduling with PERT and CPM, risk management, resource allocation, monitoring and control, software quality, and agile project management. Lessons are live and one-to-one with a verified subject expert, who explains each concept with worked examples, solves problems from your own module and helps you prepare for exams and coursework. Suitable for computer science and engineering students, following university syllabi in the UK, US, Australia and India (including AKTU, VTU and Anna University style courses).
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In short: this course gives one-to-one online tutoring in software project management. A verified tutor explains estimation, scheduling, critical path, earned value, risk and quality management, and agile planning, with worked numerical problems.
Software project management is the planning, organising and controlling of software projects so they deliver the right product on time, within budget and to the required quality. It covers project evaluation, lifecycle models, effort estimation, activity planning and scheduling, risk management, monitoring and control, quality and team management.
This online course teaches Software Project Management one to one with a verified tutor who has studied or taught it at university level, at your pace and aligned with your own module.
Related subject: Project management help.
| Topic | Key content |
|---|---|
| Project evaluation | Project portfolio, cost-benefit analysis, NPV and ROI |
| Lifecycle and process | Waterfall, iterative and agile models, choosing a process |
| Estimation | Size estimation, function points, COCOMO, top-down and bottom-up estimates |
| Activity planning | Work breakdown structure, network diagrams, CPM and PERT, Gantt charts |
| Risk management | Identifying, analysing and mitigating risks |
| Monitoring and control | Tracking, status reporting, milestone analysis, earned value analysis |
| Quality and people | Software quality, defect analysis and prevention, team structures, motivation |
| Closure | Project closure, lessons learned, modern process transitions |
| Measure | Formula | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| Planned value (PV) | Budgeted cost of work scheduled | Where you planned to be |
| Earned value (EV) | Budgeted cost of work performed | Value of work actually done |
| Actual cost (AC) | Actual cost of work performed | What it really cost |
| Schedule variance | EV − PV | Negative means behind schedule |
| Cost variance | EV − AC | Negative means over budget |
| SPI and CPI | EV ÷ PV and EV ÷ AC | Below 1 means behind or over budget |
Here is a typical basic COCOMO question: estimate effort for a 10 KLOC organic project, using E = 2.4 × (KLOC)^1.05.
| Step | Working |
|---|---|
| Formula | E = 2.4 × 10^1.05 |
| 10^1.05 | ≈ 11.22 |
| Effort | 2.4 × 11.22 ≈ 26.9 person-months |
Students most often lose marks in Software Project Management through the habits below. Each is easy to fix with practice and feedback on your own work.
| Mark-loser | What to do instead |
|---|---|
| Critical path errors | Calculate earliest and latest times for every activity |
| Earned value formulas mixed up | CPI = EV ÷ AC; SPI = EV ÷ PV |
| Steps skipped | Show each step of the method |
| Definitions vague | Use precise technical definitions |
| No worked check | Verify the result with a small example |
| Diagrams missing | Draw the structure or flow before solving |
Software project management modules are usually assessed by a written exam with scheduling and estimation numericals, plus a project plan or case study assignment.
Tutors explain concepts, work through practice problems with you and give feedback on your approach. Graded work you submit must be your own, as set out in our academic integrity policy. For deadline-driven guidance, see assignment help.
Lessons are live and one to one on video with screen sharing and a shared whiteboard. You can follow a full course or book sessions on the topics you find hardest before exams. See also Software Engineering, Object Oriented Analysis and Design and Business Management.
Software project management assignment help from a 1-to-1 tutor means working through similar COCOMO, PERT, critical path and earned value problems step by step, so you understand each method and complete your own assignment with confidence.
This course suits final-year computer science and IT students taking a software project management module, and early-career developers moving into team lead roles.
Prerequisites: software engineering fundamentals and the software development life cycle.
Course length: 40 one-hour lessons across 7 modules.
| Stage | Modules | What you can do afterwards |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Project evaluation and planning, lifecycle models and process | Evaluate projects with NPV and choose a lifecycle model |
| 2 | Effort estimation | Estimate with function points and COCOMO |
| 3 | Activity planning and scheduling, risk management | Find the critical path and build a risk register |
| 4 | Monitoring and control, quality, defects and closure | Calculate earned value, CPI and SPI and close a project |
Where it leads: this course builds on our Software Engineering course and pairs with Object-Oriented Analysis and Design.
Planning, organising and controlling software projects to deliver on time, on budget and to quality.
The longest sequence of dependent activities, which determines the minimum project duration.
PERT uses three time estimates to handle uncertainty; CPM uses a single fixed duration.
A method that compares planned value, earned value and actual cost to measure progress.
A hierarchical breakdown of a project into deliverables and tasks.
It plans in short iterations and adapts to change rather than fixing everything upfront.
Tutors give feedback on your plan; the work you submit must be your own.
Yes. Tutors practise scheduling and earned value numericals.
The price depends on the tutor and session length. You see the hourly rate before booking, with no subscription.
No. Tutors explain, guide and give feedback so you can complete your own work, in line with our academic integrity policy.
Software project management is easier on theory than heavily mathematical subjects, but it is not trivial. You must apply estimation, scheduling and earned value calculations accurately and write clear justifications. COCOMO, PERT and critical path numericals usually need the most practice, and your tutor drills them with past-paper questions.
Cost performance index, EV ÷ AC; below 1 means over budget.
Schedule performance index, EV ÷ PV; below 1 means behind schedule.
A model that estimates effort from project size in lines of code.
A list of risks with their likelihood, impact and responses.
An agile chart showing remaining work over time.
How long an activity can be delayed without delaying the project.
Software projects often run late or over budget because requirements change and work is hard to estimate. Software project management controls scope, time, cost, quality and risk through planning, estimation methods such as COCOMO and function points, scheduling with PERT and CPM, and progress tracking. Your tutor practises the estimation and scheduling numericals.
Yes. Lessons are online, so you can book times that suit your time zone.
A widely used textbook is Software Project Management by Bob Hughes and Mike Cotterell, which many university syllabi follow. Some courses also use their own notes or a general project management guide. Your tutor follows the book your module sets and adds exam-style estimation and scheduling problems.
Yes. A tutor works through your software project management assignment topics with you, such as effort estimation, network diagrams, the critical path and earned value, using similar examples and checking your reasoning. You then complete and submit your own work, so you understand it and can answer these questions in your exam.
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