Certificate Program in Management
of Software Development
Batch 06
Contents
• Broad Contours
• Who Should Attend
• Unique Features of Program
• Program Modules
Broad Contours
Program Directors
:Prof. Subir Bhattacharya , Prof. Uttam Kumar Sarkar &
Prof. Rahul Roy
Duration
: Approx. one year
Eligibility : Graduation in any discipline with 50% marks (Aggregate) and must
be working in IT related area for at least 4 years
Schedule
: Monday and Saturday ,6.30 pm – 9.30 pm
Program Fees
:
Rs. 1,80,000/- + 10.3% Service Tax [This does not include campus visit expenses]
Fee payable in installments. Education loan available.
Who should attend?
Designed for current and aspiring Managers with IT related work experience
during the last 4 years.
• Managers in IT industry and IT managers in other in other industries
• IT professionals leading or managing software projects or facilities at any
level
• Project Managers or Team Leaders in the software development process
• Professionals aspiring for managerial and business development roles in an
Conference Call
/Information Session
•
What is Information Session?
– It is a telephonic conference call arranged for interested participants, to address their specific queries regarding the program
– In addition to the telephonic mode, participants can also see the presentation over a webinar
•
Why should I attend the conference call?
– To evaluate the program rigorously and in depth before taking a final decision
•
Who will host the call?
– NIIT Imperia Product Management & Academic Team would address the queries regarding the program
– In some of the infosessions, the Program Director may also join and address the queries
•
How can I register for the conference call?
– Register Online using the following link –
https://bit.ly/cpmsdconcall
– For webinar registration, the link shall be sent to all
participants who register at the above link for conference call
Unique Features
Unique
Program
• Only Part Time Management Program in India that has been exclusively designed to equip IT professionals in IT industry and other industries to become managers and leaders
Pedagogy
• Designed with a mix of experience sharing, real life case discussions, assignments and industry/research based projects besides the lectures in classLeadership
Development
• Key focus on Team Management Skills and Personality DevelopmentCampus Visit
• 3-Day Campus Visit at the beginning and 4 days at the end of the programBatch Profile of the Previous
Most of the professionals who have
joined the program are from IT
companies like CTS, etc.. Even others
are primarily dealing with IT
2-8 Years of Experience contribute to
80% of the batch
IT
Companies
57%
Others
43%
2 to 5
Years
40%
5 to 8
Years
42%
8 to 11
Years
14%
11+
4%
Experience Breakup
Industry Breakup
Program Coverage
Based on the feedback of the past batches, the duration and content for the
sixth batch has been changed.
Courses:
1.
Software Engineering Economics (including Time/Effort Estimation)
2.
Software Project Dynamics
3.
Quantitative Techniques for Project Management
4.
Software Quality Management
5.
Financial Issues in Software Projects
6.
Team Management & Performance Assessment
7.
Managing Risk of Software Projects
8.
Management of Self in Organization
9.
Issues and Perspectives in Software Business
10. Business Process Management
11. Emerging Information Technologies
12. Business Communication
DETAILED MODULE-WISE
CONTENTS
Software Engineering Economics
Session
Topic
1
A case study in classic mistakes
2
Factors that influence cost, time and manpower deployment
3-4
Software size estimation models
5
Overview of effort estimation models
6-8
Most used software effort estimation models
Course Objective:
In this course, the participants are expected to become knowledgeable about the
various techniques available for estimating software projects, and how to use them in their own
environment.
Session Wise Plan
• A Perspective on Dynamic Risk Management
• Tools for representing business dynamics – Causal Loop Diagramming
• Tools for representing business dynamics – Stock and Flow Diagramming
• Creating my own Flight Simulator
• Experimentation and learning from a simulation model
• Towards a better future – Policy design for better system performance
Software Project Dynamics
Course Objective
In this course, participants would study effects of forces (schedule change, attrition etc.) on the
progress of a software project and how they determine the latter’s success.
In this course, participants learn the dynamics of software project management through an
experiential learning process. Series of exercises lead from a basic understanding of the general
dynamic to detailed experiments about issues such as recruitment, overtime etc.
Quantitative Techniques for Project
Management
This module will dwell on graph-theoretic techniques to model project
scheduling problems and will discuss quantitative methods to solve
the underlying scheduling problems. The usability of PERT/CPM,
Branch and Bound and Dynamic Programming concepts will be used.
Session
Topic
1
AON & AOA Networks Construction
2
PERT/CPM
3-4
Resource & Time Constrained Project Scheduling
Techniques
4-6
Earned Value Analysis & Critical Chain Concept
Software Quality Management
Session
Topic
1
Process Quality Maturity: CMM, CMMi
2
People Software Process, Team Software Process
3
Case study on quality initiatives
4
Case study on agile methods
5
Product Quality, Software Inspection
6
Software Testing
Course Objective:
(a) To get acquainted with issues involving Process and Product quality
(b) To get introduced with some of the techniques available for managing quality
Financial Issues in Software Projects
Course Objective:
This course aims to familiarize participants with the applications of various
accounting concepts and principles using Indian corporate examples, mainly from
software industry. The emphasis of this course would be more on analyzing
financial statements through live case studies. The course will also cover
techniques to use cost information for decision making purposes
Session
Topic
1 Understanding Corporate Financial Statements:
Balance Sheet
Profit and Loss Statement
2 Understanding Corporate Financial Statements
Cash Flow Statement
3 Analyzing Financial Statements
Financial Ratios
4 Analyzing Financial Statements of Software Industry 5 Financial evaluation of software projects
Team Management &
Performance Assessment
Session No.
Topic
1
Managing Team Communication and Dynamics
2
Managing Conflicts in Teams
3
Issues in Managing Virtual Teams
4
Understanding Team Dynamics
5
Giving Performance Feedback
6
Issues in Performance Assessment
Course Objective:
The broad objective of the course is to help participants develop themselves, as
effective Team members and Project Leaders. The specific objectives are:
• Understanding Team Dynamics and how to Improve Team effectiveness: how
teams develop and work, and how people act in team situations
• Examining Issues in Performance Assessment in Teams
Business Process Management (BPM)
•
Course Outline
•
Business process examples
•
Basic terms of Business Processes and Workflows
•
Modeling business processes – BPMN and UML
•
Business process modeling – different views, their uses and consistency
•
Business process management systems and outsourcing
•
Process classification and benchmarking
•
Business process reengineering & related topics
Managing Risk of Software Projects
Course Objective
• Developing strategies to analyze the risks in project development and
implementation.
• Learning to quantify risks and create effective risk response strategies to
deliver projects that meet stakeholder expectations.
Session No.
Topic
1
Nature of software project risk
2
Risk identification and assessment
3
Risk management strategies
4
A Systemic perspective at Risk Assessment
Management of Self in Organization
Session No.
Topic
1.
Understanding Self, Personality
2.
Perception & Attribution
3.
Interpersonal Communication
4.
Managing Relationships/
Crosscultural Management
5.
Motivation
6.
Leadership
Course Objective: The course aims at helping students to develop
better insights and understanding of themselves and their interaction
with others in the Organization. The course is based on the premise
that an understanding of the "Self" will lead to a more effective
Issues & Perspectives on Software Business
Session No.
Topic
1.
The business of software - concepts, opportunities
and challenges
2.
Managing high growth - challenges
3.
Business model around a platform.
4.
SAAS - the new computing paradigm and its
business imperative
5.
Indian Software Industry: Evolving capabilities
6.
IT Strategy and Governance
7.
Intellectual Property Rights regime and its
implication for software business
Fee Payment Schedule
• The fee can be paid by cash, cheque or DD
drawn in favor of “NIIT Ltd. Imperia Collection
Account”
• The fee can be paid in installments as given
below:
Installment
Schedule
Applicatio
n Fee**
Initial
Amount*
Registratio
n Fee *
I*
II*
III*
Month
May, 2012 Jul, 2012 Sep, 2012
Amount Rs. 1103/-
Rs.
9,927/-
Rs.
69,489/-
Rs.
39,708/-
Rs.
39,708/-
Rs.
39,708/-
Documents Required for Application
• 1 Passport size photo affixed [Latest photo with light
backdrop]
• Proof of Date of Birth [DOB Certificate / 10th Std Mark
sheet]
• Proof of Graduation and/or Post-Graduation Completion
[Provisional / Degree Certificate]
• Proof of Graduation% and/or Post-Graduation%
[Graduation Marks sheets for all years]
• Proof of Experience [Experience Certificates as supporting
documents for all the jobs mentioned in the form]
• Proof of Current Employment [Letter from the HR with
About IIM Calcutta
• The Indian Institute of Management Calcutta (IIM Calcutta) was
established as the first national institute for Post-Graduate Studies
and Research in Management by the Government of India in 1961
and is reputed to be one of Asia’s finest business schools.
• Since the last 50 years, IIM Calcutta has been playing a pioneering
role in professionalising Indian management through its
Post-Graduate and Doctoral Level Programs, Executive Training
Programs, Research and Consulting Activities
About Program Directors
Prof. Rahul Roy
Prof. Management Information System, IIM
Calcutta
•
Academic Background
– Ph.D. (1993) - IIT Kharagpur – M.Tech (1984) - IIT Kharagpur – B.Tech (1979) - IIT Kharagpur
•
Work Experience
– Telco Ltd. - 4 Years
– UNDP Computer Aided Management Centre - 6 Years
– IIM Calcutta – More than 15 years
Prof. Subir Bhattacharya
Prof. Management Information System, IIM
Calcutta
•
Academic Background
– Ph. D (Tech), 1990– M.Tech (Computer Science) – B.Tech (Electronics), 1982
•
Work Experience
– Indian Institute of Management Calcutta, since 1984
– Associate Software Engineer, MMC Digital Systems Division, Jan 1984 - Nov 1984
Prof. Uttam K Sarkar
Professor, Management Information
Systems
•
Academic Background
– Ph.D. (1994) - IIT Kharagpur – M.Tech (1989) - IIT Kharagpur – B.Tech (1987 - IIT Kharagpur
•
Work Experience
– Visiting Professor, Department of Computer Science, University of Miami, USA- 4 Years – IIT Delhi- 1 Year
Sample of
Sample of
Merit Certificate
Participants who secure ‘Excellent’ grade in atleast nine modules out of
the total twelve modules are given a special acknowledgement by IIM
Calcutta in the form of a Merit Certificate called the ‘9X Certificate’.
26 Classrooms across 23 Cities in India
Direct one-to-one interaction is ensured through individual ICT systems for each student:
High-performance PCs Webcam
Audio system and microphone at each workstation, connected directly to faculty at institutes
Classroom interactions & ambience are facilitated by clusters of student-stations and camera & projection systems that span the full classroom.
6 Synchronous Learning Centers created within corporate premises
Learning Management System (LMS): • supplementary e-learning • program-specific notices
• online submission of assignments • reminder services
• online testing • student records
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