ISQA 8210 MANAGEMENT OF SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT (3 credits)
This course should encourage you to think critically about aspects of software development that make it difficult and strategies to mitigate these challenges. This course integrates concepts from software engineering, management science, psychology, and organizational behavior to identify, understand, and propose solutions to problems associated with software development. We examine and consider issues from various perspectives, such as the project manager, development team, senior management, and project sponsor. This course prepares students for various roles within a software development effort including leadership positions in software development. Students will practice software project management and agile methods of managing projects in a semester long team project using contemporary project and development methods.
Prerequisite(s): Admitted to MS in MIS or instructor permission. Prior knowledge assumed in SW development & relational databases - ISQA 8040/ISQA 4110 & ISQA 3310/equivalent and in web development - ISQA 3900/equivalent. Not open to non-degree graduate students.