AGILE PROJECT MANAGEMENT

TBS418

Course Code: TBS418
Semester: -
Theory+Practice: 3 + 0
ECTS: 5

Course Type

Elective Course

Course Level

Bachelor's Degree

Year of Study

Semester

ECTS

Name of Lecturer(s)

Professor Murat Paşa Uysal

Learning Outcomes

At the end of this course, the students;

Know the principles and basic concepts related to traditional, agile, and Scrum project management frameworks.
Acquire the concepts, roles, knowledge, and skills related to the project lifecycle in the Scrum Project Management Framework (SPMF).
Determine and define project requirements by using user stories, product backlogs, and product backlog items techniques.
Apply sprint planning, sprint execution, sprint review, sprint retrospective, and daily Scrum activities in line with SPMF.
Know and apply risk and quality management methods and techniques in software projects and SPMF.
Develop a software project within the scope of a term project in accordance with SPMF.

Mode of Delivery

Face to face

Prerequisites

Recommended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Description

This course provides comprehensive information on agile project management, including historical developments, key principles, and the agile manifesto. The course covers both plan-driven and agile methods, with a special focus on the Scrum Project Management Framework (SPMF), its structure, activities, and roles. Topics like needs analysis, project planning, and estimation techniques are also introduced. The instructor will act as a Scrum Master, guiding project groups (5-7 members) and assisting them in developing their term project following the Scrum methodology.

Course Contents

WEEK	TOPICS
1^st Week	Introduction to the course and presentation of objectives, introduction to traditional and agile project management models and principles
2^nd Week	Determining project requirements (user story, product backlog, product backlog items)
3^rd Week	Scrum activities (sprint planning, sprint execution, sprint review, sprint retrospective, daily Scrum, etc.)
4^th Week	Scrum activities (sprint planning, sprint execution, sprint review, sprint retrospective, daily Scrum, etc.)
5^th Week	Roles and responsibilities in Scrum project management (product owner, Scrum master, development team, and other stakeholders)
6^th Week	Planning levels and estimation methods in Scrum project management
7^th Week	Scrum case study
8^th Week	Midterm exam
9^th Week	Concept of risk and framework, risk management in software projects
10^th Week	Concept of risk and framework, risk management in software projects
11^th Week	Concept of quality management and quality management in software projects
12^th Week	Concept of quality management and quality management in software projects
13^th Week	Term project presentations
14^th Week	Term project presentations and evaluation

Recommended or Required Reading

Rubin, K. S. (2013). Essential Scrum: A practical guide to the most popular agile process. Pearson Education.

Viscardi, S. (2013). The professional Scrum master's handbook. Packt Publishing.

McKenna, D. (2016). The art of Scrum: How Scrum masters bind dev teams and unleash agility. CA Technologies.

Stellman, A., & Greene, J. (2015). Learning Agile: Understanding Scrum, XP, Lean, and Kanban. O'Reilly Media.

Hundhausen, R. (2012). Professional Scrum development with Microsoft Visual Studio. Microsoft Press.

Sutherland, J. (2014). Scrum: The art of doing twice the work in half the time. Crown Business.

Cadle, J., & Yeates, D. (2008). Project management for information systems (5th ed.). Pearson Education Limited.

Project Management Institute. (2021). A guide to the project management body of knowledge (7th ed.). USA.

Meredith, J. R., & Mantel, S. J. (2011). Project management: A managerial approach (8th ed.). Pearson Education Limited.

Larson, E. W., & Gray, F. C. (2011). Project management: The managerial process (5th ed.). McGraw-Hill.

Brandon, D. (2006). Project management for modern information systems. IRM Press.

Pressman, R. S. (2005). Software engineering: A practitioner's approach (6th ed.). McGraw-Hill.

Sommerville, I. (2004). Software engineering (7th ed.). Pearson Addison Wesley.

IEEE/EIA 12207. (2017). Standard for information technology: Software life cycle processes.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecture
Questions/Answers
Project

Assessment Methods and Criteria

	Quantity	Percentage (%)
Mid-term	1	40
Project	1	25
Other	1	5
Total(%)		70
Contribution of In-term Studies to Overall Grade(%)		70
Contribution of Final Examination to Overall Grade(%)		30
Total(%)		100

ECTS Allocated Based on Student Workload

Activities	Quantity	Duration (Hour)	Total Workload (Hour)
Midterm exam	1	1.5	1.5
Preparation for Quiz
Individual or group work	14	1	14
Preparation for Final exam	1	22	22
Course hours	13	3	39
Preparation for Midterm exam	1	14	14
Laboratory (including preparation)
Final exam	1	1.5	1.5
Homework
Presentation (including preperation)	1	3	3
Project	1	24	24
Report writing	1	23	23
Total Work Load			142
Total Work Load / 30 (h)			4.73
ECTS Credit of the Course			5

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Work Placement(s)

Programme Qualifications / Learning Outcomes

	LO1	LO2	LO3	LO4	LO5	LO6
K1
K2
K3						X
K4
K5			X			X
K6	X	X	X	X	X	X
K7
K8
K9
K10
K11