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COURSE UNIT TITLECOURSE UNIT CODESEMESTERTHEORY + PRACTICE (Hour)ECTS
AGILE PROJECT MANAGEMENT TBS418 - 3 + 0 5

TYPE OF COURSE UNITElective Course
LEVEL OF COURSE UNITBachelor's Degree
YEAR OF STUDY-
SEMESTER-
NUMBER OF ECTS CREDITS ALLOCATED5
NAME OF LECTURER(S)Professor Murat Paşa Uysal
LEARNING OUTCOMES OF THE COURSE UNIT At the end of this course, the students;
1) Knows the principles and basic concepts of Traditional, Agile and Scrum Project Management Frameworks.
2) Acquire the concepts, roles, knowledge and skills related to the Scrum Project Management Framework (SPMF) project life cycle.
3) Identify and define project requirements using User Story, Product Backlog and Product Backlog Items techniques.
4) Can implement Sprint Planning, Sprint Execution, Sprint Review, Sprint Retrospective and Daily Scrum activities in line with SPMF.
5) Knows and applies risk and quality management methods and techniques in software projects and SPMF.
6) Develops a software project in line with SPMF within the scope of the term project.
MODE OF DELIVERYFace to face
PRE-REQUISITES OF THE COURSENo
RECOMMENDED OPTIONAL PROGRAMME COMPONENTNone
COURSE DEFINITIONWithin the scope of Agile Project Management, introductory information about the historical developments, basic principles and agile manifesto regarding agile project management in the software world will be presented. Specifically, the Scrum Project Management Framework (SPMF) and its life cycle structure, activities, roles will be introduced. Requirements analysis, project planning, estimation methods and techniques and tools used in SPMF will be introduced. The lecturer of the course, as a Scrum Master, will take part in project groups of 5-7 learners and provide consultancy support to the student project teamsduring the development of the term project in line with SPMF.
COURSE CONTENTS
WEEKTOPICS
1st Week Introducing the course and presenting its objectives, introducing traditional and agile project management models and principles.
2nd Week Identifying project requirements (User story, product backlog, product backlog items)
3rd Week Srcum activities (Sprint planning, sprint execution, sprint review, sprint retrospective, daily scrum etc.)
4th Week Srcum activities (Sprint planning, sprint execution, sprint review, sprint retrospective, daily scrum etc.)
5th Week Roles and responsibilities in scrum project management (product owner, scrum master, development team and other stakeholders)
6th Week Planning levels and estimation methods in Scrum project management
7th Week Scrum case study
8th Week Midterm
9th Week Risk management and frameworks for software projects
10th Week Risk management and frameworks for software projects
11th Week Quality management and frameworks for software projects
12th Week Quality management and frameworks for software projects
13th Week Presentation of research tasks
14th Week Presentation and evaluation of term projects
RECOMENDED OR REQUIRED READING1. Rubin, K.S. (2013). Essential Scrum: A practical guide to the most popular agile process, Pearson Education, USA.
2. Viscardi, S. (2013). The professional Scrum Master's handbook. Packt Publishing, UK.
3. McKenna D. (2016). The art of Scrum: How Scrum masters bind dev teams and unleash agility. CA Technologies, USA.
4. Stellman, A.& Greene, J. (2015). Learning Agile: Understanding Scrum, XP, Lean, and Kanban. O?Reilly Media, USA.
5. Hundhausen, R. (2012 ). Professional Scrum development with Microsoft Visual Studio. Microsoft Press, USA.
6. Sutherland J. (2014). Scrum: The art of doing twice the work in half the time. Crown Business, USA.
7. Cadle J., Yeates D. (2008). Project Management for Information Systems, 5th Edition, Pearson Education Limited, England.
8. PMBOK (2017). A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge, 6th Edition, Project Management Institute, USA.
9. Meredith J.R, Mantel S.J. (2011). Project Management: A Managerial Approach, 8th Edition, Pearson Education Limited, UK.
10. Larson E.W., Gray F.C. (2011). Project Management: The Managerial Process, 5th Edition. McGraw-Hill.
11. Brandon D. (2006). Project Management for Modern Information Systems, IRM Press, USA:
12. Pressman, Roger S. (2005). Software Engineering: A Practitioner?s Approach 6th Edition. McGraw-Hill Companies.
13. Sommerville, I. (2004). Software Engineering, Seventh Edition. Pearson Addison Wesley.
14. IEEE/EIA 12207. Standard for Information Technology?Software Life Cycle Processes
PLANNED LEARNING ACTIVITIES AND TEACHING METHODSLecture,Questions/Answers,Project
ASSESSMENT METHODS AND CRITERIA
 QuantityPercentage(%)
Mid-term140
Total(%)40
Contribution of In-term Studies to Overall Grade(%)40
Contribution of Final Examination to Overall Grade(%)60
Total(%)100
ECTS WORKLOAD
Activities Number Hours Workload
Midterm exam11,51,5
Preparation for Quiz
Individual or group work14114
Preparation for Final exam12222
Course hours14342
Preparation for Midterm exam11414
Laboratory (including preparation)
Final exam11,51,5
Homework
Presentation (including preperation)133
Project12424
Report writing12323
Total Workload145
Total Workload / 304,83
ECTS Credits of the Course5
LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTIONTurkish
WORK PLACEMENT(S)No
  

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