Iterative Software Development Practices for Managers

    

Summary:
This course is designed to introduce managers to the key practices used by iterative software development processes. The course examines iterative practices for project management, business analysis, development, and quality assurance explaining the pros and cons each of those practices. The course aims to provide managers with broad coverage of the techniques of iterative and incremental development in order to provide managers with the big picture and the background required to further investigate and apply individual practices to current and future projects.

Duration:
2 Days/Lecture & Lab

Audience:
This course is designed for managers looking to a way to adopt iterative and incremental practices into an existing waterfall organization

Topics:

• Iterative & incremental vs. waterfall development processes
• Iterative project management practices
• Iterative development practices
• Iterative quality assurance practices
• Typical mistakes when applying iterative and incremental development
• Agile development overview
• Best practices for implementing iterative and incremental development practices

Prerequisites:
Students should have experience working on a software development project

Last Update: May 22, 2012