Software engineering project management, estimation and metrics: discussion summary and recommendations

Abstract

The topics of software engineering project management, estimation and metrics are discussed. The following questions are used to guide the discussion. How should student projects be managed-by staff or the students themselves? Can project management tools be used effectively for student projects? Should metrics be taught as a separate course component? To what degree can we rely on metric data derived from student projects? Much of the discussion focuses on the nature and organisation of the student projects themselves.