This course covers techniques for monitoring your projects in order to align client needs, project plans, and software production. It focuses on metrics and reviews to track and improve project progress and software quality.
This course is part of the Software Product Management Specialization
Reviews & Metrics for Software Improvements
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About this Course
4.6
871 ratings
What you will learn
Apply techniques to measure and visualize project progress
Integrate Agile review practices to increase project visibility
Reflect on lessons learned in software projects through retrospective exercises
Improve project and process quality through ongoing measurement
Skills you will gain
Software MetricAgile Software DevelopmentSoftware Project ManagementSoftware Metrics
Syllabus - What you will learn from this course
Week
12 hours to complete
Module 1: Right Product
Welcome to the first module! This module is all about creating the “right product”. You will examine various ways of ensuring that you are creating the right product for both your client and your users. You will learn how to conduct a sprint review meeting and why they are an important step for delivering the right product. Then you will look at user studies. You will learn about several techniques for determining the needs of your users. The module concludes by examining how some of the big companies in the industry ensure that they are delivering the right product to their users.
7 videos (Total 63 min), 7 readings, 1 quiz
7 videos
Introduction to Reviews & Metrics for Software Improvements5m
5.1.1: Introduction to Monitoring6m
5.1.2: Sprint Review Meeting10m
5.1.3: User Studies9m
5.1.4: Industry Examples9m
5.1.4A: Industry Examples - Interview19m
7 readings
Meet your presenters: Morgan Patzelt10m
Meet your presenters: Bradley Poulette10m
Meet Your Facilitators10m
Course Resources: Reviews & Metrics for Software Improvements10m
Course Map: Reviews and Metrics for Software Improvements10m
Discussion: Other Methods of Usability Testing10m
Module 1: Supplemental Resources10m
1 practice exercise
Module 1: Assessment (Graded)16m
Week
21 hour to complete
Module 2: Done Right
Welcome to the second module! Now that you’ve learned about how to make sure you’re creating the “right product”, it’s time to explore how to ensure that product is “done right”. Here, you’ll start with review techniques, some issues surrounding project monitoring in general, and the Goal Quality Metric framework. Then, you’ll move on to desirable properties of metrics and dive into some key metrics for ensuring that you’re on track. You’ll finish off the module with defect analysis, leading you into getting your product “managed right” in the next module.
7 videos (Total 59 min), 1 reading, 1 quiz
7 videos
5.2.1A: Review Techniques10m
5.2.2: Monitoring Issues7m
5.2.3: Goal, Question, Metric (GQM)7m
5.2.4: Desirable Properties of Metrics13m
5.2.5: Other Metrics3m
5.2.6: Defect Analysis9m
1 reading
Module 2: Supplemental Resources10m
1 practice exercise
Module 2: Assessment (Graded)16m
Week
32 hours to complete
Module 3: Managed Right
This third module examines the concept of managing your project right. You will learn some important and popular project management techniques. The module starts off by introducing you to the Daily Scrum meeting. You will learn ways to implement daily scrums with the teams that you work with as well as techniques to improve the meetings if they are not working well. Then we will cover the concept of Velocity in more detail which will prepare you for learning about burndown charts. This module covers both Release Burndowns, as well as Iteration Burndowns. We show you how to create, read, and use these useful tracking tools with the teams you work with. Together, these lessons will teach you how to ensure your projects are “managed right”.
6 videos (Total 54 min), 3 readings, 1 quiz
6 videos
5.3.1A: Daily Scrum - Challenges8m
5.3.2: Velocity6m
5.3.3: Release Burndown Chart9m
5.3.3A: Release Burndown Chart - Changing Requirements7m
5.3.4: Iteration Burndown Chart12m
3 readings
Discussion: Daily Scrum10m
Reading: Release Burndown How-To Guide10m
Module 3: Supplemental Resources10m
1 practice exercise
Module 3: Assessment (Graded)16m
Week
42 hours to complete
Module 4: Project Retrospectives
Welcome to the final module of the course! The previous module was focused on ensuring your project was managed right by exploring techniques in project planning. This module will focus on an often-neglected, but very valuable tool: Retrospectives. You’ll explore what retrospectives are and some issues surrounding them. Then, you’ll learn about how a retrospective looks, along with some recommended retrospective exercises. Finally, you’ll round the module off with a summary of the course!
8 videos (Total 49 min), 2 readings, 2 quizzes
8 videos
5.4.2: Retrospectives Issues13m
5.4.3: Sprint Retrospective3m
5.4.4: Project Retrospective Exercises5m
5.4.4A: Project Retrospective Exercises - Readying8m
5.4.4B: Project Retrospective Exercises - Past4m
5.4.4C: Project Retrospective Exercises - Future4m
5.4.5: Course Summary2m
2 readings
Module 4: Supplemental Resources10m
Acknowledgements10m
2 practice exercises
Module 4: Assessment (Graded)16m
Course Assessment (Graded)4m
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Top Reviews
All my projects, in terms of productivity and quality, have improved by simply applying various aspects of what I have learnt from this specialization.
Everthing is interesting about this specialisation, this is my fifth coruse and I am so glad that I have invested my time in this.
Instructor
Kenny Wong
Associate ProfessorComputing Science, Faculty of Science
About University of Alberta
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About the Software Product Management Specialization
In this Software Product Management Specialization, you will master Agile software management practices to lead a team of developers and interact with clients. In the final Capstone Project, you will practice and apply management techniques to realistic scenarios that you will face as a Software Product Manager. You will have the opportunity to share your experiences and learn from the insights of others as part of a Software Product Management
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