Shifting the paradigms from teaching project management to teaching software project management at Jordan university of science and technology based on the IEEE software engineering management knowledge area

Abstract

software engineers usually find themselves in project/Administrative/Operational management positions. Therefore, it is very important to include a senior software project management course in any software engineering curriculum. software engineers mostly experience planning Challenges when it comes to budgeting, scheduling, identifying and assessing potential risks, and communicating with their customers and team members. transforming the traditional project management education to a software project management education is crucial to equipping software engineers with adequate practical experience in the software Domain.This paper describes a senior software project management course that is based on the project management Body of knowledge (PMBOK Guide), and the IEEE software engineering Body of knowledge (SWEBOK-V3.0). It also attempts to answer several research questions that involves the main differences between the traditional project management approaches and the software project management approach, and the course compliance with the accreditation Criteria of the institute of the engineering and technology (IET) and the accreditation board for engineering and technology (ABET).