- International Fees
International fees are typically 3.25 times the domestic tuition. Exact cost will be calculated upon completion of registration.
Course Overview
This course offers a comprehensive overview of project management techniques to effectively plan, manage, and control software development projects. Students will learn project management methodologies with an emphasis on software projects and agile methodology. Students will design a project for which they will create a project work breakdown structure; identify risks, inter-operability, and privacy and security issues; establish the necessary roles in the software development team; and apply strategies to control the project schedule and quality. Students will also discuss ethical and sustainability considerations from a project management perspective.
Prerequisite(s)
- 60% in COMP 7082
Credits
3.0
Domestic fees
$858.01
Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion of this course, the student will be able to:
- Design a complex project portfolio, scope, work breakdown, responsibility matrix, communication plan, and schedule.
- Explain the concept of a software lifecycle and provide examples that illustrate its phases (analysis, design, implementation, testing, quality assurance, refactoring, deployment and maintenance), including methodologies that apply to each phase and the deliverables that are produced.
- Compare several common process models (waterfall, prototyping, spiral, incremental, iterative and agile) with respect to their value for development of particular classes of software systems, taking into account issues such as requirement stability, size, and non-functional characteristics.
- Evaluate a set of software requirements to determine the quality of the requirements with respect to the characteristics of good requirements.
- Identify how project management is different for agile teams.
- Identify and justify necessary roles in a software development and IT teams.
- Apply a conflict resolution strategy to resolve conflicts in a team setting.
- Identify ethical and sustainability considerations in project management.
- Identify and apply methods for documenting and managing user requirements.
- Identify and apply methods for risk identification and assessment for an entire system that arise from aspects other than the software (e.g., inter-operability, privacy and security issues).
- Identify and apply methods for risk identification and assessment related to software development and IT.
- Apply management strategies for managing virtual teams.
Effective as of Winter 2026
Related Programs
Project Management (COMP 8082) is offered as a part of the following programs:
- Indicates programs accepting international students.
- Indicates programs eligible for students to apply for Post-graduation Work Permit (PGWP).
School of Computing and Academic Studies
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Bachelor of Science Full-time/Part-time
- Applied Computer Science (Games Development Option)
Bachelor of Science Full-time
- Applied Computer Science (Human Computer Interface Option)
Bachelor of Science Part-time
- Applied Computer Science (Network Security Administration Option)
Bachelor of Science Part-time
- Applied Computer Science (Network Security Applications Development Option)
Bachelor of Science Full-time/Part-time
- Applied Computer Science (Wireless and Mobile Applications Development Option)
Bachelor of Science Part-time
Course Offerings
Winter 2026
Below is one offering of COMP 8082 for the Winter 2026 term.
CRN 86175
Dates
Jan 07 - Mar 25 Loading
- CRN 86175
- $858.01 Domestic fees
Class meeting times
| Dates | Days | Times | Locations |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 07 - Mar 25 | Wed | 18:30 - 22:15 | Burnaby SE12 Rm. 325 |
Duration
12 weeks
Instructor
Mike Mulder
Course outline
Course outline TBD — see Learning Outcomes in the interim.
Important information
- Departmental approval needed
- International fees are typically 3.25 times the domestic tuition. Exact cost will be calculated upon completion of registration.
- 1. Please email compBSc@bcit.ca for departmental approval. Include your full name, student number (A0#), course number (e.g. COMP 7000), and CRN #. 2. This is a BScACS course. BScACS courses are also open to non-bachelor program students, if approval is granted by the BScACS Program Head. 3. BScACS program students have up to seven (7) years to complete the program starting from the date of their first technical degree-level course or the date of acceptance to the BScACS program, whichever comes first.
Status
Programs and courses are subject to change without notice.