This course will cover how metrics can be combined with formalized decision models to support decision-making by software project leaders and managers. This course provides the knowledge and skills needed to apply quantitative tools to make decisions in situations where a great deal of uncertainty exists. Topics covered will include the nature of decision making, alternative courses of action, choice criterion, and uncertainty. At the completion of this course the student will be able to recognize decision-making opportunities in the software development process, and be equipped to address them in a scientific, organized manner using all appropriate information sources. Students should have had exposure to mathematical concepts through calculus and basic probability and statistics.
Space is limited.
Please register by the first day of class. A current syllabus is available in Adobe Acrobat format.