SoProMaTT - A Software Project Management teaching tool

Software Project Management skills are vital to the success of a software project. The industry needs well-trained project managers to manage the complexities of software development processes. Aspiring project managers need to develop the management-related knowledge and skills. University education, in particular, needs to provide to their computer science and information systems students not only technology-related skills but, in addition, a basic understanding of typical phenomena occurring in software projects. This paper presents an overview of SoProMaTT - a web based teaching tool for software project management. The tool is based on system dynamics models of software projects. It illustrates the consequences of software project management decisions. Students can run the tool using standard web browsers. The tool has two components: a user interface which can be a single user client machine or an intranet and a simulation component.