IJIET 2026 Vol.16(6): 1428-1444
doi: 10.18178/ijiet.2026.16.6.2609
doi: 10.18178/ijiet.2026.16.6.2609
A Syllabus for Teaching Software Project Management in Undergraduate Computing Courses
Elielton da Costa Carvalho1, Sandro Ronaldo Bezerra Oliveira1,*, and Fabrício Wickey da Silva Garcia2
1. Graduate Program in Computing (PPGCOMP), Federal University of Pará (UFPA), Belém, Brazil
2. Capitão Poço Campus, Federal Rural University of Amazon (UFRA), Belém, Brazil
Email: elieltoncarvalho2@gmail.com (E.C.C.); srbo@ufpa.br (S.R.B.O.); fabriciowsgarcia@gmail.com (F.W.S.G.)
*Corresponding author
2. Capitão Poço Campus, Federal Rural University of Amazon (UFRA), Belém, Brazil
Email: elieltoncarvalho2@gmail.com (E.C.C.); srbo@ufpa.br (S.R.B.O.); fabriciowsgarcia@gmail.com (F.W.S.G.)
*Corresponding author
Manuscript received June 30, 2025; revised October 25, 2025; accepted December 10, 2025; published June 11, 2026
Abstract—Efficient management is crucial for advancing software development, so training professionals in Software Project Management (SPM) has become essential for the technology sector. However, research indicates that computing graduates still need to develop key skills required by the market, including leadership, flexibility, tool usage, and comprehensive management capabilities. This research therefore presents a SPM syllabus designed to help students develop these skills. The methodology involved studying curricular and technical documents, such as the ACM/IEEE Computing Curricula 2020, the SWEBOK v4.0, and the Brazilian Computer Society Training References 2017. Based on this study, four teaching units were created. Each unit was planned with consideration given to prior knowledge, guiding questions, programme content, teaching strategies, expected results, and learning levels according to revised Bloom’s Taxonomy. Teaching techniques include active methods such as project-based learning, the flipped classroom approach, the use of tools, gamification, and collaboration with industry. To validate the syllabus, it was evaluated by experts with extensive experience of student-centered approaches and SPM, Computing, and Software Engineering. After analyzing the suggestions, all of them were incorporated, resulting in a robust syllabus that the evaluators recommended for use in undergraduate computing courses.
Keywords—syllabus, software project management, active teaching methodologies, computing
Copyright © 2026 by the authors. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited (CC BY 4.0).
Keywords—syllabus, software project management, active teaching methodologies, computing
Cite: Elielton da Costa Carvalho, Sandro Ronaldo Bezerra Oliveira, and Fabrício Wickey da Silva Garcia, "A Syllabus for Teaching Software Project Management in Undergraduate Computing Courses," International Journal of Information and Education Technology, vol. 16, no. 6, pp. 1428-1444, 2026.
Copyright © 2026 by the authors. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited (CC BY 4.0).