Overview

The Software Management program from METU Middle East Technical University targets professionals in the field. The students in the program will gain the ability to systematically define and use the knowledge on software development processes, methodologies, techniques and metrics. 

Quick Facts:

• Software has become the driving force behind most of the new military and commercial Technologies and many business renovations. The complexity as well as application areas of software systems are rapidly growing. Increasing demand for software in diverse domains and in larger sizes requires the establishment and use of sound management, design and production principles in order to develop, manage and evolve software that has the desired functionality, is reliable, cost effective and developed on time.
• The program offers courses on software project management, software quality management, software acquisition management, requirements analysis, software architectures and design, software testing, human computer interaction, and software operations and maintenance. For students to gain necessary experience, design and implementation are seen as an integral part of all courses. Students are also involved in a realistic team project to integrate the knowledge and experience built up in specialized courses.

Career Prospects

• Work as software engineer, information system researcher, expert and consultant, system analyst, software and system project manager
• Are employed by institutions who acquire, develop and maintain software systems
• Are entrepreneurs who establish companies that produce innovative services and products in the software and information system domain
• Pursue their careers as a scientist in any field of IT especially software engineering
• Are preferred by software systems research units of organizations
• Are preferred by information technology, telecommunications, defense, health, automotive, banking industries for the positions that require expertise in software engineering
• Are promoted to management positions in software developing organizations due to their scientific approaches and rational, systematic evaluations.