Software Engineering Management
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Software engineering management is the planning, estimating, measuring, controlling, coordinating, leading, and risk management that deliver software products and services efficiently, effectively, and to the stakeholders' benefit.

Project management and measurement management each have distinct attributes. The Guide treats them in one knowledge area because they are closely related. Software engineering processes are usually carried out in projects. A project is an endeavor with defined start and finish criteria, undertaken to create a product or service in accordance with specified resources and requirements.[^s1]


The Guide's top-level topics for this knowledge area are:

- Initiation and Scope Definition
- Software Project Planning
- Software Project Execution
- Software Review and Evaluation
- Closure
- Software Engineering Measurement
- Software Engineering Management Tools

Related standards listed in the Guide's appendix include [ISO/IEC/IEEE 16326:2019](https://knowledge.ivjn.us/en/works/ieee-std-16326-2019-8932688.html) (project management) and [ISO/IEC/IEEE 15939:2017](https://knowledge.ivjn.us/en/works/ieee-std-15939-2017-7907156.html) (the measurement process).[^s1]

Updated: 2026-11-02

Relations:
- Broader concepts: Software Engineering https://knowledge.ivjn.us/en/concepts/software-engineering.html

Sources:
- Guide to the Software Engineering Body of Knowledge (SWEBOK Guide) v4.0a https://ieeecs-media.computer.org/media/education/swebok/swebok-v4.pdf Chapter 9; Appendix B