Master in Strategic Management in Software Engineering

Program Overview

The Master's in Strategic Management in Software Engineering equips professionals with the skills to harness software as a strategic driver for organizational change. It emphasizes management tools and leadership principles in software engineering, bridging the gap between business strategy and software development. The program prepares students for various career opportunities in advising, consulting, and managerial roles in software-intensive industries.

Program Outline

Degree Overview:

The Master in Strategic Management in Software Engineering (SMSEw) is designed to train professionals with a strategic vision of software engineering, recognizing it as a key driver of organizational change. The program addresses the need for software engineers with leadership skills and management tools to understand software engineering as a management process involving people and machines. It aims to provide a comprehensive and innovative vision of computing in organizations, aligning software development with business strategies. The program emphasizes the importance of strategic management in software engineering, highlighting the role of analysis and software engineering processes in strategic business projects. The program bridges strategic management and software engineering, creating a space where business administration and business management software coexist. The program is aimed at computer professionals, engineers, administrators, scientists (mathematics and statistics), software business entrepreneurs, and researchers interested in the business-ICT relationship. Candidates should have over 5 years of professional experience, an engineering or business background (Business Administration, Economics), and an interest in leveraging software development for competitive business advantage.

Objectives:

The general objective is to understand and master the basic concepts of quality software design, development, and maintenance as part of strategic business development. Specific objectives include: understanding software system development as a foundation for new business strategies; learning principles and methodologies for software development and maintenance; learning reliable and efficient engineering principles for profitable software; mastering organizational change management related to software system development and implementation; mastering tools and techniques for designing, generating, and presenting software-based business strategies; mastering people management techniques for software-based business; and enabling limitation evaluation, justification of new applications, and strategic decision-making involving software system development resources.

Outline:

The Master in Strategic Management in Software Engineering program has 85 credits and is structured into four parts:

Part 1: Business Strategy (15 credits):

This part focuses on how organizations prepare for change and plan organizational deployment. It includes the following subjects:

• Strategic Planning and Management (4 credits)
• Reengineering, Strategy, and Management of Systems and ICT (4 credits)
• Strategic Management of Human Resources (3 credits)
• Information and Change Society (4 credits)

Part 2: People Management (8 credits):

This part focuses on generating strategies for organizational change through people and work groups. It includes:

• Conflict Resolution and Negotiation Techniques (3 credits)
• Work Group Management Techniques (3 credits)
• Virtual Collaborative Working Environments (2 credits)

Part 3: Software, Technology, and Business (47 credits):

This part introduces tools to transform traditional organizations into software-based network organizations, providing a comprehensive view of business involvement in software system design, development, and maintenance. It includes:

• Programming Languages and Paradigms (3 credits)
• Architectures, Networks, and Distribution Systems (4 credits)
• Web Technology and Web Engineering (4 credits)
• Analysis and Integral Design of Systems and Requirements (4 credits)
• Data Modeling and Database Design (4 credits)
• Network Management and Security (3 credits)
• Software Business Process (4 credits)
• Business Intelligence and Document Management (6 credits)
• Integration of Business Management Systems (5 credits)
• ICT Project Management (6 credits)

Part 4: Scientific Research Methodology and Final Master’s Project (15 credits):

This part trains postgraduate researchers in solving academic and/or professional problems. It includes:

• Scientific research methodology and final master's projects (15 credits)
The duration of the program varies between 9 and 24 months, depending on the student's dedication. The credit equivalence may vary depending on the university of enrollment.

Assessment:

The text mentions that the candidate will be evaluated based on professional experience (more than 5 years), education in engineering or business (Business Administration, Economy), and interest in responding to the competitiveness of new business using software system development as essential organizational strategy elements.

Teaching:

The program uses a methodology that integrates knowledge and skills acquisition through integrative exercises and project practices. The teaching staff includes several Doctors and Masters-level professionals with extensive experience in various fields related to software engineering, business management, and technology.

Careers:

The program prepares students for various career opportunities, including:

• Advising or consulting in software processes and technologies
• Advising or consulting in software business creation
• Manager of a systems department or area
• Director of technological business projects
• Director of Business projects based on software
• External advisor or business consultant in strategies for organizational change through the integration of software systems
• Director of software business creation projects based on Technology

Other:

FUNIBER periodically allocates funds for FUNIBER Training Scholarships. The Evaluation Committee determines scholarship eligibility. The program's content may be subject to slight modifications depending on updates or improvements.