26E113PAPA - Practicum in Project Management and Automation Tools

Course specification
Course title		Practicum in Project Management and Automation Tools
Acronym		26E113PAPA
Study programme		Electrical Engineering and Computing
Module		Computer Engineering and Informatics
Type of study		bachelor academic studies
Lecturer (for classes)		professor PhD Dražen Drašković
Lecturer/Associate (for practice)		professor PhD Dražen Drašković
Lecturer/Associate (for OTC)		asst. MA Aleksa Srbljanović, electrical and computer engineer asst. MA Miloš Obradović, electrical and computer engineer asst. MA Mihajlo Ogrizović, electrical and computer engineer asst. Matija Dodović, electrical and computer engineer
ESPB		3.0	Status	elective
Condition		none
The goal		Through practical, hands-on work, students will learn how to use industry-relevant tools for organising teams and projects, automating software builds and delivery, producing software documentation, and leveraging AI-based tools.
The outcome		Upon completing the course, students will be able to use tools for managing software development projects, tools for automating software development and producing software documentation, and tools based on artificial intelligence.
Contents
Contents of lectures		The role of software tools for project management, collaboration and communication within teams. Core workboards for software teams employing agile methodologies. Types of software documentation. Managing dependencies between packages and projects. Effective strategies for AI-driven software development and the integration of AI tools into the software development lifecycle.
Contents of exercises		Hands-on work with software tools for project management, collaboration and communication such as JIRA, Trello, Slack and others. Practical experience with software build automation tools such as Maven and others. Utilisation of software documentation tools. Leveraging AI-based tools to automate coding tasks, such as GitHub Copilot.
Literature
G. Cantrell, Automate Everyday Tasks in Jira: A practical, no-code approach for Jira admins and power users to automate everyday processes , Packt Publishing, 2021. (Original title) B. Joiner, Supercharging Productivity with Trello: Harness Trello’s powerful features to boost productivity and team collaboration, Packt Publishing, 2023. (Original title) B. Varanasi, Introducing Maven: A Build Tool for Today's Java Developers, 2nd edition, Apress, 2019. (Original title) C. Chinchilla, Technical Writing for Software Developers: Enhance communication, improve collaboration, and leverage AI tools for software development, Packt Publishing, 2024. (Original title) D. Drašković, Skripta iz predmeta Upravljanje softverskim projektima, Elektrotehnički fakultet u Beogradu, 2025. (Original title)
Number of hours per week during the semester/trimester/year
Lectures	Exercises	OTC	Study and Research	Other classes
1	1	1
Methods of teaching		Lectures and laboratory exercises. Oral defense of homework and projects.
Knowledge score (maximum points 100)
Pre obligations		Points	Final exam	Points
Activites during lectures		0	Test paper	30
Practical lessons		70	Oral examination	0
Projects		0
Colloquia		0
Seminars		0