Project

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Project

• What is a project
• A temporary endeavor undertaken to create a
  unique product, service or result

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What is a Project?

• Temporary
• Goal-directed
• Collaborative
• Constrained
• Endeavor

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What is Project Management?

• Project management is the application of
  knowledge, skills, tools and techniques to
  project activities in order to meet or exceed
  stakeholder needs and expectations from a project.

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PM Development Objective

• On Schedule
• Within Budget
• According to specification

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Project Management Process

• Initiating Processes
• Planning Processes
• Executing Processes
• Controlling Processes
• Closing Processes

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Project Management Problems

• Requirements
• Incomplete
• Unclear
• Inadequate
• External dependencies

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Project Management Problems

• Poor estimates
• Inadequate tracking or supervision
• Uncontrolled changes
• Inadequate testing procedures
• Inadequate documentation
• Politics

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Advances in System Development

• Advances in Process
• Advances in Metrics
• Advances in Testing
• Advances in Software Tools
• Advances in Cycle Time Reduction
• Advances in People Management

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Advances in System Development

• Advances in Process
• Is systems development an Art or Science
• The primary objective of process is to make
  software development more deterministic and thus
  more controllable
• IEEE
• CMM
• ISO

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Advances in System Development

• Advances in metrics
• What is a metrics
• Management by data (metrics) means that any
  decision, assessment, estimation, or conclusion
  about a project must always be based upon
  supporting data
• The approach requires that project-related data
  be collected systematically and consistently, so
  that critical aspects of the project can be
  measured
• What is wrong with this

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Advances in System Development

• Advances in Testing
• Why is software testing so poorly conducted
• Independent testing
• Traceability
• Finding and correcting fault as close to the
  point of their introduction as possible.

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Advances in System Development

• Advances in Software Tools
• Tools ?
• They make work more productive, easier to
  perform, and less error prone
• Key to effective project management
• (e.g. MS-Project)

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Advances in System Development

• Advances in Cycle Time Reduction
• Determining the scope of an IS project requires
  the involvement of business managers (marketing,
  general managers, etc)
• Time to market
• Rapid prototyping
• E.g. DOS

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Advances in System Development

• Advances in People Management
• Emphasis here is on the team and individuals
• Improving social processes
• Level of communications
• Ability to informally resolve inter-group
  conflicts
• Degree of support among team members

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Why do project still Fail

• Success and Failure
• On schedule
• Within budget
• According to requirement
• Expectation of customer

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Role of the Project Manager

• Leadership and Guidance
• Planning
• Customer Relations
• Technical Leadership
• Senior Management Liaison

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Notes

• Experience in one area of software development is
  not sufficient for the successful development of
  software in an entirely different area of
  information systems.
• Committing to development schedule before the
  project has been adequately defined is
  problematic
• Adhering to budget and schedule with meeting the
  requirement is meaningless
• Enquire more and more
• Be prepared to end it if need be.

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