Chapter 23 Flashcards
Does planning start before project
Yes
What are objectives of project planning
The objective of software project planning is to provide a framework that enables manager to make a reasonable estimates of:
- Resources
- Cost
- Schedule
Can we carry on planning during development
Yes
What are the basic considerations of project planner
- How much it will cost
- How long it will take
- How many people will it take
- what might go wrong
What is software project planning
Software project planning involves estimations, the attempt to determine how much money, effort. resources, time require to build project
Who does planning
Project manager
What is the first step of estimation
description of scope
What are project planning key tasks
- Set goal and scope
- Select lifecycle
- Set organization team form
- Start team selection
- Determine risks
- Create WBS
- Identify tasks
- Estimate size
- Estimate efforts
- Identify task dependencies
- Assign resources
What is project plan
List all activities, tasks, dependencies and time frames
What is resource plan
List the labor, equipment and materials required
What is financial plan
Identify the labor, equipment and material costs
What is quality plan
Provide quality targets, assurance and control measures
What is risk plan
Highlight potential risks and actions taken to mitigate them
What is acceptance plan
List the criteria to be met to gain customer acceptance.
What is communication plan
List the information needed to inform stakeholders
What is procurement plan
Identity products to be sourced from external suppliers
What is SDP
Software development plan
What is the first formal document of a project
Project development plan
What are the items required for SDP
- Situation audit
- Gap analysis
- Project resources
- Development facilities
- project organization structure
- Personnel
SDP also might have milestones and schedules. What are these
- Scheduled activities
- Milestones and baselines
- Activity network diagram
- System component source
- Budget administration
- Milestone payments
- Major budgetary expenditures
- Expenditure authorization procedure
What are the inputs for SDP
- Other planning inputs
- Historical information
- Organization policies
- Constraints
- Assumptions
What are assumptions
Assumptions are factors that, for planning purposes, are considered to be true, real or certain. (e.g. if the date of key person will become available is uncertain, the team may assume a specific start date)
