CHAPTER 3 Flashcards
Project manager
A systems analyst with a diverse set of skills—management, leadership, technical, conflict management, and customer relationship—who is responsible for initiating, planning, executing, and closing down a project.
Project
A planned undertaking of related
activities, having a beginning
and an end, to reach an
objective.
Deliverable
An end product in a phase
of the SDLC.
Feasibility study
Determines whether the information system makes sense for the organization from an economic and operational standpoint.
Project management
A controlled process of initiating,
planning, executing, and closing
down a project.
Project initiation
The first phase of the project management process in which activities are performed to assess the size, scope, and complexity of the project and to establish procedures to support later project activities.
Project workbook
An online or hard-copy repository, for all project correspondence, inputs, outputs, deliverables, procedures, and standards, that is used for performing project audits, orienting new team members, communicating with management and customers, identifying future projects, and performing postproject reviews.
Project charter
A short, high-level document prepared for both internal and external stakeholders to formally announce the establishment of the project and to briefly describe its objective, key assumptions, and stakeholders.
Project planning
The second phase of the project management process, which focuses on defining clear, discrete activities and the work needed to complete each activity within a single project.
Work breakdown
structure (WBS)
The process of dividing the project into manageable tasks and logically ordering them to ensure a smooth evolution between tasks.
Gantt chart
A graphical representation of a project that shows each task as a horizontal bar whose length is proportional to its time for completion.
COCOMO
A method for estimating a
software project’s size and cost.
Network diagram
A diagram that depicts project
tasks and their interrelationships.
Project execution
The third phase of the project management process, in which the plans created in the prior phases (project initiation and planning) are put into action.
Project closedown
The final phase of the project
management process, which
focuses on bringing a project
to an end.
Resources
Any person, group of people,
piece of equipment, or material
used in accomplishing an
activity.
Critical path scheduling
A scheduling technique in which the order and duration of a sequence of task activities directly affect the completion date of a project.
PERT (Program
Evaluation Review
Technique)
A technique that uses optimistic, pessimistic, and realistic time estimates to calculate the expected time for a particular task.
Critical path
The shortest time in which a
project can be completed.
Slack time
The amount of time that an
activity can be delayed without
delaying the project.
