Project Management Flashcards
The four P’s of project management
people
product
process (how do you go about doing stuff)
project
What is the rate of project failure according to Capers-Jones
90% of all SW projects failure or have at least 1/3 overrun
70% -> failed or had massive overrun
20% -> less than 1/3 overrun
5 project management responsibilities in regards to People
attract develop/train motivate organize (who does what?) retain
3 project management activities regarding the Product
determine the scope
determine major objectives
communicate with stakeholders
3 project management issues regarding the Project
what constitutes success/failure
how much effort will be needed
how do we deploy and validate
Who created the Agile Manifesto?
Cockburn & Highsmith
3 aspects of SW scope
context
objectives
quality
4 things that comprise the SW scope context
users
external systems/interfaces
future business needs
existing dev skills in house
2 things that comprise SW scope objectives
big picture requirements
user scenarios (UC summary paragraph)
What is top-down project decomposition
break code down into small parts that you know well and can easily estimate the lines of code needed to implement that part
what is the 90-90 rule?
the first 90% of the project takes 90% of the time and the last 10% also takes 90% of the time
6 W5HH (“Wish”) principle concepts for making a project plan
why build this?
what tasks need to be done?
when are tasks to be done?
who does each task?
how will a task get done?
how much in the way of resources does a task need?
