Software Project Management - Final

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Planning

x

Monitoring

x

Adjusting

x

Organizing

Organizing & Preparation Phase may overlap with but usually follows the Planning phase.

Sftwr Mgr may need to help w/ all items, may need to hire a few 'head' people first, share ownership of the project.

Initial setup is time consuming & is not a one-time effort, may need to be revised

Parts

Human Resources & Facilities

Processes, Methodologies and Tools

Measurements & Financing

Human Resources

- How many people? start w/ initial estimates & assumptions for each major task listed

- What attributes / types ? (technical skills, experience, non-technical, personality)

- When do they need to be on board?(look @ initial schedule derived from WBS)

- If org already has skills & level descriptions, use them

- If you already know the individual resources, start w/ them

- Making trade-offs

what are the most important attributes required to perform tasks?

what are the somewhat important attributes required to perform tasks?

What are some trade-off criteria? (Financial v/ qualifications : personal desire & career aspirations v. project goals)

POMA

Organizing