Session 7 Risk and Change Management

Principle of Project Management, Fall 2008 1 Software Project Management Session 7: Risk and Change Management Principle of Project Management, Fall 2008 2 Today • Risk Management • Change Control • Configuration Management Principle of Project Management, Fall 2008 3 Risk Management • Problems that haven’t happened yet • Why is it hard? • Some are wary of bearing bad news – No one wants to be the messenger – Or seen as “a worrier” • You need to define a strategy early in your project Principle of Project Management, Fall 2008 4 Risk Management • Definition of Risk: An uncertain event or condition that, if it occurs, has a positive or negative effect on a project objective. • Identification, Analysis, Control • Goal: avoid a crisis • Thayer: Risk Mgmt. vs. Project Mgt. – For a specific vs. all projects – Proactive vs. reactive Principle of Project Management, Fall 2008 5 Project Risk • Characterized by: – Uncertainty (0 < probability < 1) – An associated loss (money, life, reputation, etc) – Manageable – some action can control it • Risk Exposure – Product of probability and potential loss • Problem – A risk that has materialized Principle of Project Management, Fall 2008 6 Types of Risks • Schedule Risks • Schedule compression (customer, marketing, etc.) • Cost Risks • Unreasonable budgets • Requirements Risks • Incorrect • Incomplete • Unclear or inconsistent • Volatile Principle of Project Management, Fall 2008 7 Types of Risks • Quality Risks • Operational Risks • Most of the “Classic Mistakes” – Classic mistakes are made more often Principle of Project Management, Fall 2008 8 Types of Risks Known risks - Unclear requirements - Inexperienced team Unknown risks: Foreseen based on experience - Difficult communication with customer - Fluctuation within team Unknowable risks: Cannot be foreseen - Half of the team gets fish poisoning at first social event - Earthquake wipes out production plant Principle of Project Management, Fall 2008 9 Principle of Project Management, Fall 2008 10 [...]... Project 27 Change Control Change Control System CM System CM Tool “Quality Software Project Management , Futrell, Shafer, Shafer Principle of Project 28 Principle of Project 29 Principle of Project 30 Principle of Project 31 Principle of Project 32 Principle of Project 33 Principle of Project 34 Configuration Control • A management support function • Includes • Program code changes • Requirements and design... diagrams, etc • Change Control: process of controlling changes • Proposal, evaluation, approval, scheduling, implementation, tracking • Version Control: controlling software version releases • Recording and saving releases • Documenting release differences • Configuration Control: process of evaluating, approving and disapproving, and managing changes to SCCIs Principle of Project 36 ... Principle of Project 17 Principle of Project 18 Principle of Project 19 Principle of Project 20 Principle of Project 21 Principle of Project 22 Principle of Project 23 Principle of Project 24 Miniature Milestones • A risk- reduction technique • Use of small goals within project schedule – One of McConnell’s Best Practices (Ch 27) • Fine-grained approach to plan & track • Reduces risk of undetected project... design changes • Version release changes • Essential for developed items • Code, documentation, etc • Example • The case of the code that used to work – But didn’t in time for the demo Principle of Project 35 Configuration Control Terminology • Software Configuration Control Item (SCCI) • a.k.a Source Item (SI) • Anything suitable for configuration control • Source code, documents, diagrams, etc • Change . Principle of Project Management, Fall 2008 1 Software Project Management Session 7: Risk and Change Management Principle of Project Management, Fall 2008 2 Today • Risk Management • Change. Risks • Incorrect • Incomplete • Unclear or inconsistent • Volatile Principle of Project Management, Fall 2008 7 Types of Risks • Quality Risks • Operational Risks • Most of the “Classic Mistakes” – Classic. 15 Principle of Project Management, Fall 2008 16 Principle of Project Management, Fall 2008 17 Principle of Project Management, Fall 2008 18 Principle of Project Management, Fall 2008