Systems analysis and development CIS210 ch 03

CIS 210 Systems Analysis and Development Week Part I Managing the Information Systems Project Objectives • Upon completion of part I you will be able to: – Understand and be able to explain the concepts related to managing an information systems project – Understand and be able to explain the concepts related to the skills required for an effective project manager – Understand and be able to explain the concepts related to critical path, scheduling and creating Gantt charts and PERT charts Overview • Project Management – Extremely important aspect – Effective project management • Customer expectations • Budget constraints – Increasingly difficult – Increasingly critical – The Project Manager’s role Managing the Information Systems Project • Project Management – Customers – Budget • Project Manager – – – – – Diverse skills Initiating Planning Executing Closing • Defining a Project • Feasibility Study Initiating a Project • Project Initiation Activities – – – – – – – Initiation team Customer relationship Initiation plan Management procedures Management environment Project workbook Review Planning the Project • Activities – – – – – – – – – – Scope, alternatives, feasibility Dividing tasks Estimate resources Prelim schedule Communication plan Standard and procedures Assess risk Prelim budget Statement of worth Baseline of project plan Executing the Project • Activities – – – – – Execute baseline project plan Monitor progress Manage changes Maintain workbook Communicate status Closing Down the Project • Overview – Natural termination – Unnatural termination • Running out of time • Running out of money – Activities • Closing down the project • Post-project reviews • Closing the contract – Importance of closedown phase Presenting and Scheduling Project Plans • Depicting and Documenting Project Plans – Ganntt charts • Visual depiction of task duration • Visual depiction of time overlap • Visual depiction of slack time – Network diagrams • Show sequence dependencies • Show parallel tasks • Activity rectangles – Representing project plans • Resources • Network diagramming – Critical path scheduling Presenting and Scheduling Project Plans • PERT (program evaluation review technique) ET= o + 4r + p / Using Project Management Software • Establishing a Project Starting Date – – – – Project name Project manager Starting date Ending date • Entering Tasks and Assigning Relationships – Define project tasks – Define relationships • Selecting a Scheduling Method – Graphical – Textual Summary • • • • • • • • Project Management Project Initiation Project Planning Project Execution Project Closedown Ganntt Charts Network Diagrams Project Management Software ... for an effective project manager – Understand and be able to explain the concepts related to critical path, scheduling and creating Gantt charts and PERT charts Overview • Project Management – Extremely... completion of part I you will be able to: – Understand and be able to explain the concepts related to managing an information systems project – Understand and be able to explain the concepts related... the contract – Importance of closedown phase Presenting and Scheduling Project Plans • Depicting and Documenting Project Plans – Ganntt charts • Visual depiction of task duration • Visual depiction