... meant that
larger software projects were tackled with
techniques developed on much smaller
projects.
ã Techniques were needed for software
project management.
Good projectmanagement cannot
guarantee ... be pressured by developers (“we can do
that in an afternoon!”)
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Lecture 5 Software Engineering
ã Activities in softwareproject management:
project planning;
– project scheduling;
– ... how to
engineer large scale software projects.
– Large software projects are often “bespoke”.
Most large software systems are
one-off, with experience gained in one
project being of little help...
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THE PROJECT ANNOUNCEMENT...
... maintenance, software management, software
personnel management, software planning and control.
I. INTRODUCTION
S
OFTWARE projectmanagement today is an art. The
skillful integration of software ... THEORY-W SOFTWAREPROJECTMANAGEMENT
SUBORDINATES
Fig. I. The softwareproject manager’s problem.
903
Fig. 2. The softwaremanagement theory problem
It holds that the primary job of the software ... candidate fundamental principle
for softwareprojectmanagement developed by one of the
authors (Boehm), and shows how it would apply in avoid-
ing the softwareprojectmanagement problems encoun-...
... effective project management. Effective project
management requires that the projectmanagement team understand and use
knowledge and skills from at least five areas of expertise:
ã The ProjectManagement ... areas of management to
effectively manage a project.
1.5.1 ProjectManagement Body of Knowledge
The ProjectManagement Body of Knowledge describes knowledge unique to the
project management ... the project.
ã Project team members. The group that is performing the work of the
project.
ã Projectmanagement team. The members of the project team who are
directly involved in project management...
... facility be denoted by i. Then,
the net present value (NPV) of a project as represented by the net cash flow discounted to the present
time is given by
(6.31)
Then, a project is acceptable ... significantly affect
project expenses!
TABLE 6-4 Cash Flows for the Boston Central Artery/Tunnel Project
Year
t
Price Index
1982 $
Price Index
2002 $
Project Expenses
($ M)
Project Expenses ...
horizon of a project. This value can be calculated as the net present value multiplied by an appropriate
"capital recovery factor." It is a measure of the net return of a project on...
... project budget should not be increased.
b. The project budget should be increased by $15,000.
c. The project budget should be increased by $10,000.
d. The project budget should be increased by ... estimate.
4. A project manager and the project team identify several specific risks in
a project. The expected value of these risks is estimated at $10,000. The
255
258 Preparing for the ProjectManagement ... Preparing for the ProjectManagement Professional Certification Exam
impact on the project brought about by these risks is estimated at
$40,000. What value should be entered into the management reserve
for...
... objective of projectmanagement is to optimize project
cost, time, and quality.
THE HISTORY OF PROJECTMANAGEMENT
Project management has been around since the beginning of
time. Noah was a project ... manage ex-
18 PREPARING FOR PROJECTMANAGEMENT SUCCESS
Figure 2-1. Example of a projectmanagement policy statement.
Project Management Division
Subject: ProjectManagement System Policy 5
Date ... for ProjectManagement Success 1
Chapter 1: Understanding the Importance of
Project Management 3
Chapter 2: Organizing for Project
Management Efficiency 15
Chapter 3: Defining the Roles of the Project
Manager...
... BUILD PROJECTMANAGEMENT DISCIPLINE & PROFESSIONALISM
Mentor
2
PMO project teams (and other project teams by request)
Assist project teams in all phases of their projects from project ... evaluate Project Managers on their work as Project Managers. This
can be done, for example, by comparing a Project Manager’s actual performance
against a checklist of standard ProjectManagement ...
Program by creating an environment of measurable, disciplined Project
Management professionalism where:
Project success is the norm
Project teams are proud of their work
Project teams...
... ways to decompose a project into tasks. The
project can be broken down by feature, byproject phase (requirements tasks, design tasks,
programming tasks, QA tasks, etc.), or by some combination ... serious
morale problems—and the project manager will be blamed for the delay, often by the
same people who caused it in the first place.
An important part of running successful software projects is reaching ... the overall risk for the project. A
project manager may get better results from this session by helping the team see how
these assumptions can work to their benefit. Any software engineer who has...
... currently existing software projects justifies the research into computer aided tools
to properly plan the project development. Current software projects usually demand complex management
involving ... and an important tool for automatic project
management.
Ó 2007 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
Keywords: Automatic software management; Genetic algorithm; Project scheduling
1. Introduct ion
The ... for project schedul-
ing [4], CASE tools for the knowledge management of software development [11], all of which together form a
new field of knowledge related to computer assisted project management. ...
...
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