Project Management Flashcards
(12 cards)
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?
