Software Project Management

Dr. Anyarat Boonnithivorakul

Development Capability Manager

Reuters Software (Thailand) LTD.

Development Capability Manager

Produce Short-Term Product Roadmap Capture requirements from clients Involve in client interaction for

enhancement decision and schedule Functionally lead the development team to

develop software releases to meet the requirements

Two groups of people are going to two shows.Thai Traditional Drama PerformanceOpera

Who do you think enjoy the show more?

Expectations

Basic Terms

Play = Project Audience = Stakeholders Actors/Actresses = Project Team

Members As long as the actors/actresses perform as

expected by the audience, everybody is happy.

Definitions

A project is a temporary activity with a starting date, specific goals and conditions, defined responsibilities, a budget, a planning, a fixed end date and multiple parties involved.

Software Project Management

How to make/create a play to make the audience happy.

Project Manager It's the job of the software project manager to see that

everyone gets what he wants, in one way or another. He has to "make everyone a winner" [Boehm, 1989].

The negotiator. The customer always wants to have it all for free. The user wants to have to greatest functionality. The programmer doesn't want to document, but wants to use

the coolest compilers.

Project Management

Define Stakeholder Everyone wants to do things in the project differently. Who the project manager should listen to.

Requirements What is the actual requirements?

Eg. Deadline How to make it possible?

Manage Time, Cost and Scope Make everyone happy

Stakeholder during the project

Are we going to the right direction? The project managers task consists of giving the feedback to the

stakeholders of the state their requirements are in.

Feedback could take the following form: Tests Test results – Functional Prototypes Reports Evaluations Plans Benchmarks - Performance

Cycle

Requirements•Accepting requirements

•Planning, Managing, Processing and Tracking

Give Feedback to stakeholder

Why are the requirements changed?

Stakeholder changes his mind. By discussing, thinking about it and reflecting on the subject, a stakeholder can change his

mind on what he wants.

Project team interpreted requirements different than intended by stakeholder. Two people don't understand each other.

"Forgotten" requirements pop up. During the project intake and the requirements determination the scope is determined and

the initial requirements are written down. In this process you can forget one or two requirements that appear during the phase of feedback.

Changes in the project surroundings. Things happened outside the project that can affect the project directly. A merger or

reorganization, a new policy for buying supplies, a new law, etc. The fluctuation in the surroundings can change requirements. The longer a project runs, the more vulnerable the project is to this type of changes.

Project Constraints

consist of the following elements:

- Cost: This includes everything that costs money, like people and equipment.- Time: What is the time frame in which every activity should take place?- Quality: What is the level of quality the project has to reach?

Project ConstraintsConstraints are interdependent

Gantt Chart for Project Tracking

A Gantt chart is a popular type of bar chart that illustrates a project schedule. Gantt charts illustrate the start and finish dates of the work breakdown structure (WBS) of the project.

Work Breakdown Structure = Task

Example of Gantt Chart