System Integration and Architecture 311

Week 5

MANAGING AND
CONTROLLING
THE PROJECT
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Managing and Controlling The Project

The science (or art) of project management is in making

trade-offs among three important concepts:
The size of the system,
The time to complete the project,
The cost of the project.
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TOOLS FOR PROJECT MANAGEMENT –

EXAMPLE OF GANTT CHART
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REFINING ESTIMATES
The estimates produced during the
planning phase must be refined as
the project progresses. This does not
necessarily mean that estimates
were poorly done at the start of the
project; it is virtually impossible to
develop an exact assessment of the
project’s schedule before the
analysis and design phases are
conducted.
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MANAGING SCOPE
SCOPE CREEP
The most common reason for schedule and cost overruns occur after the
project is underway.
Scope creep can occur during a project when a client adds tasks
outside of the scope of your agreement.

The project manager should allow only necessary requirements to be added

after the project begins.
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TIMEBOXING TIMEBOXING STEPS

is a feature of software development

technology that plans and allots time
boxes for different activities.

Set a fixed deadline for a project

Reduce functionality, if necessary
Don’t get hung up on the final
“finishing touches”
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MANAGING SCOPE
RISK ASSESSMENT
an important step in being prepared for potential problems that can
occur within any software project. During the risk assessment, if a
potential risk is identified, a solution or plan of action should be
developed.
For example, they do a risk assessment after the project manager and team identify the
risk of water damage to downtown buildings due to hurricane-induced flooding.
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ACTIONS TO REDUCE RISK

Here is a six-step plan that can help you identify and manage risk before
things get out of hand.

Include risk management in your projects. ...

Communicate risks to others. ...
Prioritize risks. ...
Analyze risks. ...
Implement risk responses as early as possible. ...
Track them down regularly.
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A Gantt chart is a horizontal

bar chart that shows the same
task information as the project
work plan but in a graphical
way.
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