Lecture No.

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Instructors
Dr. Mohammed Al-Ghafees
maalghafees@imamu.edu.sa
Dr. Abdul Rauf Malik
rauf.malik@imamu.edu.sa

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Automatic Vehicle
Location System

Computer Server
Aided
Ambulance Dispatch Server

Radio
Communication
Infrastructure
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Problems Results
After-effects
• System could not keep • A large number of exception
track of the location and messages • The CAD system was
status of ambulances. • System starts to slow down removed and aspects of
• Entire system descended into its function (dispatch
• Database entries begin
chaos decisions) were
to store incorrect
• Ambulance arrives for a ‘Stoke’ performed manually.
information. patient after 11 hours.

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Inadequate

? Project
Planning &
management

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Project planning involves
breaking down the work into
parts and assign these to
project team members,
anticipate problems that
might arise, and prepare
tentative solutions to those
problems
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The project plan, which is
created at the start of a
project, is used to
communicate how the work
will be done to the project
team and customers, and to
help assess progress on the
project
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The most time-consuming project management activity

Continuous activity from initial concept through to system delivery

Plans must be regularly revised as new information becomes available

Various different types of plan may be developed to support the main

software project plan that is concerned with schedule and budget

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During the project Periodically

At the proposal stage startup phase throughout the
(Bidding time) (Breaking project into project, (At every
parts) modification)

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Introduction: Objectives and Constraints

Project Organization: Team, People, Roles

Risk Analysis: Risks, Probabilities, Strategies to address Risks

Hardware and Software: Resource Requirements

Workbreakdown: Activities, Milestones, Deliverables

Project Schedule: Dependencies among Activities, People and Time

Monitoring and Reporting: Mechanisms

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Plan Description
Quality Plan Describes the Quality Procedures & Standards

Validation Plan Describes the approach, resources, and schedule used

for system validation

Configuration Management Describes the configuration management procedures

Plan and structures to be used
Maintenance Plan Predicts the maintenance requirements, costs, and effort

Staff Development Plan Describes how the skills and experience of the project
team members will be developed
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For Current Lecture

• [Somerville] Chapter 23
• Case Study in Doc Form

For Next Lecture

• [Pressman] Chapter 24

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