1. Group Work Breakdown
Each member needs to have assigned an equal share of work
Easily definable and measureable tasks
Try to have the tasks independent of other group members as much as possible
In your Phase 1 assignment, have a separate document that describes each members duties
Each member should log their work to be turned in at end.
You will each be asked to submit a peer evaluation and self reflection on the project.

2. Work Breakdown Structure
Often a project needs to be broken down into smaller tasks or activities
These tasks together make up a work breakdown structure (W B S)

3. Work Breakdown Structure Properties
Each task or activity contains one deliverable, or tangible outcome, from the activity
Each task can be assigned to a single individual or a single group
Each task has a responsible person monitoring and controlling performance

4. Developing a Work Breakdown Structure (W B S)
Decomposition, starting with large ideas, then breaking them down into manageable activities
Product oriented, building a website can be broken down into many parts
Process-oriented, emphasizes the importance of each phase

5. A Sample Work Breakdown Structure

6. Time Estimation Techniques
Relying on experience
Using analogies
Using three-point estimation
Identifying function points
Using time estimation software

7. Beginning to Plan a Project by Breaking It into Three Major Activities
These may be different per project

8. Refining the Planning and Scheduling of Analysis Activities by Adding Detailed Tasks and Establishing the Time Required to Complete the Tasks

9. Using a Two-Dimensional Gantt Chart for Planning Activities That Can Be Accomplished in Parallel
Your activities will be different

10. Project Productivity Goals and Motivation
Successful projects require that reasonable productivity goals for tangible outputs and process activities be set.
Goal-setting helps to motivate team members.
You (students) seem to need “last minute” pressure to work on stuff

11. Ecommerce Project Management
Ecommerce and traditional software project management differences:
The data used by ecommerce systems is scattered across the organization
Ecommerce systems need a staff with a wide variety of skills
Partnerships must be built externally and internally well ahead of implementation
Security is of utmost importance

12. The Systems Proposal Cover letter Title page of project
Table of contents
Executive summary
Outline of systems study with appropriate documentation
Detailed results of the systems study
Systems alternatives
Systems analysts recommendations
Summary
Appendices
Ten main sections comprise the systems proposal.
Cover letter—should list the people who did the study and summarize the objectives of the study. Concise and friendly.
Title page of project—name of the project, the names of the team members, date submitted.
Table of contents—useful to readers of long proposals; omit if less than 10 pages.
Executive summary—precisely provides the who, what, when, where, why, and how of the proposal.
Outline of systems study with appropriate documentation—provides information about all the methods used in the study and who or what was studied.
Detailed results of the systems study—describes what was discovered about human and systems needs through all the methods described in the outline of the systems study.
Systems alternatives—two or three alternatives that directly address the problem.
Systems analysts recommendations—the recommended solution.
Summary—brief statement that mirrors the content of the executive summary. Conclude the proposal on a positive note.
Appendices—can include any information that may be of interest.