1. Mid Term Review / Lab Day

2. COPYRIGHT TOM SULZER © 2015 Where does a project fit? How To Get It Clearly Defined Not Clearly Defined What Is Needed? Clearly Defined TraditionalAdaptive Not Clearly Defined N/AExtreme from Wysocki 2003

3. COPYRIGHT TOM SULZER © 2015 LOWHIGH Uncertainty HIGH Complexity LOW Adaptive Extreme Iterative Traditional (Linear, Incremental) Complexity vs. Uncertainty? Software Development Project Approaches

4. COPYRIGHT TOM SULZER © 2015 Where does a project fit?  Evaluate in teams each of these criteria for your project:  Risk: High, Medium, Low  Business value: High, Medium, Low  Duration: Short ( 6 months)  Complexity: High, Medium, Low  Technology: Unknown/New, some familiarity, Well known  Proportion of organization affected (All, several depts, one dept.)  Cost: $$$$$, $$$$, $$$, $$, $

5. Compare Methodologies © 2015 TOM SULZER Project Management Types: Traditional vs. Iterative vs. Extreme Traditional: Waterfall Iterative: Agile (SCRUM) Extreme: Inspire Phases: Traditional (Waterfall)Iterative (SCRUM) Extreme (Inspire) Defining Version Scope Visionate PlanningCycle Plan Speculate ExecutingCycle Build Innovate ControllingClient Check Point Reevaluate ClosingPost-Version Review Disseminate

6. © 2015 TOM SULZER The Five Constraints  Scope  Quality  Cost  Time  Resources SCOPE & QUALITY TIME COST RESOURCE AVAILABILITY

7. Success Factors (Standish Group: Chaos Report 2000) Executive Support18 User Involvement16 Experienced Project Manager14 Clear Business Objectives12 Minimized Scope10 Standard Software Infrastructure8 Firm Basic Requirements6 Formal Methodology6 Reliable Estimates5 Other5 © 2015 TOM SULZER

8. Project Decomposition © 2015 TOM SULZER Decomposition (including today’s lecture) What is a Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) Know how to decompose a problem Know when to stop

9. Mid - Term © 2014 TOM SULZER 5 or 6 short essay questions Use entire class time Word Document or on Paper Turn in at end of class time (D2L or Instructor) Be thorough, but not overly wordy

10. Next Time… Mid Term