2018 March 3rd Class–Communications Management and 2017 March Paper

Hello all

we discussed the elements of different reports

1. Elements of a Highlight Report

2. Elements of an Exception Report

3. Elements of a End Stage Report (Home work)

4. Elements of a Lessons learnt report ( Home Work)

And the past papers

A1 – We will do next week once we complete the chapter on Project Configuration and Change Management

A2 – Scheduling – we have already done this in class

** remember to practice AON redrawing with changes ( part b)

A3 part a

Skills of a PM

• Leadership Skills
• Communication skills
• problem solving skills
• good estimation skills
• people management
• negotiation skills

Attributes of a PM

• patience
• understanding people ( empathy )
• belief in quality
• customer focus
• adopting to changes
• motivating team
• document handling
• listening

A3 part B – done – refer to slide

A3 part c – PROBELM SOLIVING STRATEGIES

• analyse the root causes for this situation
• discuss with team members and senior management
• go through reports and analyse performance parameters
• discuss and generate possible solutions
• choose the most effective solution
• implement the solution
• analyse the growth of performance and effectiveness of the solution

B4

Process 1 – Concept formation and Analysis   (outcomes : req specification )

• Feasibility study and report
• requirements analysis
• requirements specification

Process 2 – System and Software Design (design diagrams eg : DFD , ER , ELH , Class , Sequence etc )

• process design
• interface design
• database design

Process 3 – Development and Testing (outcomes : COde , Application program , developed databases and interfaces , finalised documentations – system and user documentations )

• coding
• database development
• interface development
• unit , integration , system and user acceptance testing

Process 4 _ Implementation and Maintenance ( outcomes : bug reports , change requests , upgraded system )

• site preparation
• training and development
• installation
• final testing
• bug fixing / improvements / upgrades

B4 part 2

Verification – are we building the project and product right – are there any errors ? defects ? is the system well tested ?

Validation – are we building the right product or project ? – have we understood the requirements correct ?

B5  part a

already available in printed note

B5 part b

ISO 9001 – process oriented , customer focus , SYstem approach to management

ISO 9126 – Product Oriented , completely product focussed , products and modules no mention about people , processes

B5 part c

Review techniques are static techniques ( without executing a code )

1. Peer review
2. Desk check / dry run
3. walkthrough
4. proof reading

B6

Agile approach

- Changes are welcome at any  stage of the project

- customers are continuously involved in development

- no rigid steps

- iterative development

compare these with waterfall .

B6 part b

MOSCOW rules – refer to note

part c

XP diagram explain with sprints