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Effective Software Project Management 1st Edition Robert K. Wysocki - Solutions
Be able to explain the Extreme SDPM strategy
Your organization has been a staunch promoter of the Adaptive approaches to project management and systems development. However, they are not at all satisfied with the results. Customers never seem to be satisfied with the results either. What are your concerns, and what positive steps might you
Know the impact of scope change management on Traditional and Adaptive projects.
Compare Traditional to Adaptive project planning.
Understand the fundamental differences between Traditional and Adaptive project teams.
Understand the fundamental differences between the responsibilities of Traditional and Adaptive project managers.
Compare Traditional versus Adaptive projects.
You have completed the first few cycles and the customer seems very satisfied with the progress to date. Not too much in the way of probative initiatives is surfacing from the customer. The solution has only vaguely been defined. There are two possibilities:a. The customer is having difficulty
Have a working knowledge of the Closing Phase of the Iterative SDPM strategy for the Adaptive Software Development mode.
Have a working knowledge of the Closing Phase of the Adaptive SDPM strategy for the Adaptive Project Framework model.
Understand the Closing Phase of the Iterative SDPM strategy.
The probative initiatives in each cycle are discovering new functions and features that add value to the solution and the customer seems satisfied. But you have noticed that the number of revisions to features and functions is growing steadily. In fact, there is very little that you can honestly
Understand the Adaptive SDPM strategy for the Adaptive Software Development mode
Understand the Adaptive SDPM Adaptive strategy for the Project Framework model
Understand the Monitoring Phase of the Adaptive SDPM strategy
You are Pepe Ronee, and you have run the Adaptive SDPM strategy by the book. But you have just realized that the solution is nearing. You have only a few minor points to flesh out. Should you continue using an Adaptive SDPM strategy or would some other strategy be more appropriate?
Know how to launch an Adaptive SDPM strategy for the Adaptive Software Development model
Know how to launch an Adaptive SDPM strategy for the Adaptive Project Framework model
Understand the complications added to the Launch Phase when using an Adaptive SDPM strategy
Which of the two Adaptive strategies is a better choice when the solution is almost unknown? Support your choice.
Defend the following statement: The Adaptive Project Framework model is a good transition strategy for traditional organizations that want to fully implement Adaptive project management across the enterprise. The Adaptive Software Development model is a good transition strategy for adaptive
Understand the Planning Phase of the Adaptive SDPM strategy for the Adaptive Software Development model
Understand the Planning Phase of the Adaptive SDPM strategy for the Adaptive Project Framework model
The Scoping Phase of the Adaptive SDPM strategy is a critically important part of the project life cycle. If you were asked to plan a three-day scoping exercise, what would your plan include? Prepare a detailed and timed agenda. Be sure to include the customer as a major player in that scoping
Both APF and ASD are designed for software development projects. APF is also designed for projects that are not just software development– focused but can encompass other types of projects (process improvement and new product development). Is there any reason to prefer either one over the other
Scope the Adaptive plan.
Understand the role of the WBS in defining Adaptive project iterations.
Conduct the Scoping Phase of the Adaptive Software Development model
Conduct the Scoping Phase of the Adaptive Project Framework.
Explain the Scoping Phase of the Adaptive SDPM strategy.
Refer to the case study: Which sub-systems would you develop using APF and why?
All of the ideas that are suggested come from the team and not from the customer. You feel that the final product will not be as good as it could have been because of that. How would you address this situation and why?
The project has been progressing smoothly and according to plan when the customer manager changes. The new manager isn’t willing to have his people participate at the level of the prior manager, and you feel that this will seriously affect the project. What actions would you take and why?
Have a high-level understanding of the Adaptive Project Framework and Adaptive Software Development models
Explain the Adaptive SDPM strategy
Your organization has been a staunch promoter of the traditional approaches to project management and systems development. However, senior management is not at all satisfied with the results. Project failure rates are too high and customers never seem to be satisfied with the results. Senior
Know the impact of scope change management on traditional and agile projects.
Compare traditional to agile project planning.
Understand the fundamental differences between traditional and agile project teams. '
Understand the fundamental differences between traditional and agile project managers.
Compare traditional versus agile projects.
Refer to the Routing sub-system in the case study: How would you deploy a working solution that is acceptable as the initial version but clearly needs to be improved? Are there some functions that should be part of the initial version and other functions that might be better assigned to a later
You have completed the first few iterations and the customer seems very satisfied with the progress to date. Not too much in the way of added features are surfacing. There are two possibilities:a. The first is that all business value has already been identified during requirements gathering and
Have a working knowledge of the Iterative SDPM strategy for the Dynamic Systems Development Method
Have a working knowledge of the Closing Phase of the Iterative SDPM strategy for the Rational Unified Process model
Have a working knowledge of the Closing Phase of the Iterative SDPM strategy for the SCRUM model
Have a working knowledge of the Closing Phase of the Iterative SDPM strategy for the Evolutionary Development Waterfall model
Understand the Closing Phase of the Iterative SDPM strategy
Project A in Figure 21-2 reflects the performance of your Iterative approach. Obviously, there are too many scope change requests, and the project is not converging on an acceptable solution. What action might you take to resolve the dilemma?
Understand the Iterative SDPM strategy for the Dynamic Systems Development model.
Understand the Iterative SDPM strategy for the Rational Unified Process model.
Understand the Iterative SDPM strategy for the SCRUM model.
Understand the Iterative SDPM strategy for the Evolutionary Waterfall Development model.
Implement strategies to handle the Iterative project scope change requests.
Discuss the role of project reviews in the Iterative SDPM strategy.
Understand the Monitoring and Controlling Phase of the Iterative SDPM strategy.
Referring to the case study, how would you prepare your new team to adopt an Iterative approach?
You are Pepe Ronee and you have run the Iterative SDPM strategy by the book. But you have this gnawing feeling that what Dee wants is not what she needs. Within the context of the Iterative SDPM strategy, what could you do?
Know how to launch an Iterative SDPM strategy for the Dynamic Systems Development Method.
Know how to launch an Iterative SDPM strategy for the Rational Unified Process model.
Know how to launch an Iterative SDPM strategy for the SCRUM model.
Know how to launch an Iterative SDPM strategy for the Evolutionary Waterfall Development model.
Anticipate and mitigate iteration scheduling changes.
Anticipate and mitigate resource scheduling situations.
Know how to plan for scope change requests.
Understand the complications added to the Launching Phase when using an Iterative SDPM strategy.
Refer back to Figure 11-2. Which sub-systems would you develop using an Iterative approach? Specify which Iterative approach you would use and why.
How might customer involvement affect your choice of an Iterative model?
How might project characteristics affect your choice of an Iterative model?
Compare and contrast each of the Iterative SDPM strategies with respect to extent of customer involvement, efficient use of time, support of scope change requests, and use of scarce resources. Rank each Iterative model based on each comparative variable. Is any one of the models a clear choice?
Understand the Planning Phase of the Iterative SDPM strategy for the Dynamic Systems Development Method
Understand the Planning Phase of the Iterative SDPM strategy for the Rational Unified Process model
Understand the Planning Phase of the Iterative SDPM strategy for the SCRUM model
Understand the Planning Phase of the Iterative SDPM strategy for the Evolutionary Development Waterfall model
What criteria would you use to determine whether you should introduce the known solution at each iteration or introduce only that part of the solution where there are suspected gaps in features? Be specific.
Conduct the Scoping of the Dynamic Systems Development Method.
Conduct the Scoping Phase of the Rational Unified Process (RUP) model.
Conduct the Scoping Phase of the SCRUM model.
Conduct the Scoping Phase of the Evolutionary Waterfall model.
Explain the Scoping Phase of the Iterative SDPM strategy.
What sort of Iterative approach would you take if your customer gets so involved with the project that it is adversely affecting the team’s productivity? What are the strengths and/or weaknesses of your choice?
What sort of Iterative approach would you take if your customer isn’t willing or able to participate? What are the strengths and/or weaknesses of your choice?
Have a high-level understanding of the Evolutionary Development Waterfall model, SCRUM, Rational Unified Process, and the Dynamic Systems Development Method
Explain the Iterative SDPM strategy
Despite your best efforts at discouraging scope change requests for your Incremental project, the customer continues to submit them. Some are well thought out; some are not. Consider postponing action until the last increment. What are the advantages and disadvantages of such a strategy? Would you
Know why there is a communications gap built into the Incremental SDPM strategy.
Understand team structure and how it affects the Incremental SDPM strategies.
Understand scope change and how it affects the Incremental SDPM strategies.
Understand risk and how it affects the Incremental SDPM strategies.
You have completed the first of five increments and the customer is requesting all manner of scope changes. Some changes are minor wordsmithing, but other requests are for changes in features. You will be able to absorb these in later increments, but what would you do with future such requests in
Have a working knowledge of the Closing Phase of the Incremental SDPM strategy for the Feature-Driven Development model.
Have a working knowledge of the Closing Phase of the Incremental SDPM strategy for the Staged Delivery Waterfall model.
Understand the Closing Phase of the Incremental SDPM strategy.
There are too many scope change requests and they are taking away from project work time to the point where the Incremental schedule is now in jeopardy. You did not include management reserve time or a scope bank at the beginning of any increment. Is it too late to introduce them now? If not, how
Understand the Incremental SDPM strategy for the Feature-Driven Development model.
Understand the Incremental SDPM strategy for the Staged Delivery Waterfall model.
Adapt milestone trend charts to the Incremental SDPM strategy.
Understand the role of the Scope Bank and management reserve and when to use them.
Implement strategies to handle the Incremental project from scope change requests.
Discuss the role of project reviews in the Incremental SDPM strategy.
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