Software Project Team (YOU): JBB Software

Customer: Astin Martin Electronics LLC

RFP awarded for specific message services which will be incorporated into an electronic instrument company (Astin Martin Electronics LLC) interface to electronic gauges. Topical level requirements for the software were provided. Deliverable products include:

• - Systems Engineering to provide appropriate requirements decomposition

• - Software Engineering to provide design/development/unit test of software

• - System Test Engineering to provide component and enterprise level testing

• - Quality Engineering to provide quality control through the entire development life

  cycle

• - Management functions to include all primary functions (project management,

  finance, planning & scheduling, Overhead support (contracts, engineering matrix, etc.)

  Award date of May 15 and required completion date (deliverables provided) of November 15.

  Astin Martin Electronics request of planned deliverables, acceptance criteria, quality plan, and work breakdown structure. These items need to be provided in an acceptable time for Astin Martin to review and approve.

  Astin Martin Electronics further requests other deliverables to include final software (source and binary) which meets all approved acceptance criteria, associated design documents (system and development level)

  All project questions or request for project scope changes should be directed to the Astin Martin Electronics designee (course instructor).

  There is no requirement relative to project tools used to generate the required data. Topical requirements include:

- System Engineering: UML design artifacts for graphic widgets to display aeronautical expanse gauges for interface testing within the technical specs guidelines for twenty-five different visual aspects. Include appropriate level of peer review. Design should include graphical mock-up of gauges.

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• - System Engineering: Derive component level requirements for Software Engineering to design, code, and unit test and System Test can provide System and Enterprise level testing

• - Software Engineering: Provide appropriate level design artifacts from System Engineering UML design artifacts. Include appropriate level of peer review.

• - Software Engineering: Code and Unit Test software modules that execute the software which meets all topical and derived requirements

• - System Test Engineering: Derive sell-off acceptance criteria. Include appropriate peer review (including System Engineering) and customer approval.

• - System Test Engineering: Derive System and Enterprise Level Test Cases. Include appropriate level of peer review.

• - System Test Engineering: Execute test cases as software modules become available

• - Quality Engineering: Provide quality checks during the processes described for System Engineering, Software Engineering, and System Test Engineering as appropriate

• - Include the following customer related reviews: Design Review (after System Engineering completes design artifacts), Pre-Ship Review (provided prior to Astin Martin Electronics acceptance of software), and Final Acceptance Test (software demonstration at customer facility showing software meets all requirements as installed)

  Approved labor rates ($/hr.) as follows:

• - System Engineer I: 42.15

• - System Engineer II: 46.37

• - System Engineer III: 50.17

• - Lead System Engineer: 55.93

• - Software Engineer I: 42.38

• - Software Engineer II: 46.61

• - Software Engineer III: 52.01

• - Lead Software Engineer: 58.76

• - System Test Engineer I: 42.76

• - System Test Engineer II: 41.62

• - System Test Engineer III: 47.25

• - Lead System Test Engineer: 53.21

• - Quality Engineer I: 41.38

• - Quality Engineer II: 46.54

• - Quality Engineer III: 53.11

• - Lead Quality Engineer: 59.89

• - Project Manager: 95.52 (LOE Level of Effort)

• - Chief Engineer: 74.41 (LOE Level of Effort)

  Approved overhead rates as follows:

• - Finance: 6.4% of total hours

• - Planning & Scheduling: 5.1% of total hours

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• - Management (Contracts/Senior Management): 2.2% of total hours

• - Facility: 1.9% of total hours

• - HR/Staffing: 0.62% of total hours

QUESTION :

Astin Martin Electronics wants to know if you plan to use a management reserve for their project. Explain what the term reserve means and why you will use contingency reserve in the project or not.Be sure and consider the implications of using or not using the reserve. Provide appropriate detail in your response.